Jerry Coleman Quotes

"There's a long fly left centerfield, he got all of that one, it's to the wall, at the wall, and that ball is caught, no I mean he dropped it, wait a minute he caught it! That was the best play Greg Vaughn made of his life!"

"There's a one hopper gloved by the third baseman! (pause) Pardon me it was liner."

"And the Padres win the National League Wes.. oh just got a little exicted." - during the '96 season, the Padres were one pitch away from clinching it, after a ground ball was hit foul

"Ohhh doctor. You can hang a star on the whole season!

"Right now Andy Larkin is pitching just like young Andy Larkin."

"Larry Moffett is 6-3, 190. Last year he was 6-6."

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

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

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

"It's a basehit on the error by Roberts."

"Thomas is racing for it, but McCovey is there and can't get his glove to it. That play shows the inexperience, not on Thomas' part, but on the part of Willie McC ... well, not on McCovey's part either."

"Grubb goes back, back... He's under the warning track and makes the play."

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

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

"Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus."

"From the way Denny's shaking his head, he's either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye."

"Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything."

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

"Johnny Grubb slides into second with a standup double."

"Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double."

"Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball."

"All the Padres need is a flyball in the air."

"Davis fouls out to third in fair territory."

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

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

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

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

"Montreal leads Atlanta by three, 5-1."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight."

"The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston."

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

"Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen."

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

"National League umpires wear inside chest protesters."

"The Phillies beat the Cubs today in a doubleheader. That puts another keg in the Cubs' coffin."

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

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

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

"Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion."

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

"There's two heads to every coin."

"Billy Almon has all of his inlaw and outlaws here this afternoon."

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

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

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

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

"Shirley and Griffey get along like a rattler and a parrot."

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

"He can be lethal death."

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

"Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it."

"Hats off to drug abusers everywhere."

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

"Hi folks, I'm Gerry Gross!"

"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." - Jerry Coleman (San Diego Padres radio announcer), describing a fly ball to Dave Winfield

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

At Royals Stadium: "The sky is so clear today you can see all the way to Missouri."

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

Upon hearing Glenn Beckert's planned retirement: "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."

"McCovey swings and misses, and its fouled back."

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

"Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit."

"Those numbers with Tony (Gywnn) are so often and so interesting."

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

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

"Finley is going over to get a new piece of bat."

"At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria."

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

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

"The ballgame is over...in this inning."