Ernie Whitt
Ernie Whitt
Leo Ernest "Ernie" Whittis a former Major League Baseball catcher and coach. He is noted for the twelve years he spent as a player with the Toronto Blue Jays. When he left the team following the 1989 season he was the last original Blue Jay left from when Toronto joined the major leagues in 1977. Ernie Whitt was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth13 June 1952
beat control fate time
Any time you can control your own fate and don't ... well it's not good. We didn't beat ourselves.
countries depth fact
I know for a fact we don't have the depth that some of the other countries have. But we do have a lot of heart.
canada manager opportunity proud time
I'm very proud to be the manager of Canada. Every time they give me the opportunity to manage, I will.
basically capable expect game managers
Not really. Managers have tendencies, but you basically have to look at your personnel, what they're capable of doing or not doing and play the game by the book, what you would expect out of each individual, not so much out of their manager.
ball nasty threw
He threw the ball well, he threw some nasty pitches.
chart depth fact lower options talk third whoever
I'm going to have to talk to Greg (Hamilton, Canada's G.M.) and we'll have to come up with some other options for that third catcher. But whoever we come up with, the fact is they were all lower on the depth chart than Russ.
far supposed tournament
I know you are not supposed to look too far ahead, but you have to in a tournament like this.
facing
In Winnipeg, we were probably 100-1 underdogs. Now? Oh, we're probably facing the same odds.
feels hopefully team
If he feels he can play then that's great. If he can't, then hopefully he'll be a part of this team in some capacity.