Posted 04.30.15 �
"They say some of my stars
drink whiskey. But I have found that
the ones who drink milkshakes don't
win many ballgames." � Casey
Stengel, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.29.15 �
"The key step for an infielder
is the first one, to the left or
right, but before the ball is hit." �
Earl Weaver, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.28.15 �
"I can see how he won
twenty-five games. What I don't
understand is how he lost five." �
Yogi Berra, baseball player
and manager, on Sandy Koufax,
baseball pitcher [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.27.15 �
"In order to become a
big-league manager you have to be in
the right place at the right time.
That's rule number one." �
Leo Durocher, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.26.15 �
"Billy was a true Yankee � one
of the truest ever. He always said
he wanted to die a Yankee. He was
his own man. He was fiery and could
be charming. He was a great manager." �
Bucky Dent, New York Yankees baseball
player, on Billy Martin,
Yankees player and manager, after
Martin's death [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.25.15 �
"I'd give the Yankees a quarter of a
million dollars for him, and bury
him in thousand dollar bills as a
signing bonus." � Frank Lane,
Chicago White Sox general manager,
on Mickey Mantle, New York
Yankees rookie, in 1951 [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.24.15 �
"I don't like them fellas who
drive in two runs and let in three." �
Casey Stengel, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.23.15 �
"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 game." �
Earl Weaver, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.22.15 �
"I always thought that record
would stand until it was broken." �
Yogi Berra, baseball player
and manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.21.15 �
"He has the ears of a seven
footer." � Charles Barkley,
upon being told by fellow TV
commentator Kenny Smith
during a broadcast that basketball
player Maurice Cheeks was
6-foot-1 [Basketball
Quotes from CharlesBarkley.com]
Posted 04.20.15 �
"I never questioned the
integrity of an umpire. Their
eyesight, yes." � Leo
Durocher, baseball
player and manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.19.15 �
"Billy Martin makes the
game lean a little more toward
professional wrestling. He might as
well wear a hood and come to the
park as the Masked Manager." �
Mike Downey, sportswriter, on
Billy Martin, baseball player
and manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.18.15 �
"If that guy were healthy he'd
hit 80 home runs." � Carl
Yastrzemski, baseball
player, on Mickey Mantle,
baseball player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.17.15 �
"You gotta lose 'em some of the
time. When you do, lose 'em right." �
Casey Stengel, baseball
manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.16.15 �
"On my tombstone just write,
'The sorest loser that ever lived." �
Earl Weaver, baseball
manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.15.15 �
"We're lost, but we're making
good time." � Yogi Berra, baseball
player and manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.14.15 �
"I�ve always thought if you
can�t play, shut the hell up. I�ve
been a big advocate of that theory." �
Charles Barkley, basketball
player and TV commentator, on what
entitles a player to talk trash [Basketball
Quotes from CharlesBarkley.com]
Posted 04.13.15 �
"I'm wearing the same socks,
shirt and underwear, too!" �
Leo Durocher, baseball
manager, on his superstitious
practice of wearing the same
garments during winning streaks [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.12.15 �
"What does George know about
Yankee pride? When did he ever play
for the Yankees?" � Billy Martin, baseball
player and manager, on George
Steinbrenner, New York Yankees
owner [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.11.15 �
"That kid can hit balls over
buildings." �
Casey Stengel, baseball
manager, commenting in 1951 on
Mickey Mantle, rookie baseball
player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.10.15 �
"I stayed up last night and
watched the Republican Convention
all night long. I watched all of
them talk, and listened to them and
seen them and I'm not interested in
politics. If you watch them and
listen to them you can find out why." �
Casey Stengel, baseball
manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.09.15 �
"No one's gonna give a damn in
July if you lost a game in March." �
Earl Weaver, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.08.15 �
"He hits from both sides of the
plate. He's amphibious." �
Yogi Berra, baseball player and
manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.07.15 �
"To all those people who went
to the hospital last week jumping
off the Knicks� bandwagon�I told you
so." � Charles Barkley,
basketball player and TV commentator [Basketball
Quotes from CharlesBarkley.com]
Posted 04.06.15 �
"I made a game effort to argue
but two things were against me: the
umpires and the rules." �
Leo Durocher, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.05.15 �
"What I miss when I'm away is
the pride in baseball. Especially
the pride of being on a team that
wins." � Billy Martin, baseball player
and manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.04.15 �
"There isn't any more that I
can teach him." � Tommy
Henrich, New York Yankees
hitting instructor, on Mickey
Mantle, rookie baseball player,
in spring training in 1951 [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.03.15 �
"They examined all of my
organs. Some of them are quite
remarkable. And others are not not
so good. A lot of museums are
bidding on them." � Casey
Stengel, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.02.15 �
"Nobody likes to hear it,
because it's dull, but the reason
you win or lose is darn near always
the same � pitching." � Earl
Weaver, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 04.01.15 �
"Bill Dickey is learning
me his experience." � Yogi
Berra, baseball player and
manager, on his New York Yankees
teammate, Bill Dickey [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]