Whitey Herzog

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

— Whitey Herzog

#been #good #i #i quit #me

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

— Whitey Herzog

#buddy #buy #dog #i #need

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. ↗

— Whitey Herzog

#definite #graveyard #i #interested #lights

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. ↗

— Whitey Herzog

#all-star #all-star game #bad #fishing #game

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

— Whitey Herzog

#fired #get #hired #make #manager

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

— Whitey Herzog

#babe ruth #contender #just #koufax #need

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

— Whitey Herzog

#kinds #left #need #pitching #relief

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

— Whitey Herzog

#double #had #missed #number #ones