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.

Quote by Whitey Herzog

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We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place,...

The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place,...

The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's...

The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's...

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the...

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the...

You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in...

You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in...

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

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

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

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

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

Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said...

Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said...

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's...

The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's...

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to...

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to...

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...

A ruler isn't always straight.

A ruler isn't always straight.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.