[net.sport.baseball] Famous Quotations

tjo@gypsy.UUCP (06/06/85)

  [This line for the ump]
From an ad in the Wall Street Journal:

" Ruth made a big mistake when he gave up pitching".

       Tris Speaker, 1921

cff@uvaee.UUCP (Chuck Ferrara) (06/09/85)

The greatest baseball prediction of all time:


		"In ten years, Eddie Kranepool will be 28"

			-Casey Stengel (1962)
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citrin@ucbvax.ARPA (Wayne Citrin) (06/12/85)

In article <337@uvaee.UUCP> cff@uvaee.UUCP (Chuck Ferrara) writes:
>The greatest baseball prediction of all time:
>
>
>		"In ten years, Eddie Kranepool will be 28"
>
>			-Casey Stengel (1962)
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>	Chuck Ferrara @  U. Va. Dept. of EE; Charlottesville,Va. 22901 
>	uucp:	...decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!uvaee!cff  (804)924-7316

I thought that Casey was talking about Rod Kanehl, but no matter - it's a
great quote.

Wayne Citrin
(ucbvax!citrin)