If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.

I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing.

If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have that instant's hesitation about coming across the bag at second or about standing in there awaiting a throw to make a tag. There are only 27 outs in a ballgame, and it was my job to save one for my team every time I possibly could.