Jerry Coleman Quotes

The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside.

Those amateur umpires are certainly flexing their fangs tonight.

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

I've made a couple of mistakes I'd like to do over.

You never ask why you've been fired because if you do, they're liable to tell you.

Ozzie Smith just made another play that I've never seen anyone else make before, and I've seen him make it more often than anyone else ever has.

Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

Sanguillen is totally unpredictable to pitch to because he's so unpredictable.

That's Hendrick's 19th home run. One more and he reaches double figures.

Benedict may not be as hurt as he really is.

Last night's homer was Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

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

Gene Richards swings, the ball bounces foul and hits him in the head. No harm done.

At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3.

Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen.

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

Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening.

Renko has just about had it. Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.

Sunday is Senior Citizens' Day. And if you want to become a senior citizen, just call the Padre ticket office.

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

I've never seen a game like this. Every game this year has been like this.

If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

You might want to put this in the back of your craw and think about it.

That's the fourth extra base hit for the Padres - two doubles and a triple.

Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.

It's off the leg and into the left field of Doug Rader.

Larry Lintz steals second standing up. He slid, but he didn't have to.

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

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

Well, I hope before Glenn goes, he'll come up here so we can give him a big hug and a kiss, because that's the kind of guy he is.

The big ballpark can do it all!

Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

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

Hi folks, I'm Gerry Gross!

With one out in the first, Dave Roberts looks a lot better than the last time he pitched against the Padres!

Larry Moffett is 6' 3". Last year he was 6" 6".

Hi, folks, I'm Jerry Gross. No, I'm not, I'm Jerry Coleman.

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

I don't know about Willie Davis. He's not as young as he used to be.

Even though the ball was doubled, they got it anyway.

If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.

There's a shot up the alley. Oh, it's just foul.

What a great hitch to pit!

Montefusco bare-hands it and throws him out. That grounder will make you a traveling salesman in a hurry!

You didn't have to say it was gone. It was gone before it got outta here. It was going that fast.

Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.

Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.

Those numbers with Tony are so often and so interesting.

That home run ties it up, 1-0.

And Kansas City is at Chicago tonight, or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter as Kansas City leads in the eighth 4 to 4.

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

DeShaies is like a clock out there. Every other pitch goes one way or the other.

It's a cold night out tonight. The Padres better warm up real good because it's stiff out there.

Billy Almon has all of his in-laws and outlaws here this afternoon.

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

He slides into second with a stand up double.

I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series.

Hrabosky looks fierce in that Fu Manchu haircut.

The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.

Bob Davis has his hair differently this year, short with curls like Randy Jones wears. I think you call it a Frisbee.

McCovey swings and misses, and it's fouled back.

And it's a long drive down the line to centerfield.

There's a deep fly ball ... Winfield goes back, back ... his head hits the wall ... it's rolling towards second base.

When Guante started, they thought he'd be like popcorn, one of the most popular things around.

That big guy, Winfield, at 6'6, can do things only a small man can do.

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

The game in St. Louis has been halted in the fourth inning because of rain. I'll bet they have the jacuzzis going there.

Young Frank Pastore may have pitched the biggest victory of 1979. Maybe the biggest victory of the year!

It was a death struggle every day being a Yankee you either won or you lost. There was no second place. Half of us were nuts by the end of a season.

You walk into the locker room, and you see players with their ripping muscles and stomachs you could wash your clothes in.

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

Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

Montreal leads Atlanta by three, 5-1.

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

There's a hard shot to LeMaster, he throws Madlock into the dugout.

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

The sky is so clear today you can see all the way to Missouri.

Rick Miller hit only one home run last year, and that's like hitting none.

It's a base hit on the error by Roberts.

Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.

George Hendrick simply lost that sun-blown pop-up.

On the mound is Randy Jones, the left-hander with the Karl Marx hairdo.

Tony Taylor was one of the first acquisitions that the Phillies made when they reconstructed their team. They got him from Philadelphia.