Johnny Podres Quotations

He gave me a lot of confidence. I remember after the sixth game, Whitey Ford beat us and I said to Pee Wee Reese, 'Don't worry. I'll shut them out.' I was just kidding. But I didn't feel there was any pressure on me. If I beat them, great. If not, I wasn't supposed to, anyway. They were the Yankees. I slept good the night before. The Yankees probably figured I couldn't do it again and the Dodgers had never beaten them, so they weren't worried. Neither was I. There was no pressure on me.

It feels great to have beaten the Yankees because, you know, I pitched against them four times in the World Series and beat them three times.

That was the key of the game. It gave us a big lift.

That was the best fastball I've ever thrown in my life. He swung and missed. I remember walking off the field, with everybody in Yankee Stadium standing up, and I said to myself there was no way I could let the game get away from me.

There was no pressure on me. I was 9-10 (during the season). Who expected me to beat the Yankees twice?

A ground ball to Pee Wee, and they weren't Bums anymore.