So it's repetetive. I'll get a good quote to head off the page soon.
Last updated: 24 May, 2000.
| I'm not in the big leagues just because I'm cute. | - Pedro Martinez |
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| Man, I hate them Yankees, I hate them with a passion. | - Paxton Crawford |
| But I've seen the error of my ways. My blood is red. | - Rick Riccobono, on growing up a Yankee fan |
| If Skip gives me the opportunity, great. If he doesn't, I've still got a job to do. | - Trot Nixon on facing lefties |
| I'm just Pedro, man. I'm just a player here. I don't want to be Michael Jordan. I want to be a normal human being. When I'm on the field, I'm just Pedro Martinez, in uniform and ready to work. An employee here. That's all I want. I don't want more fame, more cameras. I wish I could sneak by. Just go away. | - Pedro Martinez |
| No, it's because he has big toes. The name explains it. Have you ever seen his toes? | - Pedro Martinez on Joe Kerrigan |
| When you're pitching, it seems so easy to hit the ball, but when you get up there, it's a whole different story. | - Brian Rose |
| You got all the scoop you need there with 45 pitching. | - Dan Duquette |
| No questions about statistics. | - Nomar Garciaparra |
| Baseball is only dull to dull minds. | - Red Barber |
| You keep your eye on the ball, you hit the son of a bitch, that's my theory of hitting. | - Johnny Pesky |
| They better sweep us, because if we win one, they're in trouble. | - Jimy Williams |
| Boston is dangerous. They learned how to win last year, and that means a lot, especially come playoff time. | - Joe Torre |
| Knoublach is up, with Mr. I've Been Better Since the Wild Card Started in the Postseason Than I Was Before at first base. | - Fox on Sox newscasters 23 March, 2000 ST game |
| It's a Bugs Bunny changeup; it moves so much. Bugs Bunny is the only one with a changeup that can move like that, and he has the help of animators. | - Bret Saberhagen |
| Yeah, we had a team meeting and said, "Let's be as boring as possible." Seriously, it starts with our best people. Look at Bret Saberhagen. He's not even on the team right now, but he's here every day, doing his work. Nomar is one of the top five players in baseball, but he doesn't pop off. Petey is a different story, but he'd never do anything to hurt the team. | - Jason Varitek |
| Our superstars are as quiet as you're gonna get. On a lot of teams, that's where you get your controversy. The biggest names are the most vocal. But our shortstop is the exact opposite. Mo used to be the go-to guy for the media. Now there's no one. I'm too boring. Nomar's too nice. | - Mike Stanley |
| The sun will rise, the sun will set, and I'll have lunch. | - Lou Gorman on Clemens' walkout |
| What matters is what's on the field, not what you guys write about. Now you have to work harder, and you don't want that. You want the easy stuff. We're boring but efficient on the field. | - John Valentin |
| There were so many great, great moments last year as a Red Sox fan, that I didn't even notice the lack of arrests, controversies, and shenanigans. | - Steven Sousa, a.s.b.b-r |
| If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball. | - Pedro Martinez |
| Since ST games mean nothing, let's get some meaningless WINS! | - Toine Otten, a.s.b.b-r |
| Q: Do you hate the Yankees? A: Always have, always will. Carl Everett is a good team spokesman in the fierce rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees. |
- Dan Duquette, Red Sox Chat Series |
| I told Nomar how I jinxed him yesterday, saying how he said he always hit the ball off the fat part of the bat, and he hit that little nubber off the end to first base, and he said, "Oh that's what happened." | - WEEI commentator |
| That didn't even have a Carlton Fisk chance of staying fair. | - Darkhawk (To Avi Weiss, on a computer-game long foul) |
| Q: Did you get traded? A: No, they scraped me off the floor. |
- Gary Gaetti to a familiar security guard |
| Pedro has this ability to make batters look silly. | - WEEI |
| It looks like they had some rocks left over from Thunder Mountain and the carted them out there. | - Sox on Fox on the Angels' park |
| These guys aren't happy unless they're facing the tying run. | - Sox on Fox |
| Sometimes, you hit it hard, and you don't get a hit because they've got defensive players out there too. | - Jimy Williams |
| Brian worked the wall last year -- he had eight balls off it and five over. | - WEEI |
| God pitches best on five days rest. | - Darkhawk |
| WILTON WINS! WILTON WINS! | - Cecil Wright, Bosox mailing list ('Which first, Veras walks or Gaetti hits') |
| My feet are hurting right now. I broke in some new shoes today. I guess that was a bad idea, because I ran the bases so many times. But I'm not complaining. I'll take it. | - Brian Daubach |
| Pray Here For The Tigers | - Sign on a church near Comerica Park |
| You're not old enough to be a throwback. | - Joe Kerrigan on Derek Lowe |
| A little bit of love. | - Trot Nixon on Offerman's off-the-bag double 3 May, 2000 |
| Don't leave the ball over the plate. | - Carl Everett on how to prevent pitchers being hit with line drives |
| He was pretty aggravated. At the same time, I was pretty happy. | - Rheal Cormier on a called third strike |
| The Pirates did me a favor. . . . I got on a better team. | - Pete Schourek |
| You probably don't call home and say, 'Hi, mom. I am facing Pete Schourek tonight.' Names and stats don't do it. You have to do it out on the field. | - Carlos Delgado |
| This would be a good place for the missing wall ball. | - WEEI on Brian Daubach 24 May, 2000 immediately prior to 3RBI HR over The Wall |
| Q: Hey Brian, what'd I say to you before the game? A: I don't remember. What'd you say? Q: I said "Get me three RBIs"! A: That's right! You did! It took me a while, but hey, there you go! |
- WEEI & Brian Daubach |
| Don't ask me. Ask Ted. | - Nomar Garciaparra |
| The more you chase, the worse off you're going to be. I take pitches. That's the way I hit. | - Morgan Burkhart |