Red Barber quotes
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“You have to be as fully prepared for the dull game as you are for the great game, or else you won't be prepared for the great one.”
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“This is Red Barber speaking. Let me say hello to you all.”
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“It's like apples and oranges, you can't compare it. It was just a matter of playing anyone who was breathing.”
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“Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.”
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“When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons.”
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“Writing is easy. Just sit down and open a vein.”
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“When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person.”
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“On radio, you're an artist. On TV, you're a servant.”
-- Red BarberSource : Red Barber (1968). “Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat”, p.304, U of Nebraska Press
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