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
The only thing I believe is this: 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.
They're loyal Royal all the way. But, they're not tough fans, a player does not have to worry about being insulted there.
Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.
Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.
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.
Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.
The players make the manager, it's never the other way.
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.
I don't know why the players make such a big fuss about sitting in the first class section of the plane. Does that mean they'll get there faster?
We are the only two that ever talked all the way through batting practice. That is unheard of.
Why not give that guy a shot? He and Bobby are the only two that could.
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.
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.
I had Kirby Puckett in '88 in Japan. Kirby, I'll never forget, I asked him one day, 'Do you ever shut up?' and he said, 'No,' and I said, 'Well, keep talking.' He loved to talk.