Quotes

"Holy cow!" Whenever something astonished him - especially on the baseball field - which was often.

"That huckleberry!" A humorous putdown, often directed at a player who had just made a bonehead play.

They've got so many Latin players we're going to have to get a Latin instructor up here.

Well that kind of puts the damper on even a Yankee win. - on the news of Pope Paul VI's death

I'll never forget September 6th, 1950. I got a letter threatening me, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra and Johnny Mize. It said if I showed up in uniform against the Red Sox I'd be shot. I turned the letter over to the FBI and told my manager Casey Stengel about it. You know what Casey did? He gave me a different uniform and gave mine to Billy Martin. Can you imagine that! Guess Casey thought it'd be better if Billy got shot.

I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio.