Leo Durocher
Leo Durocher
Leo Ernest Durocher, nicknamed Leo the Lip, was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,009 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history. Durocher still ranks tenth in career wins by a manager. A controversial and outspoken character, Durocher had a stormy career dogged by clashes with authority, umpires, and the press...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 July 1905
CityWest Springfield, MA
Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.
There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's (MacPhail) case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.
When you're in professional sports, winning is the only thing that matters.
It is decidedly not true that 'nice guys finish last'.
In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.
There is only one way to pitch to Musial - under the plate.
Ballplayers are a superstitious breed, nobody more than I, and while you are winning you'd murder anybody who tried to change your sweatshirt, let alone your uniform.
What are we out at the park for except to win?
If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.
To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group". Salvation in a can!
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Win any way you can as long as you can get away with it.
As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.
Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.