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Retiring has yet to occur to him. "I might play next season, I might play the year after that. I just can't think of anything better to do in the summertime." But Rose surely understands that before too long he will be a manager exclusively, and all managers eventually...
Besides, he expects to go on managing. "I want to build character and confidence in young players, stick with them in some jams and show them what's really at the bottom of this game." Second in their division and unsatisfied, the Reds have been baseball's most surprising contenders...
One recommendation every old manager makes to every new one is to execute the squad cuts briskly. However, never having been demoted, Rose says, "I just can't do it quick. If they want to, I'll talk all day." The last of five cut last spring was a sloe...
"Is there anything you want to say?" Rose asked Robinson in farewell after an extended monologue and a lengthy silence. "Yes," the pitcher said finally. "I hope you don't get any more hits." Rose was dumbfounded: "What did you say?" Robinson blurted, "I hope you stop hitting." In a...
Long after his career ended at 42 in 1928, Cobb complained about the decline of his sport. "The fabric of baseball is crumbling, "he warned. "I'd want players less interested hi a bonus, a business manager and a bowling alley than in fighting to win." But he was surprisingly...