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
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.
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.
I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.
Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.
I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.
I'd rather you walk with the bases loaded.
If you know how to cheat, start now.
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.
We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.
There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.
Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get all kinds of things with them, blenders, everything. I saved up enough one time and got Al Bumbry.
I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions.
No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.