--- title: "1 Hit Home Quotes By Lefty Gomez" description: "1 Hit Home quotes by Lefty Gomez. Plus more from Lefty Gomez and more Hit Home sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/lefty-gomez-20835_babe_no-one-hit-home-runs-the-way-babe-ruth-d_1824453.jpg" --- > [No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/no-one-hit-home-runs-the-way-babe-ruth-did-they-were-something/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/lefty-gomez-20835_babe_no-one-hit-home-runs-the-way-babe-ruth-d_1824453.jpg) ## More by Lefty Gomez > [If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/if-you-don-t-throw-it-they-can-t-hit-it/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/i-m-something-like-the-old-soak-who-never-knew-whether-his-wife-told/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [It's better to be lucky than good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/it-s-better-to-be-lucky-than-good/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/hell-lou-gehrig-it-took-fifteen-years-to-get-you-out-of-a-game/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/a-lot-of-things-run-through-your-head-when-you-re-going-in-to-relieve/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [Jimmy Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/jimmy-foxx-could-hit-me-at-midnight-with-the-lights-out/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/i-talked-to-the-ball-a-lot-of-times-in-my-career-i-yelled-go-foul-go/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/one-rule-i-had-was-make-your-best-pitch-and-back-up-third-base-that/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [He's in a rut. Gehringer goes two for five on opening day and stays that way all season.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/he-s-in-a-rut-gehringer-goes-two-for-five-on-opening-day-and-stays/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [He (Jimmie Foxx) has muscles in his hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/he-jimmie-foxx-has-muscles-in-his-hair/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [Only triple I ever got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/only-triple-i-ever-got/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/i-want-to-thank-all-my-teammates-who-scored-so-many-runs-and-joe/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/when-neil-armstrong-first-set-foot-on-the-moon-he-and-all-the-space/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/i-m-the-guy-that-made-joe-dimaggio-famous/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) > [You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lefty-gomez/you-just-can-t-imagine-the-kind-of-guy-he-was-without-seeing-him-play/) [Lefty Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lefty-gomez/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hit-home/lefty-gomez/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hit Home Quotes By Lefty Gomez", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. 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