Well, not much time to type for Day 4, as I’ll be in an airplane all day. Actually a fake airplane for six hours, and then a real one for three. I’m an airline pilot, and doing my annual simulator check ride today, then flying back home. But I promised to do my best to keep the thread going, so here’s a couple quick Sparky Anderson quotes that I love:
“I only had a high school education, and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.”
“Me carrying a briefcase is like a hot dog wearing earrings.”
“The problem with John Wockenfuss getting on base, is that it takes three doubles to score him.”
Ahhh...the Big Red Machine. They would come into Wrigley, and I’d look at the lineup, then I’d look at ours. Swisher, LaCock, Trillo, Kelleher, Ontiveros, Morales, Cardenal, and Monday. Then I’d see who Pittsburgh was playing, to see how many games we might be out after we lost the series, three games to none. It’s hard to know if Sparky was a great manager, with a team like that. I suspect he was better than Herman Franks on our side of the diamond, though.
