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...that fella* [Bob Cerv] in left and he can't field now, somebody else would use him maybe, but I can't. So I wait, and then my big fella [Mickey Mantle] gets hurt because he's goin' at half-speed and he's got to bunt once in a while because he can't always swing from his heels. Especially when he hits the ball to either side of the other fella [the opposing pitcher] he's sure to get on because nobody can catch him. But he [Cerv] wants...
...Play the Percentages. "All my fellas came through. You take this fella who pitches left-handed [Tommy Byrne]. Why, he deserves the comeback of the year. No, make it that other one on second that I moved to third, but he can play anything. McDougald, I mean...
...other fella [Billy Martin] comes out of the Army but he don't look at big-league pitching and I put him at short, but the Little Old Man [Phil Rizzuto] comes up with a good job for me and I shift the second baseman [McDougald] to third and put the Army guy [Martin] where he belongs, on second with the Old Man [Rizzuto] back on short and we click pretty good...
...What a Fella!" For Campy, 1952 was a slow year; he had a bad arm and his hitting was off. The Dodgers won the pennant, but once again they lost the World Series to the Yankees. In 1953, his arm healed, Campy went to town. He had the best hitting year for any catcher in the history of organized baseball. He caught 144 games (of 154 scheduled), got 162 hits, walloped 41 home runs, wound up with an average of .312 and the most-valuable-player award. Once more, the Yankees won the World Series...
...Campanella, oh, he'sa my boy, Oh, what a fella, dat mighty...