“Swing and a fly ball to right, Green under it….. in foul ground.. makes the catch!…Put it in the books!.. The Mets are gonna play for the pennant!”
Calling the 2006 NLDS clincher.
2006
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Jack Buck (1924–2002) American sportscaster
Calling an injured Kirk Gibson's walk-off home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series off Dennis Eckersley. <br class="br">1980s <br class="br">Source: Jack Buck's call of Kirk Gibson's home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series on CBS Radio (via WJBC-AM in Bloomington, Illinois) http://www.wjbc.com/media/buck4.MP3
“I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball.”
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) American baseball player
As quoted in Go for the Gold: Thoughts on Achieving Your Personal Best (2001) by Ariel Books
Context: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball. In boxing, your fist usually stops when you hit a man, but its possible to hit so hard that your fist doesn't stop. I try to follow through in the same way. The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.
Howie Rose (1954) American sports announcer
Calling the last out of Tom Glavine's historic victory.
2011, Undated
Jack Buck (1924–2002) American sportscaster
Calling the final out of the 1987 National League Championship Series as the Cardinals advanced to the 1987 World Series.
1980s
Jack Buck (1924–2002) American sportscaster
Calling the final moments of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
1980s
Albert Pujols (1980) Dominican-American baseball player
When asked what type of hitter he would consider himself to be. http://sports.ign.com/articles/709/709384p1.html
Dave Barry (1947) American writer
Source: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657
Michael Swanwick book Vacuum Flowers
Source: Vacuum Flowers (1987), Chapter 5, “People's Sheraton” (pp. 74-75)
John Cheever (1912–1982) American novelist and short story writer
The Sixties, 1963 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)