Author: Jerry Coleman Page 4

(Bruce) Benedict may not be hurt as much as he really is.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

(He) started out here with the Astros and before that he was with the Orioles.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field… no, wait a minute… it’s ball one… low and outside.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

That home run ties it up, 1-0.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

They’ve taken the foot off Johnny Grubb… uh, they’ve taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

(They) should know each other like a book; they’ve been ex-teammates for years now.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

(Willie) McCovey swings and misses, and it’s fouled back.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

That was like swatting June bugs off a fly.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

(He) simply lost that sun-blown popup.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

That’s the fourth extra base hit for the Padres – two doubles and a triple.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer