Lefty Gomez
Lefty Gomez
Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomezwas an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Gomez played in Major League Baseballbetween 1930 and 1943 for the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators. Gomez was a five-time World Series champion with the Yankees. He was also known for his colorful personality and humor throughout his career and life...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth26 November 1908
CountryUnited States of America
running mistake teammate
I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.
guy pitching made
I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.
secret clean clean-living
The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.
years games fifteen
Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.
light midnight jimmy
Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.
careers balls pitching
I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."
running funny-baseball pitching
A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"
baseball country
He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.
lucky
It's better to be lucky than good.
morning night bad-night
I never had a bad night in my life, but I've had a few bad mornings.
baseball team years
When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.
tired pet goldfish
I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.
yankees play guy
You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled into one.
home yankees wife
I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.