27 Quotes by Don Drysdale

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    And devious. The things he said about Stephen Harper. Any garbage to get elected. To me, that showed Martin's true character. At least we finally kicked the (Liberal) bums out.

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    Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don’t look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and their attitudes don’t back up their beards.

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    A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to face the facts, it’s all over baby.

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    In Brooklyn, it was as though you were in your own little bubble. You were all part of one big, but very close family, and the Dodgers were the main topic of everybody’s conversations and you could sense the affection people had for you. I don’t know that such a thing exists anymore.

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    It’s a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and then, within two years, these guys suddenly know everything about baseball.

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    I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it’s over.

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    If they knocked two of your guys down, I’d get four. You have to protect your hitters.

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    The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he’s timid.

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    When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes.

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