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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/in-baseball-you-can-t-kill-the-clock-you-ve-got-to-give-the-other-man/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

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## More by Earl Weaver

> [The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/the-key-step-for-an-infielder-is-the-first-one-to-the-left-or-right/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [Momentum is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/momentum-is-only-as-good-as-tomorrow-s-starting-pitcher/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [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,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/my-best-game-plan-is-to-sit-on-the-bench-and-call-out-specific/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/there-was-nothing-to-keep-him-cal-ripken-jr-from-being-a-star-in-the/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/a-manager-s-job-is-simple-for-one-hundred-sixty-two-games-you-try-not/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/the-job-of-arguing-with-the-umpire-belongs-to-the-manager-because-it/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/no-one-s-gonna-give-a-damn-in-july-if-you-lost-a-game-in-march/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. I don't welcome any challenge.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/the-guy-who-says-i-love-the-challenge-of-managing-is-one-step-from/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/momentum-momentum-is-the-next-day-s-starting-pitcher/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/the-only-thing-that-matters-is-what-happens-on-the-little-hump-out-in/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/the-key-step-for-an-infielder-is-the-first-one-but-before-the-ball-is/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/in-baseball-you-can-t-kill-the-clock-you-ve-got-to-give-the-other-man/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/i-became-an-optimist-when-i-discovered-that-i-wasn-t-going-to-win-any/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/some-have-said-that-i-can-accept-inadequacies-in-my-players-but-not/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

> [I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-weaver/i-don-t-think-in-all-the-years-i-managed-them-i-ever-spoke-more-than/)

[Earl Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-weaver/)

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