RIP Sparky Anderson

Re: Sparky Anderson in hospice, suffers from dementia


Big Red Machine teams had unusually large names on the backs of the uniforms.

Names like Anderson, Geronimo and especially this guy used up almost all the available real estate.

 

Re: Sparky Anderson in hospice, suffers from dementia

Sparky used the tell the story of how Mickey Mantle once teased him years ago about having white hair at such an early age. Sparky's reply: "Yeah, Mick, but in 20 years people will say, 'hey, Mick, look how much you've aged' but to me they will say, 'Sparky, you haven't changed in 20 years.'"

 

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Sparky was 36 when he took over the Reds. One of the great interviews and storytellers in baseball. This is very sad to hear.

 

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Great manager. One of the few to win World Series with two teams.

 

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Mee too, first thing I thought. It's sad.

 

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Sad, indeed. Godspeed, Captain Hook.

 

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Very sad. How can you not love Sparky? And yes, 76 is very young.

Side, note: mom's from Royal Oak. Went to the Shrine of the Little Flower & was married there too.

 

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First Ernie, now Sparky. Sigh....

 

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RIP to a guy whom I'm glad won a series with the Tigers, since he was often thought of as just a "push-button" manager with the Reds.

 

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Dude, he's not dead.

 

Re: Sparky Anderson in hospice, suffers from dementia

Dammit, who put the advance obit on the posting wire?? Let's say "All the best" as opposed to R.I.P.