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

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

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.

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.

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 be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through.

The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979).

For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes.