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" A manager has to convince his hitters that they have to get on base for the next guy and that no player can do it by himself. Sometimes that isn't easy. In the playoffs, you can get into trouble because everybody wants to be a hero. "

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" The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart. "

Earl Weaver

My Life

Good

Heart

" A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him. "

" The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field. "

" 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. "

Earl Weaver

Said

Far Away

" There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself. "

" If you want to steal a base, steal a base. Don't make the hitter swing at a bad pitch trying to protect the runner. "

" When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet. "

" The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit. "

" A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team. "

" Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one. "

" Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July. "

" The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat. "

" There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself. "

" I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings. "

Earl Weaver

People

Tired

" The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit. "

" You must remember that anyone under 30 - especially a ballplayer - is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn't mean you're grown up. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you? "

Earl Weaver

Play

You

" You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents. "

" Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame. "

" The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. "

" The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles. "

Earl Weaver

Make

Made

" This ain't a football game, we do this every day. "

" I think there should be bad blood between all clubs. "

" Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game. "

" Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs. "