Get Well, E5

That's the famous line by Oscar Gamble, who said as the team bus pulled into Cleveland, said, "Look, they named a street after Nettles." He pointed to a sign that said "E5."

Graig Nettles has cancer, the worst news we've heard about him since someone said, Graig Nettles has been traded.

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Wasn't it yesterday that he was snatching the Series from the Dodgers, or breaking Spaceman Lee's collarbone, or cutting himself on the lawn mower and missing a Pavanoesque 30 days?

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Today, he's in our thoughts.

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So here are a few of his great one-liners.

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"When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and join the circus. With the Yankees I have accomplished both."

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(ON THE BOSS) "The more we lose, the more Steinbrenner will fly in. And the more he flies, the better the chance there will be for a plane crash."

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(ON SPARKY LYLE) "In one year, Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to sayonara."

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"The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day."

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Bill James once argued that Nettles was the greatest position player in Major League history whose name starts with the letter "N."

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Unless Wil Nieves starts ramping it up, he's probably still there.

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Get well, Puff.