Red Barber Quotes


"Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it."
- Red Barber
(Related: Umpire)

"When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person."
- Red Barber
(Related: Talking)

"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."
- Red Barber
"He's sitting in the catbird seat."
- Red Barber
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
- Red Barber
(Related: Baseball)

"When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons."
- Red Barber
(Related: Baseball)

"This is Red Barber speaking. Let me say hello to you all."
- Red Barber