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

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" The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers. "

" 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. "

" I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers. "

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

" Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs. "

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

" Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher. "

" I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play. "

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

" No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March. "

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

" Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players. "

" 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. "

" What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn't hit, he doesn't run, he doesn't throw, and he doesn't catch the ball. A manager has twenty-five players, or twenty-five buttons, and he selects which one he'll use, or push, that day. The manager who presses the right buttons most often is the one who wins the most games. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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