Earl Weaver Quotes

• You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

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• You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.

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• This ain’t a football game, we do this every day.

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• The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

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• The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

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• The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.

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• The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won’t hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.

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• On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived.’

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• Nobody likes to hear it, because it’s dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same – pitching.

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• No one’s gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.

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• Momentum? Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.

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• In baseball, you can’t kill the clock. You’ve got to give the other man his chance. That’s why this is the greatest game.

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• I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.

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• I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

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• I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn’t going to win any more games by being anything else.

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• Don’t worry, the fans don’t start booing until July.

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• Coaches are an integral part of any manager’s team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

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• A manager’s job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

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• A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don’t know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.

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Earl Weaver (19)

Birth:	14th August, 1930
Death:	19th January, 2013
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Baseball Player, Broadcaster, Coach, Manager, Writer

About

Earl Sidney Weaver was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was an American professional baseball player, Hall of Fame major league manager, author, and television broadcaster. After playing in minor league baseball, he retired without playing in Major League Baseball. He became a minor league manager, and then managed in MLB for 17 years with the Baltimore Orioles.

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• 1946 - Dennis Wolfberg
• 1949 - Pauline Marois
• 1958 - Victor Salva
• 1927 - Martin Fleischmann
• 1958 - Roy H. Williams

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• 1912 - Robert Falcon Scott
• 1934 - Otto Hermann Kahn
• 1982 - Nathan F Twining
• 1878 - Mark Hopkins Jr.
• 1991 - Lee Atwater