#yankee

In L.A., wives can fly on the plane; with the Yankees, they can't. With other teams, the wives always have functions to bring them together. Not here. You don't know what half the wives look like. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#bring #fly #functions #half #here

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#as far as #concerned #far #ownership #plan

The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#every #every day #just #me #out

I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle," and the other isn't. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#i #know #only #other #them

... there’s almost nothing worse than spending an entire day anticipating watching a Yankees vs. Red Sox game, only to have the score be 9-0 in the third inning. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#boston-red-sox #new-york-yankees #baseball

[Yankees] are pretty much like southerners except with worse manners, of course, and terrible accents. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#rhett-butler-to-scarlett #southerners #yankees #humor

I've barely said five words to you. What indication could you possibly have that I am a Yankee?" "Well, we could start with the words 'what indication.' Someone from south of the Mason-Dixon would have said, 'Who the hell are you calling a Yankee?' Then we would have fought. ↗

— Jana Deleon

#south #yankee #humor

The fascists in most Latin American countries tell the people that the reason their wages will not buy as much in the way of goods is because of Yankee imperialism. The fascists in Latin America learn to speak and act like natives. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#america #american #because #buy #countries

I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too. ↗

— Bert Campaneris

#loved #opportunity #play #too #yankees

Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys. ↗

— Bert Campaneris

#famous #gehrig #guys #joe #joe dimaggio