Earl Weaver Quotes & Sayings

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

“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.”

“Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.”

“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.”

“Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.”

“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.”

“On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'”

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

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

“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.”