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OT - RIP Sparky Anderson
Very sad...one of the managing greats of all time.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5764168
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Ugh, this is really sad. And I feel really old all of a sudden.
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Sad news indeed. He was a Great one!
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There was an article in this morning's NY Times that Sparky was suffering from dementia. There was no indication that he was near the end of his life. In that respect it seems very sudden. He was a great manager and a colorful character. Sad indeed.
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When I started collecting as a kid in the mid 80's, Sparky Anderson was one of my favorite managers. It was always a nice surprise to pull one of his cards from a pack. I was saddened to read that he was recently placed in hospice care. As Barry stated, there was no mention of him being near death.
My condolences to his family. RIP, Sparky. |
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sparky
very sad.
one of my favorite mgrs. my condolences to family,friends, and fans barry |
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What always amazed me about Sparky was how young he really was. He died, today at 76, which means that when he was managing the Reds back 40 years ago, he was 36.
If you go back to his playing days, his 1959 and 1960 cards also looked much older than 25-26.
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Sparky was a class act. Another unforgettable member of the Tigers of my youth gone. I will never forget him yelling to Kirk Gibson in the '84 Series, "He Don't Want to Walk You!" when Goose Gossage was on the hill.
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As my annual vacation I go to Cooperstown for the inductions. When Sparky was giving his induction speech I found we agreed on something. He said "baseball is a great game and if you don't like it GET OUT".
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A friend who's a huge Reds fan and went to a number of events featuring Sparky over the years, says he was always unbelievably nice to everyone he came in contact with.
Here's Sparky's bat from the late 70s and his jersey as a coach with the Padres just before taking the Reds job. Greg http://www.baseballbasement.com |
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Here's a nice piece that Rob Neyer linked on espn.com yesterday
http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/201...nd-sparky.html |
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