Jerome Holtzman Quotes

You're missing someone who should be high on the list. Al Lopez knew pitching. He knew when a guy was losing it. He didn't take the pitcher out after he lost the lead; he took him out before he lost it. He was a catcher and knew the game. He's first on my list. - Jerome Holtzman

Years later, I was in Baltimore one day and I talked to (then-manager) Johnny Oates. He said, 'You changed the game. You created the ninth-inning pitcher.' I said, 'It was the managers who did it. They started holding back their best relief pitchers to get saves.' - Jerome Holtzman

No Cheering in the Press Box. - Jerome Holtzman

I looked into it and in nine or 10 of his wins, he gave up the tying run but got the win. - Jerome Holtzman

Always thinking ahead two or three innings ahead. Whitey Herzog was a terrific baseball mind, and nobody's better than Bobby Cox. - Jerome Holtzman

A shortstop with some, but certainly not overwhelming promise. - Jerome Holtzman

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