Ernie Whitt
Ernie Whitt
Leo Ernest "Ernie" Whittis a former Major League Baseball catcher and coach. He is noted for the twelve years he spent as a player with the Toronto Blue Jays. When he left the team following the 1989 season he was the last original Blue Jay left from when Toronto joined the major leagues in 1977. Ernie Whitt was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth13 June 1952
basically capable expect game managers
Not really. Managers have tendencies, but you basically have to look at your personnel, what they're capable of doing or not doing and play the game by the book, what you would expect out of each individual, not so much out of their manager.
bit call tonight
I think tonight was a little bit of a wake-up call for us.
falls rules staff tough
I think it all falls on his shoulders, from the lineup to the pitchers, it's all on him. It's not just Denis, the whole staff (has a tough job). Because of all the rules we have to play by it's the whole staff.
expect pitchers results throw
We didn't expect some of them to throw as many pitchers as they did. Some of the results were not the way we wanted it.
beat came credit fate hands
We had our fate in our own hands and we didn't come through with it. You have to give credit to Mexico; they came out and beat us.
beating fate hands odds worse yesterday
We had our chances, we had our fate in our own hands and didn't come through with it. Anything can happen, you look at the odds and they are probably worse than us yesterday beating the U.S. but then that's why we play the game.
against best games pins pitchers question south throwing
We had our best pitchers throwing against South Africa, our best lineup going. You know, sometimes games just happen. That's why you play the game. There's no question that we were on pins and needles.
happy task
We can be happy right now but we still have a task at hand.
bats came control fate good guys swung time
We had everything set up the way we wanted to. They just came out and swung the bats well. I think the guys were prepared. It's not a good feeling. Any time you can control your fate and let it get away, it's disappointing.
dinner few nice
We had a nice dinner and a few ... ginger-ales.
ahead enjoy few game moments win
We're going to enjoy this win for a few moments and we have a big game ahead of us (Wednesday).
celebrate enjoy game guarantee next round
We're going to enjoy this, celebrate a little bit, but we do have one other game to play and there's no guarantee that we're going to the next round at this point.
baseball beat feather whenever
Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the USA, it's a real feather for baseball in Canada's history.
baseball beat feather focus hand happy hour task whenever
Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the U.S.A. it's a feather in Baseball Canada's history. We can be happy right now, but we still have a task at hand and after an hour or two, we'll focus in on Mexico.