UPDATE: The answers are now below the jump. Congrats to Kevin Reiss for getting them all right.
Have you ever stopped and thought to yourself that Rob Dibble sounds like Eastbound and Down's Kenny Powers? Well, at SB Nation D.C., we've pondered the idea and put together 14 of the best soundbytes from Dibble and Powers over the years to test our theory.
After the jump, you can check out the quotes and take your guesses at which quotes came from which flamethrower. We will tell you beforehand that seven of the quotes came from Dibble, the other seven are from Powers.
- "Undaunted, I knew the game was mine to win. Just like in life, all of my successes depend on me."
- "You can't have the cavalry come in and save your butt every time you feel a little stiff shoulder, sore elbow."
- ''He's a (sissy) . . . throwing all those breaking balls. Cy Young winner? My butt.''
- "I would have been good in the era of the Knights of the Round Table. I'd be a knight in shining armor, except I'd be the black knight. When the black knight goes home, he takes off his armor, and he's just a man. But when that armor's on, he's a dastardly dude."
- "Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless."
- "If you're throwing as hard as I do, you must be doing something right."
- "I play real sports, not tryin' to be the best at exercising."
- "There comes a time in every man's life when he's gotta take a look at himself in the mirror and decide just exactly who he is."
- "I would say that my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel, is my tireless work ethic."
- "I always felt that being more talented than other people made it harder on you to fit in. You were kind of unique, kind of an outcast."
- "My principle is this: You'd want me on your team, because when things hit the fan, I'd be there."
- "But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more."
- "F*** you. We won last night, and you didn't want to talk to me. Now we lose, and you want to talk to me?"
- "If there's one thing I hate in this life, it's losing. If there's two things I hate, it's losing and getting cancer."
UPDATE: Here are your answers:
- Kenny Powers
- Rob Dibble. You probably remember him saying this on Monday.
- Rob Dibble, who said it about Pirates pitcher Doug Drabek.
- Rob Dibble, in this profile in Sports Illustrated from 1991.
- Kenny Powers
- Rob Dibble, from the same profile mentioned earlier.
- Kenny Powers
- Kenny Powers
- Kenny Powers
- Rob Dibble, again from the same profile. It's a real gem.
- Rob Dibble, again from the profile. I must say, if I was a baseball player, I'd want someone to be there when things hit the fan. After it hits the fan it spreads everywhere so having an extra person there can help cover everywhere that got sprayed.
- Kenny Powers
- Rob Dibble, who said that after blowing a save that night.
- Kenny Powers...thankfully.
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