Editor's note: When Whitey Herzog quit as the Cardinals manager back in 1990, he had a simple reason: "I can't get the guys to play." Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel wrote the story of the White Rat calling it quits for the next day's edition of the Post-Dispatch.
Whitey Herzog quit a baseball job for the first time in his life Friday when he resigned as manager of the Cardinals with 2 1/2 years remaining on his contract.
''I still enjoy managing,'' Herzog said. ''But I just don't feel like I've done the job.