Occupation: Baseball Manager Birth: November 9, 1931
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you wa….
We need three kinds of pitching: left-handed, right-handed and relief..
One time in spring training, we had the hit-and-run on, and Carl Erskine threw me a curve and I struck out into a double play. I came back to the ben….
What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed..
The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979)..
You sweat out the free agent thing in November, then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January, and in Febr….
I'd rather go fishing for three years..
Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it..
We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax..
If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs..
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years..
I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog..
The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions an….
Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights..
For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes..
If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic..