Recycling managers is still a tradition in baseball — Buck Showalter, Jim Riggleman, Jim Leyland and Bob Melvin have run half of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams.
Jimmy Dykes (above), for example, managed five Major League teams over 21 seasons. He never won a pennant, his highest finish was third place, and his career record was 1,406-1,541.
But as a player, Dykes may be responsible for one of the best quotes in baseball history:
"I couldn't slide into second base. I carry my cigars in my back pocket and was afraid I'd break 'em."
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