This is about the easiest baseball birthday quote of all-time. Free plug for my website, but we have over 130 quotes (many hilarious) from Sparky Anderson. Just go visit Sparky at www.baseballquotations.com and see the list of over 11,000 other quotes.
So Sparky was the manger of the Big Red Machine from 1970--1978. He won two World Series during his tenure with the Reds. Then with one of the stupidest moves in baseball history, the Reds fired him after the 1978 season.
All he did then was manage the Tigers from 1979--1995, winning the 1984 World Series and being voted Manager of the Year twice. His Number 10 was retied by the Reds. His Number 11 was retired by the Tigers and he was selected by the Veterans Committee for the Hall of Fame in 2000.
He was one of baseball's beloved figures---a great and witty manager who never took himself seriously, but treated his players with great respect. He is greatly missed.
In honor of his great managerial career, he is today's recipient of the Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day.
"The day I got a hit off Koufax was when he knew it was time to retire."
--Sparky Anderson, on his short major league career
"I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that."
"A baseball manager is a necessary evil"
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