Sparky Anderson Teaches Management

Sparky Anderson once said this about managing: "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 the Boston Braves and Mets?"

And:  "My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work."

And: "We averaged 96 wins my nine years in Cincinnati. We had Bench, Rose, Morgan, Perez, Foster, Griffey, Concepcion and Geronimo. Imagine what I could have done if they (the Reds front office) had given me some players!"

There were other quotes. Many, many others.