Sparky Anderson
Sparky Anderson
George Lee "Sparky" Andersonwas a Major League Baseball player and manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. He was the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues. His 2,194 career wins are the sixth most for a manager in Major League history. He was named American League Manager of the Year in 1984 and 1987...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 February 1934
CountryUnited States of America
You can be whoever you want to be, you just have to want it bad enough.
The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.
Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.
The day I got a hit off (Sandy) Koufax was when he knew it was all over.
Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived.
He's (Willie Stargell) such a big strong guy he should love that porch. He's got power enough to hit home runs in any park, including Yellowstone.
He's (Jose Canseco) built like a Greek goddess.
Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.
If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed.
A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.
I'm beginning to see Brooks [Robinson] in my sleep. If I dropped a paper plate, he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first.
You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.
Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.
You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun.