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214 quotes found searching on Position: Manager
I’ll tell you what I think about it. I think that is very, very bad for that man to make an accusation like that. That is terrible. I have never, ever, since I’ve managed, ever told a pitcher to throw at anybody, nor will I ever, and if I ever did, I certainly wouldn’t make him throw at a (bleepin’) .130 hitter like Lefebvre, or (bleepin’) Bevacqua, who couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a (bleepin’) boat, and I guaran-(bleepin’)-tee you this, when I pitched, and I was gonna pitch against a (bleepin’) team that had guys on it like Bevacqua, I’d send a (bleepin’) limousine to get the ****sucker to make sure he was in the mother-(bleepin’) lineup because I’d kick that ****sucker’s ass any (bleepin’) day of the week. He’s a (bleepin’) mother-(bleepin’) big mouth, I’ll tell you that.
July 1982
Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasorda
Los Angeles Dodgers
Manager
HOF 1997
Yeah, but the last time you faced him was this same inning.
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966
What's everyone blaming me for? Blame Felix. I wouldn't have hit into the double plays if he hadn't hit singles.
In 1975
Joseph Paul "Joe" Torre
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 2014
You're supposed to slide.
Andrew Bishop "Rube" Foster
Chicago American Giants
Manager
HOF 1981
The average hitter is a struggling hitter. If you're at .250 or .260, where most players find themselves, it never comes easy. You have to go out and grind it out, day after day, just to stay at that level. A .250 hitter hits one ball good every night, and if it happens to go right at somebody, he's in trouble.
Kansas City Royals
Manager
I don't understand how anyone hits a baseball. You play golf and the damned thing is sitting there and all you've got to do is hit it, and that's hard enough.
Baltimore Orioles
Manager
Baseball has got to be fun, because if it's not fun, it's a long time to be in agony.
Milwaukee Brewers
Manager
Never let a pitcher who lost a tough game that afternoon be your driver that night. The fellow gets beaten 2 to 1 or 1 to 0. Maybe somebody booted one and cost him the ball game. Maybe the umpire missed a strike on him, or maybe somebody popped up with a chance to win the game. The pitcher gets behind that wheel and he gets brooding over what happened that afternoon. Life doesn't mean anything to him, his or the lives of the guys riding with him. He takes curves at fifty miles an hour and tries to run trucks off the road. What does he care? He just lost a tough ball game.
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966
"Baseball For Everyone" by Joe DiMaggio (1948)
It is more profitable for me to have a team that is in contention for most of the season, but finishes about fourth. A team like that will draw well enough during the first part of the season to show a profit for the year and you don't have to give the players raises when they don't win.
Philadelphia Athletics
Manager
HOF 1937
What makes a good manager is baseball judgement -- knowing what you're looking at.
Baltimore Orioles
Manager
HOF 1996
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