Quotes of 2013

[metirish]

Good for Terry. Costas might opine that the manager of a losing team shouldn't be so funny.

[Zvon]

Swan Swan H wrote: Terry 'Shecky' Collins, today: On whether Zack Wheeler should follow Matt Harvey's lead: "You mean find him a supermodel?" On Costas' comment: "All right - civilization's over. Let's rebuild."

Its about time the boys put him in a good mood.

[Edgy MD]

�That�s the first time I saw him pitch. Man, I heard that his ball moves like a DUI drunk. But I got a chance to see it today and I was really impressed.� --- LaTroy Hawkins on Jenrry Mejia

[G-Fafif]

�I just got caught up in his great play. He fed it to me and I had all day, and I just got caught up in his play and I threw it in the crapper. It cost us the ballgame." --Daniel Murphy, on what happened after Justin Turner made the most stylish grab and toss he'll ever make as a shortstop, July 26, 2013

[Ceetar]

Collins said he went out to see Mej�a cause he was clenching his hand. Mej�a said he was fine. Then Collins told him to tuck his jersey in.

[Edgy MD]

"It was a direct hit�no cup. When I lifted my leg, I could feel my balls in my throat." LaTroy Hawkins

[Edgy MD]

"An outfielder might have had to fall down, and trip, and fall down again for me to get a triple." ---Lukey Duda on thinking about the cycle

[ashie62]

The man is honest..

[Edgy MD]

"I don�t think I�m a major league ... let me rephrase that. I think I�m much better at first base than I am in the outfield. I�m a big guy. I�m slow. You can just tell by looking at me -- I�m a first baseman." --- Lucas Duda, trying to be a little self-deprecating, and nearly putting his enormous head in a noose.

[MFS62]

It seems that Lucas is becoming a little more comfortable with speaking to the press.
When he first came up you couldn't drag words out of his mouth with a tractor. Now he is talking more, and some of what he says is kind of funny.

Later

[MFS62]

From Baseball Prospectus:

�Not enough milk or something? No more breastfeeding? I don�t know. Global warming?� �Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, on why his team encounters so many injuries.

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