I went over and introduced myself. ‘Mr. DiMaggio, I’m Paul Simon. I’m the guy who wrote ‘Mrs. Robinson.’ He knew. He invited me to sit down… It was still the hippie days and he was wondering whether I was making fun of him. I told him I wasn’t making fun of him. I said the […]
Baseball Quotes
He (Mickey Mantle) has more speed than any slugger and more slug than any speedster.
There are peaks and valleys in this game. We’re in a valley – Death Valley.
‘How come you wrote that song about DiMaggio? Why didn’t you write it about me?’ ‘It’s about syllables, Mick (Mickey Mantle). It’s about how many beats there are.’
Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.
I never realized how boring this game was. (Homer Simpson, watching baseball while sober)
It’s hard to win a pennant, but it’s harder losing one.
Jackie, (Robinson) we’ve got no army. There’s virtually nobody on our side. No owners, no umpires, very few newspapermen. And I’m afraid that many fans will be hostile. We’ll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I’m doing this because you’re a great ballplayer, a fine […]
Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.
