Ten (Moderately) Humorous Visits to the Pitcher's Mound

The best is #3 with Casey Stengel.

Casey Stengel was a purveyor of memorable mound quotes. One time, Tug McGraw begged Stengel to let him stay in a Mets game.

"Let me pitch to one more man," McGraw said. "I struck him out the last time I faced him."

Replied Stengel: "Yeah, but the last time you faced him was this same inning."

Another time, in a game against San Francisco, Stengel went out to talk to Mets pitcher Larry Bearnarth with two on, no outs and future Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda at the plate.

"Tra-la-la," was all that Stengel said before walking off, leaving a puzzled Bearnarth. On his next pitch, Cepeda grounded into a triple play to end the inning. Bearnarth couldn't wait to ask Stengel what "Tra-la-la" meant.

"Tra-la-la, triple play," replied Stengel.

Here are the rest.

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And if you haven't been paying attention, there's not a team in the NL West with a record better than .500, and there's not a team in the NL East with a record below .500.  The once powerful NL West is  pitiful.

Comments

[Sam Olson]

And my Tigers are still lousy!

Nice selection - Casey quotes are priceless!