Jerry Coleman Quotes

Parker's grand slam is the same as going 4 for 4, even though he went 1 for 4.

I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

Hi, folks, I'm Jerry Gross. No, I'm not, I'm Jerry Coleman.

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

We started with 53,000 people. Half are gone, but surprisingly, most are still here!

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

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

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

George Hendrick simply lost that sun-blown pop-up.

Sunday is Senior Citizens' Day. And if you want to become a senior citizen, just call the Padre ticket office.

When Guante started, they thought he'd be like popcorn, one of the most popular things around.

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.

Rich Folkers is throwing 'em up in the bullpen.

What a great hitch to pit!

The Cards lead the Dodgers 4-2 after one inning and that one hasn't even started.

Your country is bigger than baseball.

Young Frank Pastore may have pitched the biggest victory of 1979. Maybe the biggest victory of the year!

That home run ties it up, 1-0.

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

He slides into second with a stand-up double.

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

Larry Moffett is 6' 3". Last year he was 6" 6".

It's a base hit on the error by Roberts.

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

Ozzie Smith just made another play that I've never seen anyone else make before, and I've seen him make it more often than anyone else ever has.

That was like swatting June bugs off a fly.

There's a hard shot to LeMaster, he throws Madlock into the dugout.

National League umpires wear inside chest protesters.

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

That big guy, Winfield, at 6'6", can do things only a small man can do.

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

Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

Ozzie Smith is out there roaming around like glass.

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

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

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

And Kansas City is at Chicago tonight, or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter as Kansas City leads in the eighth 4 to 4.

With one out in the first, Dave Roberts looks a lot better than the last time he pitched against the Padres!

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.