I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.
The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do. - Gene Mauch
The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.
- Gene Mauch
You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up. - Gene Mauch
You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.
He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life. - Gene Mauch
He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.
The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks! - Gene Mauch
The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!
Baseball and malaria keep coming back. - Gene Mauch
Baseball and malaria keep coming back.
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If yo… - Gene Mauch
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If yo…
Play him, fine him, and play him again. - Gene Mauch
Play him, fine him, and play him again.
He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see. - Gene Mauch
He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.
I have an amazing ability to forget. - Gene Mauch
I have an amazing ability to forget.
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