Everybody knows the "Yogi Berraisms" [ "nobody goes there anymore-it's too busy" ] and some know of Casey Stengel and his "isms," but does anyone recall the equal of the above twosome, "Dizzy" Dean.
I remember as a kid when Dizzy and Pee Wee [ Reese ] were broadcasting games on CBS and its "Baseball Game of the Week." Seems the teachers at some point wanted Dizzy removed, because he used words like "ain't." And his most famous: "slud into third base." According to Dizzy, "Well what's wrong with ain't? And as for saying (Phil) Rizzuto slud into third' it just ain't natural. Sounds silly to me. Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.
Some more Dizzy witticisms:
"He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology." - The Sporting News (1936)
"He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the wall."
"Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating."
"I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks like a change of pace alongside that little pistol bullet ole Satchel (Paige) shoots up to the plate." - Sport (1969)
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I remember listening to Pee Wee Reese and Dizzy Dean too. And FALSTAFF(?) beer commercials.
VC, do u remember Ed Thelenius(?)
Used to watch Atl Crackers at Ponce de Leon on TV before Braves arrived. Went to a few games there too.
Slippery
Slippery, I remember Dizzy hoisting a cold Falstaff beer and urging us "to try one, podner." And Ed "there's a drive way back-that ball is gone hitting the Kahn's Weiner sign in right field" Thelineus. One homer landed in a railway car that was passing by and wasn't retrieved until it came to a stop in Savannah or Des Moines, Iowa, making it the longest home run in history.
VC, your memory is amazing. And the Kahn's Weiner sign! Thanks for reminding me, I had forgot.
Later podner...
Slippery
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