Quotes By Red Barber

Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.

Baseball is dull only to dull minds.

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

When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons.

Running like a bunny with his tail on fire.

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.

When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person.

He's sitting in the catbird seat.