Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries. |
Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries. |
Right now, we need to determine where the best place is for us to be, ... If they need us elsewhere, we are ready to relocate. |
That was a great year (1959) for the White Sox, but a tough loss in the World Series, |
The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you. |
The youngsters coming up now just go through the motions necessary to make the play. They should bounce around a little, show some life and zip. It adds a little action and gives the fans something to look at rather than the monotonous routine, no matter how perfectly the play is made. |
They have more power than we did and maybe a little more pitching depth than we had. ... And I love their manager. |
They say anything can happen in a short series. I just didn't expect it to be that short. |
They've treated me real nice here, |
Winning that game could have turned the Series for us. |