“I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. I had a poor year, but even if I had hit .350, this would have been my last year. I was full of aches an pains and it had become a chore for me to play. When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.” IfsFeelsYearsHas BeensI CanPlayPainLastsGamesFunPoorStageProduceBaseballClubsManagersLast YearAcheTeammateChores Author:Joe DiMaggio
“I managed the Dodgers for 20 years. It's hard to believe that there are only four guys in the history of baseball who managed the same team for 20 years or more. One was owner of the team, Connie Mack. Another was part owner of the team, John McGraw. Then there was my predecessor, Walter Alston, and me. It's amazing. In the 20 years I managed the Dodgers, 210 managers were fired.” YearsBelieveHardGuyFourTeamBaseballManagersOwnersPredecessorsHard To BelieveDodgersMack Author:Tommy Lasorda
“He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play.” IfsYearsPlayUsedHappenedBaseballManagers Author:Mickey Mantle
“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 opposing team choose a new manager for you. And you don't fire him between innings. And replace him with a Viennese weightlifter.” FireTeamRainBaseballManagersOpposingStink Author:Bill Maher
“Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach.” JobsBaseballCoachesManagersHittingGeneral Manager Author:Ken Harrelson
“Jim Fregosi will be deeply missed in the baseball world. Joni and the rest of the family are in our prayers. Fregos, was the best manager I've ever played for. Our relationship was so special.and he was the one that taught me how to be a leader. Fregos and I could relate to each other whether we were in the clubhouse or on the field. In 1993 The City of Brotherly Love changed the world..Fregos was the driving force!!!” WorldForcePrayerCitiesLeaderSpecialFieldsChangedTaughtBaseballDrivingManagersRelateOur RelationshipOur PrayersDriving ForceBrotherlyBrotherly LoveBest Manager Author:Darren Daulton
“(Al) Lopez is a great believer in speed and hustle, in the go-go style of baseball. No other manager is so determined a foe of stodgy baseball, lack of hustle and slipshod practices and so powerful an advocate of the unexpected.” PowerfulPracticeStyleBaseballDeterminedSpeedBelieverManagersUnexpectedAlsFoeHustle Author:Nellie Fox
“He's (Jack McKeon) been around baseball for twenty-plus years. He knows what it takes to be a manager. I hope he gets the chance.” KnowsYearsChanceBaseballTwentiesManagersPlus Author:Ken Griffey, Jr.
“When I was a little kid playing baseball, my manager called me Sleepy. And only a few people, who know me from way, way back, call me that still. I used to drift off and that's why they made me the catcher, so I wouldn't fall asleep. That gift I have still.” PeopleKnowsWayLittlesMadeStillsKidsUsedFallBaseballManagersCall MeKnow MeLittle KidSleepyCatchersPlaying BaseballKids Playing Author:Bill Murray
“A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child.” ChildrenJobsGamesParentBaseballManagersBaseball Managers Book:Fatherhood Source: Fatherhood
“The chance to be a general manager in major-league baseball and for a franchise as storied as this one, probably as storied as the Giants, is great.” ChanceMajorsBaseballManagersLeagueGiantsMajor LeagueMajor League BaseballGeneral Manager Author:Ned Colletti
“I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.” WayYearsBigsLevelsPlayerBaseballBottomManagersMy WayLeagueLowestDodgers Author:Tommy Lasorda
“When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.” StatesWantedJobsUnitedUnited StatesTeamGoldBaseballManagersMedalGold MedalsDodgers Author:Tommy Lasorda
“I've kept in touch with many of my former teammates: Bob Marcucci was our team manager and we bonded over our passion for baseball.” PassionTeamBaseballFormerManagersBobTeammate Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Baseball calls it a curve ball for a reason: you just don't know where some pitches will land. Your ace could get injured. Your golden glover could err. Your team could sit through a rain delay. Your manager could get ejected. Your bench must be broad and deep enough to overcome.” KnowsReasonEnoughTeamLandRainBaseballOvercomingBallsGoldenManagersBroadsDelayCurvesInjuredBenchesAces Author:Christine Pelosi
“The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.” MindMadeSuccessGuyHateSportsSecretSuccessfulFiveFourHavensBaseballManagementManagersBossHate YouBoss DayBoss's DayFunny Boss DayHappy Boss DayGood BossNational Boss DayFunny Boss Author:Casey Stengel
“I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I had to leave.” CitiesMajorsBaseballManagersLeagueMajor League Author:Casey Stengel
“Why would you want to stay manager and be second-guessed by me when you can come up into the front-office and be one of the second-guessers?” WantFrontsOfficeBaseballCome UpManagersFront Office Author:George Steinbrenner
“Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.” WayI CanHelpingCan DoBaseballManagersGood ManGood Manager Author:Earl Weaver
“Jim Fregosi was not only one of the most respected men in baseball, he was a great man. He was a player's manager. He had that special gift as a manager that made you want to get to the field and play your ass off for him. Jim Fregosi was the reason that 1993 was one of the most exciting years in Philadelphia sports history.” MenWantYearsMadeReasonPlaySportsPlayerSpecialFieldsBaseballExcitingAssManagersGreat MenPhiladelphiaSpecial Gifts Author:Lenny Dykstra
“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.” IfsMindGamesSportsSimplePlayerBaseballManagersFrame Of Mind Author:Sparky Anderson
“Why are baseball managers the only coaches who dress up like the players?” PlayerBaseballDressesCoachesManagersBaseball Managers Author:Jay Mohr