Author: Jerry Coleman Page 4

There is someone warming up in the Giants’ bullpen, but he’s obscured by his number.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Grubb goes back, back… he’s under the warning track and makes the play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Richards swings, the ball bounces foul and hits him in the head… no harm done.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Next up is Fernando Gonzales, who is not playing tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The Cards lead the Dodgers 4-2 after one inning and that one hasn’t even started.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

(They) should know each other like a book; they’ve been ex-teammates for years now.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Those amateur umpires are certainly flexing their fangs tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

They throw Winfield out at second, but he’s safe.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He can be lethal death.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He slides into second with a stand up double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

There’s someone warming up in the bullpen, but he’s obscured by his number.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

(He) started out here with the Astros and before that he was with the Orioles.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The way he’s swinging the bat, he won’t get a hit until the 20th century.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Sometimes, big trees grow out of acorns; I think I heard that from a squirrel.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I don’t mean he missed him, but he just didn’t get him when he put the tag on him.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

All the Padres need is a flyball in the air.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer