Saturday, March 9, 2013

Great New York Mets Quotes

The Mets are my favorite team in all of sports and they always have been. There have been a lot of very funny things said about them over the years, mostly derogatory. Sports Quotation Man has put a list together of some of the all-time great Mets quotes.

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Great New York Mets Quotes

"200 million Americans and there ain't two good catchers among 'em."
--Casey Stengel, on the 1962 New York Mets

"There will be two buses to the park from the hotel. The two o'clock bus is for those who nee a little extra work. Then there will be an empty bus leaving at five o'clock."
--Casey Stengel, on the '62 Mets

"For me, I was always a Met at heart."
--Dwight Gooden

"If one pitcher is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of 1986 World Series."
-Vin Scully

"The reason we won was him. He made us all better."
--Bud Harrelson, on Gil Hodges and the '69 Mets

"The Mets have gotten their lead off batter on base only once this inning"
--Ralph Kiner

"Right here on CBS, we have 'The Ghost Whisperer'. Each week she runs errands for dead people. And on tonight's episode, she books vacations for the Mets."
--David Letterman


"Growing up rooting for the Mets, it's an honor and very special for a kid from Brooklyn."
-John Franco, on being inducted into the Mets HOF

"We've had him three full seasons and although he's a hell of a prospect, he hasn't done it for us. How long can you wait?"
--Bob Scheffing, Mets GM, on trading Nolan Ryan

"Rule #1, you don't make the third out at third base with Mike Piazza coming up."
--Bobby Valentine


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