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.
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.'
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.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'
The Chinese tell time by 'The Year of the Horse' or 'The Year of the Dragon.' I tell time by 'The Year of the Back' and 'The Year of the Elbow.' This year it's 'The Year of the Ulnar Nerve.' Someone once asked me if I had any physical incapacities of my own. 'Sure I do,' I said. 'One big one - Jim Palmer.'
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.
The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit.
Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.