Joe Garagiola Sr. Quotes

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I went through baseball as a 'player to be named later'.

Joe Garagiola Sr.
Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

Joe Garagiola Sr.
I used to sit in the bullpen and say, 'Why the hell doesn't he throw the curveball?' Well, all I had to do to become an announcer was take out the 'hell'.

Joe Garagiola Sr.
Baseball isn't about steroids. It's about the game and the people who put on the uniforms. That's what makes baseball great. Not steroids or statistics. The people. The stories.

Joe Garagiola Sr.
What I tried to do was talk baseball. And the big thing I learned was to stay with the ball, stay with the game. Statistics weren't my line. Statistics are like a lamppost for a drunk. If you don't know what to do, say what somebody hit in Paduka. But who really cares?

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When Henry [Hank Aaron] came up to hit, Yogi noticed that the trademark on the bat was facing the pitcher. "Henry," Yogi [Berra] said, "you don't want to break that bat. Better turn it around so you can read the trademark." "Yogi," Henry replied, "I didn't come up here to read."

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I want the broadcast to sound like two guys sitting at the ballpark, talking about the game, with the viewer eavesdropping. It's not High Mass, and it's not a seminar — it's a ballgame.

Joe Garagiola Sr.
Every day I agitated Harry Caray, the St. Louis Cardinal broadcaster, about what a soft job he had. His answer was that if I could hit like I could talk, I wouldn't have any worries.

Joe Garagiola Sr.
Each year I don't play, I get better. The first year on the banquet trail, I was a former ballplayer, the second year I was great, the third year one of baseball's stars, and just last year I was introduced as one of baseball's immortals. The older I get, the more I realize that the worst break I had was playing.

Joe Garagiola Sr.