Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't hear them
live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I caught live. His
calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are etched in our memories, but
larely via replays because most people were watching the TV while he was on
the radio only in the postseason.

What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years? The
AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are loaded, i wish I was
too.") Others?

Colin
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idea seems true has nothing to do with whether it is true"

Colin William wrote:
> Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't
> hear them live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I
> caught live. His calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are
> etched in our memories, but larely via replays because most people
> were watching the TV while he was on the radio only in the postseason.
>
> What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991
> years? The AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are
> loaded, i wish I was too.") Others?
>
the batter with the "international object" in his eye is one of mine, as
well as during the dismal years in a blowout loss, "if you promise to
patronize our sponsors"...something about walking the dog.
:)

--
zig
"Get out of my boat. I've already caught my limit of kookfish"
tim in the coffeeshop

Colin William wrote:
> Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't
> hear them live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I
> caught live. His calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are
> etched in our memories, but larely via replays because most people
> were watching the TV while he was on the radio only in the postseason.
>
> What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991
> years? The AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are
> loaded, i wish I was too.") Others?
>
the best one, however, is:
"Here comes Bream! Here's the throw to the plate! He iiiiiiiisssssssss ...
safe! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! ... Braves win!"

--
zig
"Get out of my boat. I've already caught my limit of kookfish"
tim in the coffeeshop

"zig zigalo" <ziggy1967@gmail.com> wrote
> the best one, however, is:
> "Here comes Bream! Here's the throw to the plate! He iiiiiiiisssssssss ...
> safe! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! ... Braves win!"

That is another good one.

From a spring training game:
"Giovanola to Graffanino to Pecorilli...double play. Somebody get me some
pasta!"

Colin

In article <ZaOlk.4613$7r1.3758@fe16.usenetserver.com>, ziggy1967
@gmail.com says...
> Colin William wrote:
> > Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't
> > hear them live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I
> > caught live. His calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are
> > etched in our memories, but larely via replays because most people
> > were watching the TV while he was on the radio only in the postseason.
> >
> > What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991
> > years? The AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are
> > loaded, i wish I was too.") Others?
> >
> the batter with the "international object" in his eye is one of mine, as
> well as during the dismal years in a blowout loss, "if you promise to
> patronize our sponsors"...something about walking the dog.
> :)

I forgot that one. I loved it.

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"Colin William" <colintwilliam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6fpmjkFcrlshU1@mid.individual.net...
> Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't hear
> them live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I caught live.
> His calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are etched in our
> memories, but larely via replays because most people were watching the TV
> while he was on the radio only in the postseason.
>
> What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
> The AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are loaded, i wish
> I was too.") Others?


The one that I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned is his call of the last
out of the 1995 World Series. From "Yes! Yes! Yes!" to bringing "the first
championship to Atlanta!" ... a standout memory, not only for Skip's call,
but because he was right about how significant it was and still is for the
city.

In article <zWPlk.9734$1N1.3245@newsfe07.iad>, jpmccord@hotmail.com
says...
> "Colin William" <colintwilliam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:6fpmjkFcrlshU1@mid.individual.net...
> > Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't hear
> > them live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I caught live.
> > His calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are etched in our
> > memories, but larely via replays because most people were watching the TV
> > while he was on the radio only in the postseason.
> >
> > What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
> > The AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are loaded, i wish
> > I was too.") Others?
>
>
> The one that I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned is his call of the last
> out of the 1995 World Series. From "Yes! Yes! Yes!" to bringing "the first
> championship to Atlanta!" ... a standout memory, not only for Skip's call,
> but because he was right about how significant it was and still is for the
> city.

I can't remember the details of what I consider his funniest quote,
but sometime in the 91 (or 92) season we managed to have two runners
on second and he said something like "we've got runners all over the
bases". Of course the absurdity of the moment played into it, but
Skip's always the first to pounce on it to bring it to your attention
and bring the point home.

While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the infield fly rule?

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"Dale Hicks" <dgh1138@southernbell.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.23018cf796a5f4b9989d06@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...
> In article <zWPlk.9734$1N1.3245@newsfe07.iad>, jpmccord@hotmail.com
> says...
>> "Colin William" <colintwilliam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:6fpmjkFcrlshU1@mid.individual.net...
>> > Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't hear
>> > them live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I caught
>> > live.
>> > His calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are etched in our
>> > memories, but larely via replays because most people were watching the
>> > TV
>> > while he was on the radio only in the postseason.
>> >
>> > What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
>> > The AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are loaded, i
>> > wish
>> > I was too.") Others?
>>
>>
>> The one that I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned is his call of the
>> last
>> out of the 1995 World Series. From "Yes! Yes! Yes!" to bringing "the
>> first
>> championship to Atlanta!" ... a standout memory, not only for Skip's
>> call,
>> but because he was right about how significant it was and still is for
>> the
>> city.
>
> I can't remember the details of what I consider his funniest quote,
> but sometime in the 91 (or 92) season we managed to have two runners
> on second and he said something like "we've got runners all over the
> bases". Of course the absurdity of the moment played into it, but
> Skip's always the first to pounce on it to bring it to your attention
> and bring the point home.
>
> While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the infield fly rule?

For that matter, what DOES Antonio Alfonseca do when someone cuts him off in
traffic?

In article <O%Qlk.8502$Bt6.3326@newsfe04.iad>, jpmccord@hotmail.com
says...
> "Dale Hicks" <dgh1138@southernbell.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.23018cf796a5f4b9989d06@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...
> >
> > While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the infield fly rule?
>
> For that matter, what DOES Antonio Alfonseca do when someone cuts him off in
> traffic?

During the 1992 WS I think: "Same two teams tomorrow night ... and
if it weren't, wouldn't that be a story".

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Dale Hicks <dgh1138@southernbell.com> wrote:

> While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the
> infield fly rule?

You jest! It's easier to explain women.

On Aug 5, 12:51 am, "JPM III" <jpmcc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Dale Hicks" <dgh1...@southernbell.com> wrote in message
>
> news:MPG.23018cf796a5f4b9989d06@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...
>
>
>
> > In article <zWPlk.9734$1N1.3...@newsfe07.iad>, jpmcc...@hotmail.com
> > says...
> >> "Colin William" <colintwill...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>news:6fpmjkFcrlshU1@mid.individual.net...
> >> > Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't hear
> >> > them live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I caught
> >> > live.
> >> > His calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are etched in our
> >> > memories, but larely via replays because most people were watching the
> >> > TV
> >> > while he was on the radio only in the postseason.
>
> >> > What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
> >> > The AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are loaded, i
> >> > wish
> >> > I was too.") Others?
>
> >> The one that I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned is his call of the
> >> last
> >> out of the 1995 World Series. From "Yes! Yes! Yes!" to bringing "the
> >> first
> >> championship to Atlanta!" ... a standout memory, not only for Skip's
> >> call,
> >> but because he was right about how significant it was and still is for
> >> the
> >> city.
>
> > I can't remember the details of what I consider his funniest quote,
> > but sometime in the 91 (or 92) season we managed to have two runners
> > on second and he said something like "we've got runners all over the
> > bases". Of course the absurdity of the moment played into it, but
> > Skip's always the first to pounce on it to bring it to your attention
> > and bring the point home.
>
> > While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the infield fly rule?
>
> For that matter, what DOES Antonio Alfonseca do when someone cuts him off in
> traffic?

my iconic skip moment was during a come-from-behind win over the mets:
(paraphrasing) that's two runs for atlanta, as the forces of good
overcome the forces of evil.

who else remembers the squirrel?

--
Ben

"Dick Adams" <rdadams@panix.com> wrote in message
news:g7984q$3di$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Dale Hicks <dgh1138@southernbell.com> wrote:
>
>> While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the
>> infield fly rule?
>
> You jest! It's easier to explain women.


Does anyone remember this story? He told it several times but I can't
remember the details. It was from 80's vintage Braves "terriball" era.
IIRC, the Braves player, maybe it was Rafael Ramirez but I think it was
another Hispanic player, was trying to stretch a double into a triple, but
the outfielder made a great throw to third and the runner was only about
halfway to third when the ball arrived. In describing the play to Skip
afterward, the Braves player described it as "that's the outest I've ever
been". Just priceless as told by Skip.

--
Bob Horton

On Aug 6, 3:12 pm, "Bob Horton" <NO_RE_HORTON_JR_M...@HOTMAIL.COM>
wrote:
> "Dick Adams" <rdad...@panix.com> wrote in message
>
> news:g7984q$3di$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
> > Dale Hicks <dgh1...@southernbell.com> wrote:
>
> >> While we're on the subject, can anyone explain the
> >> infield fly rule?
>
> > You jest! It's easier to explain women.
>
> Does anyone remember this story? He told it several times but I can't
> remember the details. It was from 80's vintage Braves "terriball" era.
> IIRC, the Braves player, maybe it was Rafael Ramirez but I think it was
> another Hispanic player, was trying to stretch a double into a triple, but
> the outfielder made a great throw to third and the runner was only about
> halfway to third when the ball arrived. In describing the play to Skip
> afterward, the Braves player described it as "that's the outest I've ever
> been". Just priceless as told by Skip.
>
> --
> Bob Horton

"Que the Duck"
"Caught by a fan from Valdosta"

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:50:55 -0400, "Colin William"
<colintwilliam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Of course, we all remember his most famous ones, even if we didn't hear them
>live: "I don't believe it, he caught the ball!" is one I caught live. His
>calls on Sid's slide and the 95 championship are etched in our memories, but
>larely via replays because most people were watching the TV while he was on
>the radio only in the postseason.
>
>What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years? The
>AJC lists some of his more wry comments ("The bases are loaded, i wish I was
>too.") Others?
>
>Colin

This isn't a quote, but rather an incident described in one of Lewis
Grizzard's books. I wish I could find it online, but here it is to
the best of my memory.

Lewis was at a bar in the city one evening and one of the other
patrons was Skip. Apparently both had been imbibing for sometime.

Skip gets up and leaves without saying anything. A few minutes later
Lewis looks up at the TV and there is Skip, doing the local sports on
the evening news.

> What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?

I remember one game against the cubs in which relief pitcher
Heathcliff Slocumb had walked the bases loaded. Skip reported that the
manager (I forget who) "is scribbling on his lineup card as he
approaches the mound to have a chat with his pitcher... probably
something to the effect of 'remind Heathcliff to throw strikes.'" I
was in my car at the time and I nearly ran off the road I was laughing
so hard.

On Aug 12, 10:10 am, Tommy Smeltzer <to...@sixtysecond.com> wrote:
> > What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
>
> I remember one game against the cubs in which relief pitcher
> Heathcliff Slocumb had walked the bases loaded. Skip reported that the
> manager (I forget who) "is scribbling on his lineup card as he
> approaches the mound to have a chat with his pitcher... probably
> something to the effect of 'remind Heathcliff to throw strikes.'" I
> was in my car at the time and I nearly ran off the road I was laughing
> so hard.

i remember once doing the pregame one day against the padres, pete
referred to SD starter andy benes as the "bell cow" of that staff.
skip thought it was hilarious and it became a running joke throughout
the entire game, with skip using the "bell cow" metaphor every chance
he got.

On Aug 12, 7:38 pm, taylor <jtupchu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 12, 10:10 am, Tommy Smeltzer <to...@sixtysecond.com> wrote:
>
> > > What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
>
I remember a Braves game on back in the 80s against the Mets at Shea.
The cameras showed a horde of fans coming off the subway beyond the
outfield fences and Skip nonchalantly quipped: "I wonder how many of
them still have their wallets".

In article <4461a5c9-d60d-4bdd-bef3-e7f8b2d77aa5@
26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>, gabadie@hotmail.com says...
> On Aug 12, 7:38 pm, taylor <jtupchu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 12, 10:10 am, Tommy Smeltzer <to...@sixtysecond.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
> >
> I remember a Braves game on back in the 80s against the Mets at Shea.
> The cameras showed a horde of fans coming off the subway beyond the
> outfield fences and Skip nonchalantly quipped: "I wonder how many of
> them still have their wallets".

Was Skip the one that coined the "Oh-seventy-six ... Bingo!" comment?

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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:32:51 -0500, Dale Hicks
<dgh1138@southernbell.com> wrote:

>In article <4461a5c9-d60d-4bdd-bef3-e7f8b2d77aa5@
>26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>, gabadie@hotmail.com says...
>> On Aug 12, 7:38 pm, taylor <jtupchu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Aug 12, 10:10 am, Tommy Smeltzer <to...@sixtysecond.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > > What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
>> >
>> I remember a Braves game on back in the 80s against the Mets at Shea.
>> The cameras showed a horde of fans coming off the subway beyond the
>> outfield fences and Skip nonchalantly quipped: "I wonder how many of
>> them still have their wallets".
>
>Was Skip the one that coined the "Oh-seventy-six ... Bingo!" comment?

He's the first I recall using it.

The Ghost of General Lee wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:32:51 -0500, Dale Hicks
> <dgh1138@southernbell.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <4461a5c9-d60d-4bdd-bef3-e7f8b2d77aa5@
>> 26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>, gabadie@hotmail.com says...
>>> On Aug 12, 7:38 pm, taylor <jtupchu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Aug 12, 10:10 am, Tommy Smeltzer <to...@sixtysecond.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
>>> I remember a Braves game on back in the 80s against the Mets at Shea.
>>> The cameras showed a horde of fans coming off the subway beyond the
>>> outfield fences and Skip nonchalantly quipped: "I wonder how many of
>>> them still have their wallets".
>> Was Skip the one that coined the "Oh-seventy-six ... Bingo!" comment?
>
> He's the first I recall using it.

I noticed that Joe Simpson said that line the other night and got a
little choked up. Ok, so did I.

Tommy Smeltzer wrote:
>> What are your favorite Skip quotes, especially from the pre-1991 years?
>
> I remember one game against the cubs in which relief pitcher
> Heathcliff Slocumb had walked the bases loaded. Skip reported that the
> manager (I forget who) "is scribbling on his lineup card as he
> approaches the mound to have a chat with his pitcher... probably
> something to the effect of 'remind Heathcliff to throw strikes.'" I
> was in my car at the time and I nearly ran off the road I was laughing
> so hard.

As said to Joe Simpson on occasion, "And the horse you rode in on".

>From a spring training game:
>"Giovanola to Graffanino to
>Pecorilli...double play. Somebody get me
>some pasta!"

One of the Mets broadcasters noted on the day he died that Carey, during
an extended losing streak back in the mid-80's when the team was awful
said, at the beginning of the game:

"Like lambs to the slaughter, the Braves take the field".

That's something Uecker would say in a "Major League" movie.

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"Ever since the 60's, it's been all downhill" - Keith Hernandez, on how
far we've sunk as a culture