Earl Weaver

Earl Weaver
Earl Sidney Weaverwas an American professional baseball player, Hall of Fame Major League manager, author, and television broadcaster. After playing in minor league baseball, he retired without playing in Major League Baseball. He became a minor league manager, and then managed in MLB for 17 years with the Baltimore Orioles. Weaver's style of managing was summed up in the quote: "pitching, defense, and the three-run homer." He did not believe in placing emphasis on "small ball" tactics such as stolen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 August 1930
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
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.
This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.
Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
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.
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.
On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.
Team speed for Christ's sake. You got bleeping' bleep bleep little fleas on the bleeping' bases getting picked off, trying to steal, getting thrown out, taking runs away from you. You get some big bleep bleepers that can hit the bleeping ball out of ballpark and you can't make any bleep bleeping mistakes.
No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.