A lot of his fourteen year career was spent with the Dodgers but he also played for the Yankees, White Sox and briefly for the A's. He was a two time World Champion, five time all-start and the 1982 National League Rookie of the Year. He had 444 career stolen bases and a career batting average of .281. All very impressive numbers. Plus he had a very quick wit which you will shortly see on display with his quotes.
The only criticism leveled against Sax as a player was his fielding. He had all kinds of throwing problems at second base which resulting in some large error totals. He did get better as years went on.
For being a terrific player and a funny guy, Steve Sax is today's recipient of the Baseball Quote of the Day,
"What was I supposed to say? Glad you got over Watergate."
--Steve Sax, after Richard Nixon said that he was glad Sax got over his throwing issues
"I could wind up at second. I could wind up at third, or I could wind up working at the snack bar."
--Steve Sax, on spring training later in his career
No comments:
Post a Comment