Author: Jerry Coleman Page 4

At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.

(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

That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

That’s the fourth extra base hit for the Padres – two doubles and a triple.

(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

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

If ever an error had ‘F’ written on it, that grounder did.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Hector Torres, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Ozzie Smith just made a play that I have never seen before; and he’s done it more times than anyone else.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Pete Rose has three thousand hits and three thousand fourteen overall.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When you lose your hands, you can’t play baseball.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The final score after eight innings is Giants 3, Padres 2.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He slides into second with a stand up double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

They’ve taken the foot off Johnny Grubb… uh, they’ve taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer