Whitey Herzog dies

[matt1]

Former MLB manager Whitey Herzog who won for the 1969 New York "Amazing" Mets & the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals has died at 92 years old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Herzog

[matt1]

Also played for the Detroit Tigers in 1963.

[FakeAndyStuart]

Five Top Whitey Herzog Quotes

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

-- Whitey Herzog, on his future

2. "What we could use is a couple of shutouts, but I don't know if that would be good enough to win."

-- Whitey Herzog, on a weak-hitting Cardinal team that he managed

3. "Your life or mine?"

-- Whitey Herzog, after being offered a lifetime contract by 80-year-old Cardinals owner Gussie Busch

4. "He got hit so hard that I had to get all the married men off the field."

-- Whitey Herzog, on pitcher Ken Dayley

5. "If they fire me, I'll be the highest paid fisherman in the country."

-- Whitey Herzog, on rumors about being fired

[Matt]

Former MLB manager Whitey Herzog who won for the 1969 New York "Amazing" Mets & the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals has died at 92 years old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Herzog

Fascinating.