Quote of the day
November 7, 2022
The great thing about baseball is when you’re done, you’ll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I’ll tell them I had amnesia.
~Sparky Anderson
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Quote of the day
September 5, 2021
A baseball manager is a necessary evil.
~Sparky Anderson
Quote of the day
June 15, 2021
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I’ll win a pennant every year.
~Sparky Anderson
Sparky Anderson’s Hall of Fame induction speech
April 11, 2020
This might be my favorite Hall of Fame induction speech that I have listened to thus far. Sparky Anderson speaks with an energy and an attitude that makes me smile. I particularly like how he pronounces “Cincinnati.” Sparky Anderson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000.
Quote of the day
March 16, 2017
He’s got power enough to hit home-runs in any park, including Yellowstone.
~Manager Sparky Anderson, on Willie Stargell
Quote of the day
November 26, 2014
Don’t call us (ballplayers) heroes. Firemen are heroes.
~George Lee “Sparky” Anderson
Quote of the day
June 26, 2014
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.
~Sparky Anderson
