Californiaman Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Sparky Anderson, long-time baseball manager died. He directed the Cincinnati "Big Red Machine" to back-to-back championships and later won a world series as the Detroit Tiger's skipper. He was 76. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Sad. News of him going into a care facility with dementia came out a couple days ago, and now this. No more stepping over that baseline in superstitious fear. RIP Sparky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 NO! The 1984 World Series is one of my best childhood memories. RIP, coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 One true class act. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Really? I heard he just went into a old folks home, no offense old folks, be he just had Dementia is what I heard a couple days ago... Must have been worst than they though, of then they told us?? I seen him as well many times. I was working in the suburbs of Detroit in 1984, when we won the world series and horns and fireworks were going off everywhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 RIP Sparky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigh Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 He was a class act. RIP. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I always liked Sparky. We were at a Blue Jays game many years ago in Toronto. We got to the ball park early and met Sparky coming in. He took the time to chat and share a laugh. A class act and a decent man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 I always liked Sparky. We were at a Blue Jays game many years ago in Toronto. We got to the ball park early and met Sparky coming in. He took the time to chat and share a laugh. A class act and a decent man. Nice. He was a good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I'm sorry to hear that. Sparky seemed to be well liked by his players. I happened to be in Detroit for business about 35 games into the season in '84. The Tigers got off to a fantastic start that year and had the best record in either league. I saw them play the Blue Jays who had the second best record in the bigs up to that point. Dave Bergman hit about 10 foul balls before hitting a homer into the right field bleachers in the 11th (I think) inning to break a tie and win the game. Sparky later said that was the greatest at-bat he had ever seen. He may have meant it, but Sparky also had a reputation for exaggeration/hyperpole ("Kirk Gibson is the next Mickey Mantle"). Anyway, he was a good'un. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Sparky was the real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Probably one of the most feared lineups in my time and of course their coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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