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Whitey Herzog dies

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:30 pm
by 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

Re: Whitey Herzog dies

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:31 pm
by matt1
Also played for the Detroit Tigers in 1963.

Re: Whitey Herzog dies

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:47 pm
by 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

Re: Whitey Herzog dies

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:07 pm
by Matt
matt1 wrote:
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
Fascinating.