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Fisk
was in his 21st
season in the big leagues
at the time of this quote

Sanders
was in his 24th
major league ballgame
at the time of this quote
"Run it out, you [bleep] piece of [bleep]! Run it out!"

Carlton Fisk, May 1990
(White Sox Catcher)

Note--Fisk is addressing Deion Sanders, highly touted Yankee
rookie, who has hit a weak popup to short and is standing in the
baseline instead of running to first.
Fisk
was an All Star Catcher
and widely-respected across
the baseball world

Sanders
was nicknamed Neon Deion
and Prime Time and known
chiefly as a football player
The public's #1 memory of Carlton Fisk is his home run against Cincinnati
in the 1975 World Series while playing for the Boston Red Sox
Afterward Fisk was able to say more:

  • "There's a right way to do things and a wrong way and
    [Sanders] chose to do it the wrong way."

  • "I'm playing for the other team, and it offended me."
    • Carlton

  • also got in a dig about Yankee pinstripes and Yankee pride
    and said those old Yankee stars of days gone by were no doubt
    "turning over in their graves."

  • That might be the comment we enjoyed the most!
    • The public's #2 memory of Carlton Fisk seems to be this incident!
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