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Yogi-isms
Many of the malaprop quotes now attributed to Yogi Berra were from stories originally told by former ballplayer turned broadcaster Joe Garagiola, who was a childhood friend of Berra's and loved to tell stories about Berra's accidental humor, and others have been attributed to him because they seem characteristic of his style. As he himself is said to have put it, referring to the numerous "Yogiisms" floating around: "I didn't really say everything I said."

A good ball club.
When asked what makes a good manager of a baseball team.
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Always go to other peoples' funerals otherwise they won't go to yours.
I usually take a two hour nap from 1 to 4.
I want to thank you for making this day necessary.
On Yogi Berra day in 1947 in St. Louis. By his account, he asked a teammate to write a speech, and he misspoke, saying "necessary" instead of "possible."
If I didn't wake up, I'd still be sleeping.
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.
If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
This has also been attributed to computer scientist Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut.
It ain't over 'til it's over.
It gets late awfully early around here.
Referring to New York City.
It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking.
It's like déjà vu all over again.
Never answer an anonymous letter.
Ninety percent of this game is mental, and the other half is physical.
A variant of this:"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" is also attributed to Philadelphia Philles manager Danny Ozark
Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded.
Overwhelming underdogs.
Describing the 1969 New York Mets.
Slump? I ain't in no slump! I just ain't hitting.
Surprise me!
When his wife, Carmen, asked where he would like to be buried.
The future ain't what it used to be.
Think? How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?
We have a good time together, even when we're not together.
Talking about his wife, Carmen. He implied he likes to have some time away, but also likes to get back together.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
On why the Yankees lost the 1960 series to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
What? You mean right now?
When asked what time it was.
When you get to a fork in the road, take it.
Berra says this is part of driving directions to his house in Montclair, New Jersey. There is a fork in the road, and whichever way you take, you will get to his house.
Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.
You better make it four. I don't think I could eat eight.
At a dinner in an Italian restaurant, when asked how many slices should be cut in his pizza.
You can observe a lot by watching.
You don't look so hot yourself.
Reply when told he looked cool in his summer suit by the New York Mayor's wife.
You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left

TEAMWORK..."DLYTD"

It's all very well to have courage and skill and its
fine to be counted a star, but the single deed with
it's touch of thrill doesn't tell us the man you are;

for there's no lone hand in the game we play, we must
work to a bigger scheme, and the thing that counts in
the world today is how do you pull with the team?

They may sound your praise and may call you great,
they may single you out for fame, but you must work
with your running mate or never you'll win the game.

For never the work of life is done by the man with a
selfish dream, for the battle is lost or the battle is
won by the spirit of the team.

You may think it's fine to be praised for skill. But
a greater thing to do is to set your mind and your
will on the goal that's just in view; it's helping
your fellow man to score when his chances hopeless
seem, it's forgetting self til the game is over and
fighting for the team.

There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.~Al Gallagher, 1971

"The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again." - James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams (1989)

Baseball Quotes :

ENJOY THESE BASEBALL QUOTES:

1. “Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.” (Bob Feller quotes)

2. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”(Yogi Berra quotes )

3. “One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.”(Nolan Ryan quotes)

4. “There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.”(Tommy Lasorda quotes)

5. “The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.”(Gaylord Perry quotes)

6. “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.”(Jim Murray quotes)

7. “I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.”(Carl Yastrzemski quotes)

8. “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” (Yogi Berra quotes)

9. “In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.”(Tom Seaver quotes)

10. “Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.”(Ted Williams quotes)

11. “People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”(Rogers Hornsby quotes)

12. “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”(Ted Williams quotes)

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Coaches Do Have Favorites

One day this year, someone accused me of "having favorites" on our team. The implication was that this was a terrible sin. When I was a younger coach, I thought it was terrible also.

He/she was right. I do have favorites. My favorites are those athletes who most frequently do what I ask of them. To those that do, I give more attention. I talk to them more. I spend more time teaching them. I also expect more of them.

The implication was made that my favorites improved more than others because they were my favorites, and that was somehow unfair. He/she mistook cause for effect.

The fact is, that the athletes who come to me ready to learn, and try it my way even if it is more challenging and more difficult than they imagined, are ready to get more out of our
program. And they are my favorites.

As a coach, I have only one thing to offer an athlete. What I can offer is my attention. This means that I attend to their needs. The reward for good behavior should be attention, attending to their needs. The consequence of inattentions, lack of effort, unwillingness or un-readiness to learn, or just plain offensive or disruptive behavior, is my inattention to that athlete.

How can it be any other way? If you have three children, and you spend all of your time and energy working with one that displays negative behavior, what does that tell your other two children? It tells them that to capture your attention, they should behave poorly. What we reward is what we get.

As a coach, I want athletes who are eager to learn, eager to experiment, to improve, and eager to work hard. I want athletes who come to me for help in developing their mental and physical skills and are willing to accept what I have to offer. Otherwise, why have they come to me?

I am going to reward that athlete with my attention. In doing so, I encourage others to become like the athlete above. If I spend my time with the unwilling, and/or disruptive athlete, I would only encourage undesirable behavior. I want to forge a link between attention and excellence.

Excellence is the sense of achieving all that is possible and desired. My way of making this happen is to provide my knowledge and attention to those who "attend" to me. This does result in increased performance for those that do so. I am a professional coach, and when I pay attention to a person, that person is going to improve. Over time, this makes it appear that my "favorites" are the better athletes. Not so at all.

The better athletes are those that pay attention, and thus become my favorites. What the accusing person doesn't realize is that you must have favorites if anyone is to develop in a positive fashion. The coach's job is to reward those who exhibit positive developmental behaviors.

Those are my "favorites", and they should be.

Author: Anonymous

*9th grade tryouts are February 16-18 at the CHS field

**Fyi.....all players currently in other sports must complete their season before trying out for baseball.

**Fyi.....All sub-varsity players will wear a solid black helmet and Under Armour black cleats during the season in 2012...JV will order helmets and cleats as a team from on online store as directed by your coach...9th graders will have to purchase their own because of time constraints.

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