Whitey Herzog dies
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:30 pm
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
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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
Fascinating.matt1 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:30 pmFormer 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