Whitey Herzog Quotes

18 quotes in 264 categories

• 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… Asked
• Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it. Baseball
• We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. Babe
• We need three kinds of pitching: left-handed, right-handed and relief. Handed
• 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… All
• What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed. Counts
• If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs. Call
• 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… Acquisition
• 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… Agent
• 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… Figure
• If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic. Alcoholic
• 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.… Bench
• I'd rather go fishing for three years. Fishing
• I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog. Buddy
• The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else. Fired
• We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. Babe

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