Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Red Schoendienst

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Red Schoendienst.
Last updated on December 19, 2024.
Red Schoendienst

Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst was an American professional baseball second baseman, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB), and is largely known for his coaching, managing, and playing years with the St. Louis Cardinals. He played for 19 years with the Cardinals, New York Giants (1956โ€“1957) and Milwaukee Braves (1957โ€“1960), and was named to 10 All Star teams. He then managed the Cardinals from 1965 through 1976 โ€“ the second-longest managerial tenure in the team's history. Under his direction, St. Louis won the 1967 and 1968 National League pennants and the 1967 World Series, and he was named National League Manager of the Year in 1967 and 1968. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. At the time of his death, he had worn a Major League uniform for 74 consecutive years as a player, coach, or manager, and had served 67 of his 76 years in baseball with the Cardinals.

When I was playing, there were only eight teams in each league, and you didn't have any playoffs.
You always believed that as good as you knew you were, there was always somebody who could take your place. I tried to work as hard as I could to make sure that didn't happen.
I'm not much of a jewelry man. I don't even wear a watch half the time. โ€” ยฉ Red Schoendienst
I'm not much of a jewelry man. I don't even wear a watch half the time.
I've had a good time here in baseball. I love baseball. That's why I'm still around.
When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so many good ballplayers.
I don't like to compare clubs or players from way back. It's different today. Your ballparks are better. In the days when I played, we had eight teams in each league. Now you have more.
There's nothing to it. Baseball isn't that tough to play.
I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good.
I'm just the same as anybody else now. To get TB again, I'd have to go out and catch a whole new case of it. Let's forget about it. I'm a ballplayer.
I managed Dal Maxvill, and he's now our general manager. I managed Bob Gibson. He's a broadcaster. Tim McCarver. Bill White. Nellie Briles. He used to be a broadcaster. I tried to count them up one time.
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