at 35 Sparky looked like he was 90...
Anderson was named the Reds manager on October 8, 1969. Since he was a relative unknown in the sports world, headlines on the day after his hiring read "Sparky Who?"[10] Nonetheless, Anderson led the Reds to 102 wins and the National League pennant in 1970,[11] where they lost the 1970 World Series in five games to the Baltimore Orioles. During this season, the Reds came to be widely known as The Big Red Machine, a nickname they carried throughout Anderson's tenure.
Anderson was named the Reds manager on October 8, 1969. Since he was a relative unknown in the sports world, headlines on the day after his hiring read "Sparky Who?"[10] Nonetheless, Anderson led the Reds to 102 wins and the National League pennant in 1970,[11] where they lost the 1970 World Series in five games to the Baltimore Orioles. During this season, the Reds came to be widely known as The Big Red Machine, a nickname they carried throughout Anderson's tenure.
Great question....Tough call.....Sparky 3 world series.....Joe 4.
Even for me.
Even for me.
Not sure about that.
If you watch baseball consistently you see a lot of bone headed decisions by managers that directly costs their team the game.
I'll agree with you that their coaching abilities are pretty irrelevant. Their staff does most of the player development. The managers most important job is to manage egos just like NBA.
Speaking of that, NBA coaches are overrated too. I would argue that baseball managers are more important to their team than NBA coaches. Anyone could have coached the warriors this season. Same with Jordan's bulls.And no one could have coached the last few lakers teams to success. Jesus Christ himself would have had losing teams. But managing the ego's will always be key here too.
A college basketball coaches ability is by far the most correlated to his teams success/failure of any of the major sports.
