Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository
Frank McGraw
Tug McGraw.
| Born | August 30, 1944 Martinez, California |
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| Died | January 5, 2004 Nashville, Tennessee |
Relief pitcher for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies 1965-1984. Won World Series in 1969 and 1980.
The repository contains two quotes from Tug McGraw.
The Phillies offered me a contract to come back in January. The only contingency was that I had to lose twenty. So I lost twenty, reported to spring training, only to find there was a huge misunderstanding. They were talking years, not pounds.
Upon being asked whether he preferred grass to an artificial surface:
I don’t know. I’ve never smoked AstroTurf.
