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
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.
baseman fact fan job means nice opportunity second shine
(Orr) did a nice job today. I've always been a Stubby Clapp fan and the fact that he'll probably be our second baseman means he'll get an opportunity to go out and shine one more time.
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.
adam bat biggest came guy question swinging tournament
There's no question Adam is swinging the bat well. I think the biggest thing is with that, he came into this tournament pumped, excited, wanted to play. But not just with Adam but every other guy on this team, they wanted to be here.
danny gotten happy opportunity peter player three type
Pete is the type of player that can play all three infield positions. If Danny hadn't gotten hurt, Peter would be at second. But I'm a big Stubby Clapp fan, and now he'll be at second. I'm happy to give him one more opportunity to go out there and shine.
facing
In Winnipeg, we were probably 100-1 underdogs. Now? Oh, we're probably facing the same odds.
attitude ball clubhouse definitely enthusiasm forward gauge learn pitchers threw
I think the pitchers threw the ball a little better today, and that's always encouraging. It's just a buildup. I didn't learn anything today, though, that I didn't already know. But it is definitely a way to gauge where we are. So now we go forward from here. The enthusiasm and attitude around the clubhouse is high.
concerns definitely dodgers filled healthy hoping paperwork sure wants welcome
He has filled out the paperwork that he does want to play. I'm sure the Dodgers have some concerns about that. Naturally, we're hoping that he's healthy and that he wants to play. And if that's the case, that's great. We would definitely welcome him on the staff.
chart depth fact lower options talk third whoever
I'm going to have to talk to Greg (Hamilton, Canada's G.M.) and we'll have to come up with some other options for that third catcher. But whoever we come up with, the fact is they were all lower on the depth chart than Russ.
god needed
It's what we needed to do. It's important to get off to a god start.
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.
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.
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.
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).