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
He?s on the team, boys. He?s on the team because he?s going to put money in all our pockets. And remember this, boys. He?s only the first. There?s more coming, and they?re hungry.
I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.
This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton.
Stick a fork in him. He's done.
As long as I've got one chance to beat you I'm going to take it.
Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brusher her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third.
Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.
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.