badmojo1006
Footballguy
Really sad :(
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Sparky Anderson placed in Hospice Care (1 Viewer)
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Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
There's some jokes to be made here but I'll let others do that. Sad stuff.
Michael Brown
Footballguy
No there aren't.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Won WS in both the AL & NL, not many can say that.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
I think its a loss of memory and it may be altimerzers or dementia but as your memory of names, people and places slips, I think your muscle memory starts to flip to the point where your lungs forget to breathe or your heart forgets to beat. Not to say he is going through this, but I have heard thats a potential late term effect. I feel bad, Sparky was a throwback and always an interesting personality in the dugout. A great manager who seemed like a good guy.
Eephus
Footballguy
Because of his white hair and his throwback mystique, Anderson was always a guy who seemed older than he was. He won his first pennant at age 36 and was 41 during the 1975 season. He had long runs with the Reds and the Tigers and retired at age 61 (the same age Dusty Baker is now).
He never won NL Manager of the Year in his years at Cincinnati, presumably because voters thought anyone could win with that lineup.
Hope his end is relatively painless for all concerned and his family will always have fond memories of better times with him.
He never won NL Manager of the Year in his years at Cincinnati, presumably because voters thought anyone could win with that lineup.
Hope his end is relatively painless for all concerned and his family will always have fond memories of better times with him.
RnR
Footballguy
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
He's only 6 years older than Torre and 4 years older than McKeon when he won in Florida.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
On his ESPN Sportscentury profile they mentioned how when he was managing in the minors he took his team to a diner in some southern town and they refused to serve the black players.
So, Sparky ordered the entire team back on the bus and told the owner "you feed all of my ballplayers or you don't feed any of them."
So, Sparky ordered the entire team back on the bus and told the owner "you feed all of my ballplayers or you don't feed any of them."
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
RIP
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
RIP Sparky.
A great man and a great manager.
Tigers lost 2 all time greats this year
bumms me out that Sparky went with a Reds hat for the HOF rather than the old English D though
A great man and a great manager.
Tigers lost 2 all time greats this year
bumms me out that Sparky went with a Reds hat for the HOF rather than the old English D though
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Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Jeez, that was quick, RIP sparky, another departure from an era of ball won't see again.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
They talked about this on the radio today.his number is not being given out. But yeah his name and number should be in the outfield with other Tiger greats. The radio heads were wondering if the spat between Sparky n Illitch over possibly managing scab players and then sparky quitting has anything to do with it.
