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?
I've been to the Hall many times, and I have seen this exhibit, but I still get a kick out of it every time. I still don't understand how someone like me could come out of South Dakota and end up with these great men. These men are baseball.
You'd think he knew everybody. He made everybody feel like somebody.
We are the only two that ever talked all the way through batting practice. That is unheard of.
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.
Why not give that guy a shot? He and Bobby are the only two that could.