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Vote: | All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it. |
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Vote: | Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world. |
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Vote: | He slud into third. |
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Vote: | I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is? |
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Vote: | I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why. |
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Vote: | I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head. |
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Vote: | I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games. |
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Vote: | It ain't braggin' if you can back it up. |
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Vote: | It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there? |
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Vote: | Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating. |
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Vote: | Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth. |
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Vote: | Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss. |
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Vote: | Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat. |
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Vote: | The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing. |
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Vote: | The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a changeup and I did pretty good. |
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Vote: | The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind. |
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Vote: | Well what's wrong with ain't? And as for saying 'Rizzuto slud into second' it just ain't natural. Sounds silly to me. Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort. |
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Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (January 16, 1910 - July 17, 1974) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born in Lucas, Arkansas. He was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1930 to 1937, the Chicago Cubs from 1938 to 1941, and the St. Louis Browns in 1947.
The 1947 appearance came on the last day of the season. The long-since retired Dean was the broadcaster for Browns games at the time. He boasted on the air that he could perform better than the perennially-bad Browns. Management took him up on his offer and had him pitch the last game of the year. Dean pitched four innings, didn't give up any runs and rapped a double in his only at-bat.
Accomplishments:
*Four consecutive strikeout titles
*Led National League in complete games for four consecutive years
*Won two games in the 1934 World Series
*Three time 20-game winner; won 30 games in 1934
*Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953
*MVP in 1934
His brother, Paul "Daffy" Dean, was also a major league pitcher.
Dizzy went on to become a well-known sportscaster, famous for his wit and often-colorful butchering of the English language. Dean died in Reno, Nevada.
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