No. 9 Most Quotable Figure in Baseball History
May 6, 2011 by David Nathan · 1 Comment
No. 9Â George “Sparky” Anderson (42 quotations) Umpire Al Clark once said, “I refuse to call a 47-year-old, white-haired man Sparky.” Although he looked like the father of Steve Martin, it was his fiery play that earned him the nickname Sparky while playing in the minor leagues. He moved up through the ranks of the […]
No. 10 Most Quotable Figure in Baseball History
May 3, 2011 by David Nathan · 2 Comments
In the first of a 10-part series, I’ll look at the ten most quotable baseball figures in baseball history. The list includes one owner, three players-turned-announcers, and five players-turned-managers. So longevity has a lot to do with it. Late Show host David Letterman had enough quotes to crack the list, but since he’s not directly […]
20 Years in Baseball
March 14, 2011 by David Nathan · 2 Comments
There’s nothing quite like publishing a book a decade to put your life into perspective. I didn’t intend to become a compiler of quotations. It was an accident. Back in 1990, I was just out of college, semi-unemployed, and trying to make my way in LA. I was in between futile attempts at writing movie scripts, so […]
