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
ahead enjoy few game moments win
We're going to enjoy this win for a few moments and we have a big game ahead of us (Wednesday).
celebrate enjoy game guarantee next round
We're going to enjoy this, celebrate a little bit, but we do have one other game to play and there's no guarantee that we're going to the next round at this point.
against games japan matches second win
We have to win two games to advance. We think that Erik Bedard matches up better against Japan in the second round.
against best games pins pitchers question south throwing
We had our best pitchers throwing against South Africa, our best lineup going. You know, sometimes games just happen. That's why you play the game. There's no question that we were on pins and needles.
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.
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Everyone's excited and everything like that, no question. Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the USA, it's a feather in baseball Canada's history. We're going to enjoy this, celebrate a little bit, but we do have one other game to play and there's no guarantee that we're going to the next round. We can be happy right now, but we still have a task at hand, and that after an hour or two we will focus on Mexico.
game maybe odds worse
The odds are probably worse than what they were with us (Wednesday). Anything can happen. That's the way we play the game ... Maybe they can give them a scare.
africa game goes last south type
Everyone speculated that South Africa was going to be a pushover. It just goes to show, as I've said all along, you have to play every game as if it's your last in these type of tournaments.
baseball beat feather whenever
Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the USA, it's a real feather for baseball in Canada's history.
baseball beat feather focus hand happy hour task whenever
Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the U.S.A. it's a feather in Baseball Canada's history. We can be happy right now, but we still have a task at hand and after an hour or two, we'll focus in on Mexico.
behind count fall fell good guys happened happy hit pitches played threw
I was very happy with the way the guys played. We played errorless ball, which was good. We threw too many pitches and fell behind in the count. When you fall behind the count on good hitters, you're going to get hit and that's what happened today.
bit call tonight
I think tonight was a little bit of a wake-up call for us.
ball bit pitchers threw yeah
I thought our pitchers threw the ball a little bit better today, which is always encouraging. So, yeah again, this is just a build-up.
We're all left-handed. There's nothing we can do about it and that's all we have. It is what is.