Kan Dayley

Born on today's date, Ken Dayley.

"He got hit so hard I had to get all the married men off the field." - Whitey Herzog

Bud Byerly

On this date in 2012, Bud Byerly passed away at age 91.

"He always said he threw a dry spitter." - Whitey Herzog

Whitey Herzog

On this date in 2009, Whitey Herzog is elected to the Hall of Fame.

"He got hit so hard that I had to get all the married men off the field." - on pitcher Ken Dayley

John Tudor

Born on today's date, John Tudor.

"He didn't want any right-handed batters turning on his curveball, so he never showed 'em one. That's right, in five years with the Cardinals, John Tudor never threw his curveball to a right-handed batter. That's 2000-some hitters at least. If you don't play ball for a living, you might not understand how crazy that is." - Whitey Herzog

Bud Byerly

On this date in 2012, Bud Byerly passed away at age 91.

"He always said he threw a dry spitter." - Whitey Herzog

Whitey Herzog

On this date in 1980, Whitey Herzog takes over as manager of the Cardinals from John Claiborne who was fired earlier.

"He got hit so hard I had to get all the married men off the field." - on pitcher Ken Dayley

Garry Templeton

On this date in 1981, Garry Templeton of the Cardinals is suspended indefinitely and fined $5000 after Herzog pulled him off the field when Templeton made obscene gestures to the crowd following his ejection in a 9-4 win over the Giants.

"Stuff just happened."

Whitey Herzog

On this date in 1975, Whitey Herzog is hired as the manager of the Royals replacing Jack McKeon.

"I've been thinking about baseball almost as long as I've been thinking."

August Busch

On this date in 1953, August Busch purchases the St. Louis Cardinals.

"Your life or mine." - Whitey Herzog to Busch who was 85 years old at the time and offered him a lifetime contract

Bud Byerly: 1920 - 2012

"He always said he threw a 'dry spitter'". - Whitey Herzog

RIP

Whitey Herzog

On this date in 2009, Whitey Herzog is elected to the Hall of Fame.

"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it."

Whitey Herzog

"He got hit so hard that I had to get all the married men off the field," - Whitey Herzog on pitcher Ken Dayley

Always looking out for others, that Whitey!

Congratulations to Whitey Herzog on his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Congratulations, you swine!

What's the opposite of classy?

Per Tom Brown of Yahoo Sports, in comments made after his election into the baseball Hall of Fame, Whitey Herzog made the following comment referring to the Cardinals:

"They could win the division without Holliday. You can't commit suicide in baseball. Sign one contract that's bad, you're going to suffer, so you've got to be careful."

Sounds reasonable. Who can argue?

Well this guy.

Matt Holliday's agent, Scott Boras responded with the following:

"Congratulations to Whitey on an extraordinary managerial career and his Hall of Fame selection today. It's understandable that a man who was a GM 20 years ago when the revenues were $1 billion - over six times less than the $6.5 billion revenues of today - questions the modern-day contract structure. I don't think modern GMs, particularly Cashman, with a new ring on his finger, characterize signings like Mark Teixeira - who akin to Holliday has achieved near MVP status (both second in the MVP voting in their career) and taken his team to the World Series - as 'suicide'. In addition, I'm sure if Whitey asks Pujols, Carpenter and other Cardinals players, they would confirm the value of Holliday's division winning contribution. Again, we congratulate Whitey on his admittance into the Hall of Fame."

The opposite of classy?

Yeah, that.