Top 100 Jerry Coleman Quotes (2025 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. “Hats off to drug abusers everywhere.”

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

23. “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

24. “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

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

— Jerry Coleman

26. “He can be lethal death.”

— Jerry Coleman

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

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

38. “They throw Winfield out at second, but he’s safe.”

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

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

— Jerry Coleman

50. “Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first.”

— Jerry Coleman