Baseball Quote by Sparky Anderson Download Open image “A baseball manager is a necessary evil.” — Sparky Anderson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Baseball Evil Management Necessary evil
A manager's job in baseball, more than any other sport, is managing people. — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager… — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players, and you keep them in the right frame of mind, the manager is a… — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.' That's really… — Jon Lester Copy Share Image
That whole thing about, 'Hey, ex-catchers are the best managers.' Listen, pitching coaches have some brains, too. Sometimes they're not all there, but sometimes… — Don Cooper Copy Share Image
If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager. — Lou Brock Copy Share Image
If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
“A baseball manager recognizes a nonphysical talent, hustle, as an essential gift of great players and great teams. It is the characteristic of running… — Frederick P. Brooks Copy Share Image
Yes, in baseball when the team stinks, you fire the manager. But you don't fire him because it rains. And you don't let the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
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,… — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
The day I got a hit off (Sandy) Koufax was when he knew it was all over. — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the… — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year. — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with… — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it. — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
This game has taken a lot of guys over the years who would have had to work in factories and gas stations and made… — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year. — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work. — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a… — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him. — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy… — Harry Caray Copy Share Image
Though 'Moneyball' had the talents of screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin going for it, they weren't baseball insiders. — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
The Baseball Hall of Fame is something every player dreams about, but being a member of God's Hall of Fame is the greatest achievement… — Gary Carter Copy Share Image
You can't go up there trying to get hits. You can just go up there trying to put together at-bats and square the baseball… — Alex Bregman Copy Share Image
Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
There's a lot of stuff I want to do, just things that I want to explore that don't involve show business. I'm going to… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
