Dick Stuart Quotes

Richard Lee Stuart was an American professional baseball first baseman, who played in Major League Baseball from 1958 to 1966 and 1969. In 1967 and 1968, he played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Taiyo Whales. Born in San Francisco, Stuart threw and batted right-handed; he was listed as 6 feet 4 inches tall and 212 pounds . He began his pro career in 1951 in the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system, and spent 1953 and 1954 performing military service.

✵ 7. November 1932 – 15. December 2002
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Famous Dick Stuart Quotes

“Every home run gives me the deepest personal thrill, although I've hit droves. Last year at Lincoln I hit 66, yet it gave me the deepest personal thrill every time I seen that ball flying nine miles out of the park.”

As quoted in "The Man Who Hit Too Many Home Runs" https://books.google.com/books?id=UD8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA85&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm9ZTw6JXQAhVH1CYKHazgBPcQ6AEIFDAA#v=onepage&q=%22Every%20home%20run%22&f=false by Mark Harris, in Life (September 2, 1957), p. 86

“There must be the best 169-pound slugger in baseball.”

On Roberto Clemente; as quoted in "Clemente’s Clouting Keeps Corsairs Hot on Trail of Treasure" by Les Biederman, in The Sporting News (May 31, 1961)

“I guess that makes you the manager of nothing.”

Circa summer 1958, in response to manager Danny Murtaugh's question, "Now who am I?", posed immediately after having informed Stuart that he, Murtaugh, should be addressed strictly as "Mr. Murtaugh," and that he, Stuart, was "nothing'; as quoted by Murtaugh in "Gazette Sports: Stuart Still in Public Eye" https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/410446368/ by Roy Anderson, in The Billings Gazette (July 1, 1961)

“I was gonna hit one. Can I help it if Maz got cute?”

From a telegram explaining why he hadn't delivered on his promise of a World Series home run; as quoted in "Big Stu Breaks Promise But It's Maz' Fault" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QNpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2921%2C3949654 by The Associated Press, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Friday, October 14, 1960), p. 14

“I had a good time there. Moby Dick was my nickname. I struck out four times one night, and in the papers they said Ahab got his whale.”

On his time—1967 and '68—with the Taiyo Whales; as quoted in "The Summer of 66" by Rick Shrum, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (September 20, 1998), p. D-3

“That was when I started telling Polish jokes. Actually, Maz robbed me. If I had hit that home run, I would have made a lot more out of it than Maz did. He never made much effort to capitalize on it. Can you imagine what that homer would be worth in endorsements today?”

On the walk-off home run—hit with pinch hitter Stuart on-deck—that ended the 1960 World Series; as quoted in "A Sad Story: Dick Stuart's Bat Was Solid; So Was His Glove"

“It Was Hank Aaron who hung that Dr. Strangeglove tag on me. I told him, to his face, that he would never amount to anything.”

Clearly confusing "Strangeglove" with "Stone Fingers" (see below); as quoted in "A Sad Story: Dick Stuart's Bat Was Solid; So Was His Glove" by Milt Dunnell, in The Toronto Star (June 1, 1987), p. B1

“I thought I could catch him. I demand a rematch.”

Speaking on September 15, 1960, regarding a play that occurred the previous day: specifically, his failure to throw the ball to second base following Vernon Law's successful pickoff of Maury Wills; as quoted in "Alston Rates Wills with Robinson" http://www.mediafire.com/view/l45legblbwjhk2u by Frank Finch, in Los Angeles Times (September 16, 1960), p. 76

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