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."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Manager, Words)
"Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Manager, Coaches)
"Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Day)
"I think there should be bad blood between all clubs."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Blood)
"I think the National League has better biorhythms in July."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: July)
"Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Fans, July, Worry)
"Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Reason)
"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."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Baseball, Chance, Man)
"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."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Baseball, Chance, Man)
"You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents."
- Earl Weaver
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Day, Football)
"The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field."
- Earl Weaver
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Winning, Baseball, Games, Key)
"The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: First, Key, Right)
"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."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Manager, Hurt, Job, Umpire)
"On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'"
- Earl Weaver
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: Being, Games)
"No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March."
- Earl Weaver
(Related: July, March)