Earl Weaver quotes
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.
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.
Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.
Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.
Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get all kinds of things with them, blenders, everything. I saved up enough one time and got Al Bumbry.
Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.
I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.
I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions.
I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.
If you know how to cheat, start now.
No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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.
The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.
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.
You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.