Your 2009 Jim Palmer Quotables Thread

[Moose Milligan]

He's killing me here tonight!

Nick makes a nice diving catch and Palmer goes in a sing song voice

Juuuussst go ahead and give him the Gold Glove now...

...I'll loan him one. :laughlol::laughlol:

Earlier tonight, about Cody Ransom:

Cody ransoms always been a pretty good minor league hitter, primarily because thats where he's mostly played...

[Hank Scorpio]

Let's please not let this thread die.

God knows there should be more than enough Palmerisms.

He's kind of a polarizing guy, but lord I love Palmer. He's pure comedy.

[Leitch]

Opening Day when Johnson bounced one, Palmer said of Zaun:

I tell ya, he handles this ball like it's a double double cheeseburger from, uh, In-And-Out Burger. Nuh-uh. Not gettin' by.

Aside: MLB.TV is fantastic this year.

[olehippi]

Jim Palmer -- an intellectual Yogi Berra

[PrivateO]

In regards to the new photo collectibles on orioles.com (Thorne says he'll make one for Palmer):

So instead of Facebook, will you make me a FaceMug?

[Hank Scorpio]

"If you're gonna jerk it, jerk it down at home plate, not out to the left."

[FollyFollyToo]

I'm not sure why they haven't offered him enough money to be the color guy for all 162 games. I figure he's making $300,000 as it is, what's another $100,000?

[Scrat1]

This thread is bound for greatness.

[dslats715]

Love Palmer quotes. This thread will never die. Even when Buck takes over for a week while Jim gets some R&R, the thread will come back.

[weams]

"Two weeks, maybe three. You never know with psychosomatic injuries You have to take your time with them."

Jim Palmer

[Mark Carver]

I'm not sure why they haven't offered him enough money to be the color guy for all 162 games. I figure he's making $300,000 as it is, what's another $100,000?

I don't think he want to go on the road... he does very few.

[FollyFollyToo]

I don't think he want to go on the road... he does very few.

I guess he's so entertaining that it seems like he does a lot more. I would guess that he does at least half of the games (the last few years), but maybe I'm wrong.

[Palmoripken]

Palmer is great. He had one in the top of the 8th inning I forget what he said but it had my roomie laughing. I don't see how anyone could not like Palmer. Greatest O's pitcher in our history, yeah he's a little egotistical but to rephrase what Stan Musial said when he was asked why he was always smiling, you would be happy too if you had 268 wins. Musial said the same but with a 331 BA.

[orangedive]

My favorite Palmer quote of all time was two or three years ago. There was some pitcher who was just sucking (I don't think it was an O) and Palmer says (I'm paraphrasing):

You know, he needs to get the ball in the strike zone but not right in the middle of the plate. When I was pitching I was effective because I was just wild enough that I kept hitters off balance. But, you know, that's why I'm in the hall of fame and this guy is struggling just to be a middle reliever.

Still cracks me up when I think about it.

[Palmoripken]

My favorite Palmer quote of all time was two or three years ago. There was some pitcher who was just sucking (I don't think it was an O) and Palmer says (I'm paraphrasing):

Still cracks me up when I think about it.

Hahahhaha that's Jim for you.