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" The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat. "
Earl Weaver
Swing
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" 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. "
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" I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one. "
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" Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game. "
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" Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame. "
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" Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching. "
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" People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either. "
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" 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. "
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" Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players. "
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" The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit. "
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Before
" 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. "
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" There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself. "
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Yourself
You
" Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July. "
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Fans
Start
Booing
" 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. "
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Man
Baseball
Chance
" 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. "
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Bad
Protect
" This ain't a football game, we do this every day. "
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Day
Every Day
Game
" Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life. "
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My Life
Never
" I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else. "
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Being
Games
Going
" I think the National League has better biorhythms in July. "
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Think
" The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers. "
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Key
Run
" I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers. "
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Want
Watching
Behind
" A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year. "
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Nothing
Year
Losing
" The worst thing about being on the road is all you want to do when you get home is to stay home, but as soon as you get back, all the wife wants to do is go out because she's been stuck home all the time you've been stuck on the road. "
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Home
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Wife
" On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.' "
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" 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. "
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" The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field. "
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