Charlie Manuel
Charlie Manuel
Charles Fuqua Manuel, Jr.is an American senior advisor for the Philadelphia Phillies, and a former professional baseball outfielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseballand Nippon Professional Baseball. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six MLB seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers before playing another six seasons in NPB with the Yakult Swallows and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Over four successive seasons in NBP, he hit at least .312 with 37 home runs each season and...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 January 1944
CityNorthfolk, WV
There's no pressure in baseball. Pressure is when the doctor is getting ready to cut you, take your heart out, and put it on a table.
We're getting good balls to hit. And we're not missing them.
I won't quit on a player who doesn't quit on himself.
I think we're out on a limb right now, hanging over a cliff, and we're trying to find a way to get back.