Leo Durocher
Leo Durocher
Leo Ernest Durocher, nicknamed Leo the Lip, was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,009 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history. Durocher still ranks tenth in career wins by a manager. A controversial and outspoken character, Durocher had a stormy career dogged by clashes with authority, umpires, and the press...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 July 1905
CityWest Springfield, MA
There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's (MacPhail) case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.
In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.
Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.
If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brusher her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third.
Stick a fork in him. He's done.
As long as I've got one chance to beat you I'm going to take it.
This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton.
I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.
Luck? If the roof fell in and Diz (Dean) was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried and a gumdrop would fall in his mouth.
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.
Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.
Ballplayers are a superstitious breed, nobody more than I, and while you are winning you'd murder anybody who tried to change your sweatshirt, let alone your uniform.
Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.