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Dec 9, 2018 · After being introduced, Chico — portrayed by SNL cast member Garrett Morris — gets up, stands at the podium and says in a thick Hispanic accent: “Thank you berry much. Baseball been berry, berry good to me. Thank you. God bless you. Gracias!” Then he sits down.
Jan 5, 2009 · Chico Escuela was a fictional baseball player from the Dominican Republic. Chico spoke only limited and halting English, so the joke centered on him responding to almost any question with his catch phrase: "Baseball... been berra berra good... to me."
Mar 8, 2024 · WHO HE’S PLAYING: Garrett Morris, SNL’s first Black cast member who famously played baseball player Chico Escuela (“Baseball been berry berry good to me…”), among others.
Feb 12, 2015 · "Baseball has been berry, berry good to me." (Garrett Morris as baseball player Chico Escuela) "Yeeaah, that's the ticket." (Jon Lovitz as Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar)
Apr 29, 1987 · Chico stands up again, still smiling, and proclaims grandly: “Keep jew eye on d’bol. (Pause. Smile.) Tank you berry, berry much. Base-e-bol been berry berry good to me.”
Mar 5, 2023 · Morris was filmed being interviewed by his SNL cast mate, Bill Murray as the fictional Mets player: Chico Escuela who wore uniform #5 (cinque). Escuela was famous for his spoof of the Latin players of the time, who did not speak much English. His famous quote "baseball been berry- berry good to me" began the previous year on SNL's weekend update.
