Quote of the Day (Baseball’s Earl Weaver, on How Managers Should Deal With Losing Streaks)

“Don't worry. The fans don't start booing until July."—Baseball Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver (1930-2013) quoted by Larry Keith, “Someone Old, Someone New,” Sports Illustrated, Apr. 28, 1980

Okay, the calendar has turned another page—the month that Weaver warned about. It’s time for the managers of the New York baseball teams, Carlos Mendoza of the Mets (who have lost 12 games of their last 20) and Aaron Boone of the Yankees (12-13 in their last 25 games) to invest in earplugs, the better to tune out any booing from their home crowds.

(The source of this image, cropped from a baseball card of Earl Weaver from the 1976 Baltimore Orioles Photocards set, is Trading Card Database.)