Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets?

Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.

If a team is in a positive frame of mind, it will have a good attitude. If it has a good attitude, it will make a commitment to playing the game right. If it plays the game right, it will win-unless, of course, it doesn't have enough talent to win, and no manager can make goose-liver pate out of goose feathers, so why worry?