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TRIBUTE TO MICKEY MANTLE
A WONDERFUL WEB-SITE DEDICATED TO MICKEY MANTLE, ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT PLAYERS AND ARGUABLY THE TOP FAN-FAVORITE PLAYER OF ALL TIME. CLICK ON ABOVE LINK.
STATS / QUOTES / LIFE HISTORY / SALARY HISTORY / MUCH MORE
AGELESS BASEBALL MAXIMS
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in the photo: Ty Cobb & Joe Jackson
AGELESS BASEBALL MAXIMS-------Unwritten Rules
1. Never put the tying or go-ahead run on base.
2. Play for the tie at home, go for the victory on the road.
3. Don't hit and run with an 0-2 count.
4. Don't play the infield in early in the game.
5. Never make the first or third out at third.
6. Never steal when you're two or more runs down.
7. Don't steal when you're well ahead.
8. Don't steal third with two outs.
9. Don't bunt for a hit when you need a sacrifice.
10. Never throw behind the runner.
11. Left and right fielders concede everything to center fielder.
12. Never give up a home run on an 0-2 count.
13. Never let the score influence the way you manage.
14. Don't go against the percentages.
15. Take a strike when your club is behind in a ballgame.
16. Leadoff hitter must be a base stealer. Designated hitter must be a power hitter.
17. Never give an intentional walk if first base is occupied.
18. With runners in scoring position and first base open, walk the number eight hitter to get to the pitcher.
19. In rundown situations, always run the runner back toward the base from which he came.
20. If you play for one run, that's all you'll get.
21. Don't bunt with a power hitter up.
22. Don't take the bat out of your best hitter's hands by sacrificing in front of him.
23. Only use your bullpen stopper in late-inning situations.
24. Don't use your stopper in a tie game -- only when you're ahead.
25. Hit behind the runner at first.
26. If one of your players gets knocked down by a pitch, retaliate.
27. Hit the ball where it's pitched.
28. A manager should remain detached from his players.
29. Never mention a no-hitter while it's in progress.
30. With a right-hander on the mound, don't walk a right-handed hitter to pitch to a left-handed hitter.
NCAA SCHOLARSHIP COMPARISON
NCAA / D-1 SCHOLARSHIPS BY SPORT:
.......................................... MEN WOMEN
BASEBALL / SOFTBALL.............11.7.......12.0.
BASKETBALL......................13.0.......15.0.
BOWLING..........................0.0........5.0.
TRACK & FIELD...................12.6.......18.0.
FENCING..........................4.5........5.0.
FOOTBALL........................85.0........0.0
GOLF.............................4.5........6.0.
GYMNASTICS.......................6.3.......12.0.
FIELD HOCKEY.....................0.0.......12.0.
ICE HOCKEY......................18.0.......18.0.
LACROSSE........................12.6.......12.0.
RIFLE............................3.6........0.0.
ROWING...........................0.0.......20.0.
RUGBY............................0.0.......12.0.
SKIING...........................6.3........7.0.
SOCCER...........................9.9.......14.0.
SWIMMING / DIVING................9.9.......14.0.
TENNIS...........................4.5........8.0.
VOLLEYBALL.......................4.5.......12.0.
WATER POLO.......................4.5........8.0.
WRESTLING........................9.9........0.0.
YOGI - ISM'S (yogi berra)
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1. It ain't over till it's over.
2. This is like deja vu all over again.
3. You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
4. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
5. The future ain't what it used to be.
6. A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
7. It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
8. I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.
9. Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
10. Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded.
11. I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.
12. You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there.
13. I don't want to make the wrong mistake.
14. If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
15. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
16. Interviewer - "Why, you're a fatalist !"
- Yogi Berra - "You mean I save postage stamps? Not me."
17. Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
18. Mrs. Lindsay - "You certainly look cool."
- Yogi Berra - "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."
19. I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
20. "That ain't the way to spell my name."--After he got a check that read 'Pay to bearer'.
21. How can you hit and think at the same time?
22. "You can observe a lot just by watchin".
23. Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't go to yours.
24. Never answer an anonymous letter.
25. We made too many wrong mistakes.
26. When asked what time it is: "Do you mean now?"
27. For a spring training drill, Yogi instructed his players to: "Pair off in threes."
28. Reporter: "What would you do if you found a million dollars?"
Yogi: "If the guy was poor, I'd give it back."
29. I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.
30. You give 100% in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left.
31. I never said most of the things I said.
32. You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
33. It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
34. Slump? I ain't in no slump....I just ain't hitting.
35. So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
36. The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
37. The towels were so thick there, i could hardly close my suitcase.
38. All pitchers are liars or crybabies.
39. He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
40. I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
41. We have deep depth.
42. There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
43. I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
44. It gets late early out here.
45. If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
46. Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.
47. Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
48. I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I just want to thank eveyone who made this day necessary.
49. The only color I don't have is navy brown.
50. I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
51. In baseball, you don't know nothing.
52. Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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