Earl Weaver Quotes - Page 2

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• The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. I don't welcome any challenge. I'd rather have nine guys named Robinson.

  Earl Weaver

  Jobs, Guy, Challenges

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• Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake.

  Earl Weaver

  Mistake, Player, Umpires

  Earl Weaver, Terry Pluto (1984). “Weaver on Strategy”, Macmillan Publishing Company

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

  Earl Weaver

  Team, Winning, Agents

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

  Earl Weaver

  Littles, Matter, Fields

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• Momentum is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher.

  Earl Weaver

  Momentum, Tomorrow, Starting

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

  Earl Weaver

  Next Day, Starting Over, Momentum

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• There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.

  Earl Weaver

  Stars, League, Inevitable

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• 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

  Player, Far Away, Should

  Earl Weaver, Terry Pluto (1984). “Weaver on Strategy”, Macmillan Publishing Company

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

  Earl Weaver

  July, Worry, Fans

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• Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.

  Earl Weaver

  Baseball, Good Man, Way

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• I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

  Earl Weaver

  Thinking, July, League

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• I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.

  Earl Weaver

  Thinking, Years, Speech

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