Citas de Lefty Gomez

• I'd rather be lucky than good

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  Baseball, Lucky

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• When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew immediately what it was. That was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Running, Home, Moon

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• One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Baseball, Might, Shots

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• I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."

  Zurdo Gómez

  Yankees, Careers, Balls

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• Nadie hacía jonrones como Babe (Ruth). Eran algo especial. Eran como palomas mensajeras. La pelota salía del bate, se detenía brevemente, se orientaba de repente y despegaba hacia las gradas.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Running, Home, Special

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• He (Jimmie Foxx) has muscles in his hair.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Hair, Pitching, Muscles

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• El secreto de mi éxito era una vida limpia y un campo rápido.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Inspiration, Secret, Cleaning

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• I had been having trouble with my eyes. One day my glasses fogged up while I was pitching, but when I cleaned them and looked at the plate and saw Foxx clearly, it frightened me so much I never wore them again.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Eye, Yankees, Glasses

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• I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Letting Go, Yankees, Balls

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• Tengo un nuevo invento. Es una pecera giratoria para peces de colores cansados.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Tired, Pet, Goldfish

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• Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Light, Midnight, Jimmy

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• A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

  Zurdo Gómez

  Running, Yankees, Funny Baseball

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• I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Running, Mistake, Teammate

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• I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Home, Yankees, Wife

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• Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Years, Games, Fifteen

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• We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Yankees, Games, Victory

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• You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled into one.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Yankees, Play, Guy

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• He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Baseball, Country

  "In America; A Designated Hero" by Bob Herbert, www.nytimes.com. March 10, 1999.

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• I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Guy, Pitching, Made

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• Cuando firmé por primera vez con los Yankees, los titulares no hablaban contigo hasta que llevabas tres o cuatro años en el equipo. Hoy en día, los novatos reciben 100.000 dólares por firmar y no hablan con los titulares.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Béisbol, Equipo, Yankees

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• Yo era el peor bateador de la historia. Nunca rompí un bate hasta el año pasado, cuando salía del garaje.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Leadership, Baseball, Years

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• I don't want to throw him nothing. Maybe he'll just get tired of waiting and leave.

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  Tired, Yankees, Waiting

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• If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Inspiración

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• It's better to be lucky than good.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Suerte

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• I'd rather not throw the ball at all.

  Zurdo Gómez

  Baseball, Balls

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