Earl Weaver Quotes
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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 step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
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Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.
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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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Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
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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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I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?
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You must remember that anyone under 30 - especially a ballplayer - is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn't mean you're grown up.
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I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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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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Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
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You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.
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Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life.
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I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
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I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.