Earl Weaver

Coach

1930-08-14

Quotes by Earl Weaver

• 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.

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

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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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• There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.

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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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• 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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• 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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