Top 100 Jerry Coleman Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It’s rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!”

— Jerry Coleman

2. “And it’s a long drive down the line to centerfield.”

— Jerry Coleman

3. “Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen.”

— Jerry Coleman

4. “They’ve taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uh, they’ve taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.”

— Jerry Coleman

5. “On the mound is Randy Jones, the left-hander with the Karl Marx hairdo.”

— Jerry Coleman

6. “Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.”

— Jerry Coleman

7. “Sometimes big trees grow out of acorns – I think I heard that from a squirrel.”

— Jerry Coleman

8. “Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.”

— Jerry Coleman

9. “Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion.”

— Jerry Coleman

10. “Larry Lintz steals second standing up. He slid, but he didn’t have to.”

— Jerry Coleman

11. “The sky is so clear today you can see all the way to Missouri.”

— Jerry Coleman

12. “At the end of six innings of play, it’s Montreal 5, Expos 3.”

— Jerry Coleman

13. “The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It’s ball one. Low and outside.”

— Jerry Coleman

14. “It was a death struggle every day being a Yankee you either won or you lost. There was no second place. Half of us were nuts by the end of a season.”

— Jerry Coleman

15. “There’s two heads to every coin.”

— Jerry Coleman

16. “Boros is not with the team today because he’s attending his daughter’s funeral. Oh, wait, it’s her wedding.”

— Jerry Coleman

17. “Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.”

— Jerry Coleman

18. “Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.”

— Jerry Coleman

19. “If ever an error had “F” written on it, that grounder did.”

— Jerry Coleman

20. “Hats off to drug abusers everywhere.”

— Jerry Coleman

21. “If Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.”

— Jerry Coleman

22. “Well, I hope before Glenn goes, he’ll come up here so we can give him a big hug and a kiss, because that’s the kind of guy he is.”

— Jerry Coleman

23. “He can be lethal death.”

— Jerry Coleman

24. “Ozzie Smith is out there roaming around like glass.”

— Jerry Coleman

25. “He slides into second with a stand-up double.”

— Jerry Coleman

26. “A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on.”

— Jerry Coleman

27. “The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.”

— Jerry Coleman

28. “Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.”

— Jerry Coleman

29. “Billy Almon has all of his in-laws and outlaws here this afternoon.”

— Jerry Coleman

30. “From the way Denny’s shaking his head, he’s either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye.”

— Jerry Coleman

31. “Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything.”

— Jerry Coleman

32. “At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria.”

— Jerry Coleman

33. “George Hendrick simply lost that sun-blown pop-up.”

— Jerry Coleman

34. “It’s a cold night out tonight. The Padres better warm up real good because it’s stiff out there.”

— Jerry Coleman

35. “That was like swatting June bugs off a fly.”

— Jerry Coleman

36. “Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They’ve been ex-teammates for years now.”

— Jerry Coleman

37. “That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it.”

— Jerry Coleman

38. “It’s off the leg and into the left field of Doug Rader.”

— Jerry Coleman

39. “Benedict may not be as hurt as he really is.”

— Jerry Coleman

40. “When Guante started, they thought he’d be like popcorn, one of the most popular things around.”

— Jerry Coleman

41. “Turner was like a pencil. He bent around that pitch!”

— Jerry Coleman

42. “Renko has just about had it. Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.”

— Jerry Coleman

43. “Hrabosky looks fierce in that Fu Manchu haircut.”

— Jerry Coleman

44. “Those amateur umpires are certainly flexing their fangs tonight.”

— Jerry Coleman

45. “When you lose your hands, you can’t play baseball.”

— Jerry Coleman

46. “McCovey swings and misses, and it’s fouled back.”

— Jerry Coleman

47. “Right now Andy Larkin is pitching just like young Andy Larkin.”

— Jerry Coleman

48. “Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?”

— Jerry Coleman

49. “Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.”

— Jerry Coleman

50. “Gene Richards swings, the ball bounces foul and hits him in the head. No harm done.”

— Jerry Coleman