" Very few who manage a big league club are successful, fewer still are the ones who experience success over an extended period of time, but to achieve a level of success so extraordinary that it is given a category all it’s own—“The Big Red Machine”—places Sparky [Anderson] in one of the most exclusive and elite clubs in baseball history. "
― Tucker Elliot , Cincinnati Reds IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (History & Trivia)