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A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.
Written by Earl Weaver
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.
Written by Earl Weaver
Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
Written by Earl Weaver
Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.
Written by Earl Weaver
I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
Written by Earl Weaver
I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.
Written by Earl Weaver
Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
Written by Earl Weaver
No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
Written by Earl Weaver
On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
Written by Earl Weaver
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.
Written by Earl Weaver
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
Written by Earl Weaver
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Written by Earl Weaver
This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
Written by Earl Weaver
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
Written by Earl Weaver
You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.
Written by Earl Weaver
The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
Written by Earl Weaver
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
Written by Earl Weaver
Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
Written by Earl Weaver
In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.
Written by Earl Weaver
I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one.
Written by Earl Weaver
Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Written by Earl Weaver
In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.
Written by Earl Weaver
There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.
Written by Earl Weaver
The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.
Written by Earl Weaver
The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
Written by Earl Weaver
Playing baseball is fun. If I could play, I'd never retire. But managing is work. It's constant decisions of whose feelings you want to hurt all the time.
Written by Earl Weaver
A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.
Written by Earl Weaver
If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy.
Written by Earl Weaver
I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.
Written by Earl Weaver
I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?
Written by Earl Weaver

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