Emil Joseph "Buzzie" Bavasiwas an American executive in Major League Baseball who played a major role in the operation of three franchises from the late 1940s through the mid-1980s... (wikipedia)
no one knew he was there, (and) Lasorda made sure everyone knew he was there.
I wish we had one man to get on base before (Ichiro) Suzuki, ... We might have him now, in the youngster (Betancourt). You go over the records, it looks like he's always up there with no one on.
Some people like to say that Gene has never been a winning manager. But he has been a winning manager when you consider that some of the teams he had were in the pennant race when they really had no business being there.
I learned that from Mr. Rickey, ... and I hope Billy learned that from me.
I get tired of hearing my ballplayers bellyache all the time. They should sit in the press box sometime and watch themselves play.
We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.