Over at my home blog, I'm in the habit of posting short trivia quizzes. Unfortunately, I've been snowed under by work the past few weeks, and been unable to put out a trivia quiz. Things have lightened up a bit, and since tomorrow is the Cardinals 2005 Opener (albeit, not at home), I decided to do the quiz thing here at the Birdwatch today.

Below the fold is a set of quotations. Some of these are about Cardinals players or broadcasters; others are by Cardinals players or broadcasters. Name the player/broadcaster associated with the quote. (For extra credit, also name the person who said the quote for those quotes that are about Cardinals players. HINT: a quote could even be by a player/broadcaster about another Cardinal player.) Answers tomorrow.

1) "I have a darn good job, but please don't ask me what I do."

2) "Left-hander, right-hander, soft thrower, power guy, fastballs away, fastballs in--he doesn’t have any holes."

3) "I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed."

4) "It was said that I threw basically, five pitches--fastball, slider, curve, change-up, and knockdown. I don't believe that assessment did me justice, though. I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a change-up, knockdown, brushback, and hit batsman."

5) "I was just helping the writers out. Them ain't lies, them's scoops."

6) [Describing a home-run ball he gave up that night.] "Fastball. Cock high."

7) "When I came over here [the National League], I always heard it was a stronger league, with amphetamines all over the clubhouse, but all I found was Michelob Dry."

8) "I've never even hit batting practice before a crowd that small at Busch." [1,519 on 4/18/1988]

9) "It was a beautiful thing to observe, with all 36 oars working in unison."

10) "I hope to live long enough to spend the rest of my life here."

11) "Less than a foot made the difference between a hero and a bum."

12) A twofer. Which one season Cardinal spoke thus of playing in St. Louis:

"St. Louis is baseball all american style. Not like Philly, not like New York, not like anywhere else. In St. Louis the fans care about the game. Here they talk strategy, the hit-and-run, the squeeze play, the defensive alignment; the fans didn't care about off-field controversies."

"If a horse won't eat it, I don't want to play on it."