Zitat des Tages von Earl Weaver:
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.
If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy.
I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.
I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
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.
The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either.
No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.
In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.
What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn't hit, he doesn't run, he doesn't throw, and he doesn't catch the ball. A manager has twenty-five players, or twenty-five buttons, and he selects which one he'll use, or push, that day. The manager who presses the right buttons most often is the one who wins the most games.
Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.
I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.
The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.
Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.
Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.
Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.
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.
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.
To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.
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.
There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.
I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
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.
On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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.
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
