Gene Mauch Quotes

#1. The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!

Gene Mauch

#2. Baseball and malaria keep coming back.

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#3. Most one run games are lost, not won.

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#4. You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

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#5. You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

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#6. Play him, fine him, and play him again.

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#7. There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

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#8. The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

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#9. He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.

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#10. I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.

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#11. I have an amazing ability to forget.

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#12. Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking.

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#13. He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

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#14. I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

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#15. He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

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