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Earl Weaver quotes: You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

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

Earl Weaver quotes: This ain't a football game, we do this every day.

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

Earl Weaver quotes: My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'

Earl Weaver quotes: On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'

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

Earl Weaver quotes: 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.

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.

Earl Weaver quotes: If you know how to cheat, start now.

If you know how to cheat, start now.

Earl Weaver quotes: No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.

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

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

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 quotes: We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

Earl Weaver quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.

Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.

Earl Weaver quotes: I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.

I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.

Earl Weaver quotes: I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions.

I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions.

Earl Weaver quotes: Momentum is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher.

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

Earl Weaver quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Earl Weaver quotes: It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Earl Weaver quotes: I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

Earl Weaver quotes: Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.

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

Earl Weaver quotes: I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.

I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.

Earl Weaver quotes: 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.

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.

Earl Weaver quotes: The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

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

Earl Weaver quotes: Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.

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

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

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

Earl Weaver quotes: I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

Earl Weaver quotes: Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.

Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.

Earl Weaver quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'd rather you walk with the bases loaded.

I'd rather you walk with the bases loaded.

Earl Weaver quotes: Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

Earl Weaver quotes: Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

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

Earl Weaver quotes: Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.

Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.

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

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