Happy 88th Birthday in Quotes to Gus Bell

Gus Bell had the distinction of being on the 1962 Amazing Mets. Bell hit a solid .149 for the Mets in thirty games that year. Bell was a terrific player and a four time all-star with the Reds.

He is also known for strong family baseball lineage as the father of long time ball player and manager Buddy Bell and the grandfather of former major leaguer David Bell.

Gus Bell and David Bell have the distinction of being the only Grandfather-Grandson combo that has ever hit for the cycle.

Bell died at age 66, leaving a great baseball legacy behind him (except for his brief time with the 1962 Mets which was no different than anyone else who played for that team).

"That boy will make it some day, but I am afraid it will be to late."
--Billy Meyer, with a very bad prediction of four time All-Star, Gus Bell

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Happy 87th Birthday in Quotes to Jimmy Piersall

Today former Met, Jimmy Piersall turned 87 years old. Piersall had a long and colorful career and only ended up playing forty games for the Mets in 1963, hitting a solid .194.

He was really remembered for his antics off the field and his struggles with mental health issues. Piersall fought these issues with courage and resilience and proved to be a great role model, showing that you can recover from a mental illness and move forward in your life. They even made a movie about him. Fear Strikes Out.

 

 

"Jimmy was a smart cookie who took advantage of every opportunity to project himself into the public eye."--Jimmy Dykes

Among some other Mets, happy birthday to Darrel Sutherland (brother of Gary Sutherland) and Tim Hamulack, who pitched six games for the Mets in 2005 and ended up with a 23.14 E.R.A.

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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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