Whitey Herzog Quotes (16 Quotes)


    We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.


    I just don't like the Houston lineup, ... There's too many weak spots, too many guys you can pitch to and get out. You get the feeling their pitcher could throw a shutout and not win.

    I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

    I think the steroid issue has made him a national hero again. I think he did it without help. And now all of a sudden his record was broken ... so I think that makes Roger very popular again.


    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.

    What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.

    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.

    The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else.

    We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

    He could just pinpoint the ball anywhere he wanted. He never pitched inside much. His theory was that you made more mistakes on the inside than the outside. But when he was in Miami, he was still throwing the ball 87-88-89 miles an hour.

    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 February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.

    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 and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through.


    Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

    The thing I always liked the best was that he was always smiling and having a good time while everyone else was uptight.


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