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All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.
--Dizzy Dean

As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased.
--George Steinbrenner

Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn't hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.
--Al Lopez

Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.
--Mike Royko

I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better.
--Nick Johnson

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.
--Bob Feller

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.
--Yogi Berra

In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium.
--Reggie Jackson

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
--Wade Boggs

OK, he's a Yankees fan. Now I know why I don't like him.
--Dave Winer

Owning the Yankees is like owning the Mona Lisa.
--George Steinbrenner

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.
--Bob Feller

"I imagine rooting for the Yankees is like owning a Yacht."
-- Jimmy Cannon

"A perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium is when the Yankees score eight runs in the first inning, and then slowly pull away."
-- Jacob Ruppert, Yankees owner

"Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction."
-- Bill Veeck

"It's great to be young and a Yankee."
-- Waite Hoyt

"In a tough age which called for tough men in baseball, the Yankees were the toughest."
-- David Voigt, American Baseball

"One night I was watching a quiz show on TV and the question was, 'Name a baseball team synonymous with winning.' One girl said, 'Dodgers.' The other girl said, 'Giants.' That made me madder than hell. I kept saying, 'Yankees, you dummies.' And of course the answer was the Yankees."
-- Billy Martin

"Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for U.S. Steel."
-- Joe E. Lewis

"The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be. You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees."
-- Bill 'Spaceman' Lee

"When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and join a circus. With the Yankees I've accomplished both."
-- Graig Nettles

"You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October."
-- Whitey Ford

GAME CALLED

Game Called. Across the field of play
the dusk has come, the hour is late.
The fight is done and lost or won,
the player files out through the gate.
The tumult dies, the cheer is hushed,
the stands are bare, the park is still.
But through the night there shines the light,
home beyond the silent hill.

Game Called. Where in the golden light
the bugle rolled the reveille.
The shadows creep where night falls deep,
and taps has called the end of play.
The game is done, the score is in,
the final cheer and jeer have passed.
But in the night, beyond the fight,
the player finds his rest at last.

Game Called. Upon the field of life
the darkness gathers far and wide,
the dream is done, the score is spun
that stands forever in the guide.
Nor victory, nor yet defeat
is chalked against the players name.
But down the roll, the final scroll,
shows only how he played the game.
--Grantland Rice © 1956

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Swisher on Record Homer-less Streak

By Larry Barnes | Yankees 'n More
New York Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher popped out in his first at-bat Wednesday evening, making it 53 consecutive AB's without a home run to start the 2011 season.

That extended what was already the longest dry spell to begin a season in Nick Swisher's career.

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