| Hall of Fame catcher |
Thomas Joseph |
31 May 2025 |
| Baseball Hall of Famer who would be 100 today, and whose insights are noted at 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2025 |
| 20th-century US baseball catcher who was an 18-time All-Star (4,5) |
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| Yankees legend who said "I really didn't say everything I said" |
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| Source of quote, re the quotes attributed to him |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Speaker of the quip at 27 Across: 2 wds. |
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| "It ain't over till it's over" quipster |
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| Hall of Fame Yankees catcher who served in the Navy during WWII: 2 wds. |
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| Catcher of the only World Series perfect game |
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| Who said 'Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical' |
New York Times |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Hall of Fame baseballer with many “isms” |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Nov 2022 |
| The reviewer |
Newsday |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Player with a record 10 World Series championships |
New York Times |
10 Dec 2020 |
| Baseball catcher and manager who said “If you come to a fork in the road, take it” |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
27 Oct 2019 |
| He caught Don Larsen's perfecto |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Yankee great in the Hall of Fame |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Apr 2018 |
| He caught Don Larsen's perfecto |
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| "It ain't over 'til it's over" speaker |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2017 |
| ''It ain't over . . .'' opiner |
Newsday |
05 May 2017 |
| "It ain't over 'til it's over" speaker |
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| Player with the most seasons (10) on a World Series-winning team |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2016 |
| Oft-quoted Yankee legend |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Speaker of this puzzle's "double quote" |
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| Player with the most seasons (10) on a World Series-winning team |
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| Who said 'Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours' |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Yankee who wore an 8 |
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| "Cut the pizza in four piecesÑI'm not hungry enough to eat six" |
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| Who said "Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours" |
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| Yankee quipper |
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| "It ain't over 'til it's over" sayer |
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| Source of quote |
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| "I never said half the things I said" sayer |
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| He said "It ain't over till it's over" |
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| "You can observe a lot just by watching" |
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| Speaker of the quote |
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| He caught Don Larsen's perfect game |
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| He caught a perfect World Series game |
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| Source of all the quotes in this puzzle |
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| "It ain't over 'til..." speaker |
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| He said "It ain't over until it's over." |
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| Yankee hall of famer |
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| "You can observe a lot by watching" speaker |
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| See 17-Across |
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| See 50-Across |
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| Ballplayer to whom the quotation is attributed |
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| The Yankees' man in the wire mask. |
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| Famous Yankee. |
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| A Yankee. |
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