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
If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, "Sorry, Mom," but nobody beats me.
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.
I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.
Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.
There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.
Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.
I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.
Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.
How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.