Quotes About Cooney

Big Bird was the biggest star, I mean, children's favorite for a number of years. I have a 22-year-old granddaughter whose first words were 'Big Bird.'

started out as a pitcher but changed course after working out for Braves pitching coach Jonny Cooney at County Stadium. "I was throwing for about 15 minutes," Uecker said. "I thought I was doing pretty good, but Cooney said, 'Alright, now let me see your good fastball.' I said, 'I've been throwing my good fastball.' And, he told me—this is no joke—'Well, then I recommend you get a job.

Bianca and Mindy crept into the room like great big fashionable mice.

In the 1950s, heaven was a good place to stash people you weren't going to worry about anymore.