The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979).
Whitey HerzogThe 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.
Whitey HerzogOne 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. I came back to the bench and Casey [Stengel] said, 'next time, tra-la-la.' I didn't know what tra-la-la meant, but next time up, I hit a line drive, right into a double play. When I sat down, Casey came over and said, 'Like I told you, tra-la-la.'
Whitey HerzogIf you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.
Whitey HerzogA 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 you want him to figure you figure.
Whitey HerzogSome 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 HerzogYou 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.
Whitey HerzogThe 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.
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