It ain't braggin' if you can back it up. by Dizzy Dean

It ain't braggin' if you can back it up.

Dizzy Dean

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If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time.

july team fishing

Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat.

advertising beats breakfast

The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball again and this time the batter connected. He hit a high fly right to the center fielder. The center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his eyes were blound by the sun and he dropped it.

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Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss? by Dizzy Dean

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?

pitching missing-you son

It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?

filling pitching oil

It ain't bragging if you can do it. by Dizzy Dean

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

bragging ifs can-do

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.

pace boys looks

I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is? by Dizzy Dean

I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?

pitching hell used

Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the k... by Dizzy Dean

Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball.

baseball teacher kids

I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him.

third-grade want father

Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-... by Dizzy Dean

Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine).

pitching games winning

He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constit... by Dizzy Dean

He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology.

branches technology thinking

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.

legs balls wall

The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing. by Dizzy Dean

The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.

baseball stupid funny

I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr. Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.

cutting eye believe

It ain't braggin' if you really done it. by Dizzy Dean

It ain't braggin' if you really done it.

done ifs inspirational

The Cards had one pitcher who won fourteen straight games in a period of twenty-four days. Then when he lost his fifteenth game 1-0, his manager fined him fifty bucks.

twenties games cards

I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind. by Dizzy Dean

I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind.

strong blessed mind

I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of... by Dizzy Dean

I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why.

pitching delay sticks

Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.

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