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What others have to say....


"Today from South Florida, Brady Anderson in tight pants. Hey, who are we kidding, it's a rating period."

WBAL-TV's Gerry Sandusky introducing the Sports, 1999.

"Today--as we speak--Brady Anderson will stop at a convenience store for a pack of gum, spot a robbery in progress and subdue and apprehend the three robbers.  Tomorrow he will rescue a little girl who fell into a well somewhere in New Hampshire.  On Wednesday, he will feed the local hungry.  On Thursday, he will clothe the poor.  On Friday, he will tutor underprivileged children, starting them on their way to Harvard.  On Saturday, he will rescue a kidnap victim on Boylston Street.  On Sunday, he will not rest, but go 4-4 against Texas and make seven spectacular catches and steal three bases.  First week jitters behind him, he will be even better in the second week."

Leigh Montville, columnist for the Boston Globe, 1988.

"Hello, this is Kevin, I'm not here right now.  Williams didn't do it.  Musial didn't do it. But my nephew did."

Message on Uncle Kevin's answering machine after Brady hit his 50th homer in 1996.

"You'd probably have to cut off one limb to keep him out.  And he might sew it back on and try to hit with one hand."

Davey Johnson, 1997.

"I said, 'Brady, I know you're trying to make a statement, but I don't know what it is you're trying to say.  I told him that I like it,
just keep your hat on.'"

Johnny Oates on Brady's 1993 spring training hairdo.

"Hello Mr. Fox and welcome to the hen house."

Gerry Sandusky of WBAL Radio on Brady being teamed with Anna Kournikova.

"He still has more girlfriends than body fat."

WBAL-TV's Gerry Sandusky 2/25/00

"...Anderson loves nothing more than running up the wall.  Sometimes he does it on balls hit way over his head just for the hell of it."

John Feinstein, Playball 1993

"{All} the kids creep in-and he hits one over the right fielder's head. Of course, he was thrown out because he kept on running and running and he didn't know when to stop."

Jerry Anderson on Brady's first little league game.

"Brady Anderson able to simultaneously work pitchers and chicks in the stands."

Outside Pitch's `Top Ten Advantages of  Moving Home Plate Back' #6
April 2001

"He curled up in the fetal position, screamed for 10 minutes, jumped up, flew out of there and ran into centerfield.  I went, 'Wow'."

Ray Miller, former O's manager after Brady was hit in the kneecap with a pitch.

 "Donnelly and his daughter said they'd wait as long as it took after Tuesday's game so she could get her picture taken with ex-Oriole Brady Anderson, now an Indian. Last season, they asked him for his hat in the ninth inning of a game. "Can't now. I'm playing," he yelled back. "See me after the game.".... Two-and-a-half hours after the game, Anderson finally emerged from the clubhouse. "He remembered us," said Donnelly. "He went to his car, got a hat out of his bag and signed it for her."

From (Don't) Take Me Out To the Ballgame by Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, May 8, 2002

"That Brady Anderson is tougher than a fifty-cent steak."

Chris Connelly at the MTV Rock -N- Jock Softball game.
 

"Knowing Brady, why didn't they just let him diagnose it?"

Davey Johnson after learning Brady's rib was cracked instead of just bruised.
 

"Hi, 90210."

Ken Griffey Jr.'s greeting to Brady at the All-Star
game.
"I bet you did amazing things to get in shape in the offseason. Please, don't tell me any of them."

Ray Miller , Orioles' manager 1998


"He sounds like the horsehide messiah for whom all New England has prayed ever since
 
Babe Ruth was peddled to the Bronx barbarians."
Pre-Season Dreams Boston Globe 3/13/88 


"Mr. BA, I want to talk to you. Your son is the greatest player I've ever seen. Goodbye."

Billy Ripken to Jerry Anderson after grabbing the phone from Brady.


"Brady's got a reputation for being the last one on the team bus. If there were not a set time for the bus to leave,
we might never get out of some cities."

Mike Mussina (Outside Pitch 4/17/98)


"There was never any question we wanted Brady[Anderson]back. We want to keep our best players here in Baltimore,
and we're going to do everything humanly possible to do that."

Kevin Malone, Orioles assistant GM, 1997


"Anytime you're in the record book with Brady Anderson, it's tremendous."

Brian Roberts, Orioles second baseman, after tying Brady's club record four stolen bases in a game


“I’ve had Rickey Henderson and Pete Incaviglia the past two seasons and Brady Anderson has been the best.
He has been absolutely outstanding.”

Rick Sweet, Portland Beavers manager


"He rises to the occasion every time.  He's not intimidated by any situation.  Maybe that's from water skiing in Tahoe in the winter."

Davey Johnson on Brady's 2-for-4 in Game 1 of the 1997 ALCS
 


 
"He wasn't the stereotypical leadoff hitter; he was a combination of power and speed. When we look back in Oriole history, we probably remember him as the greatest leadoff hitter we ever had."

Cal Ripken Jr.,  2004