Sparky

Tags: Self, 1979 American League Championship Series
Biography: Manager of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds from 1972 to 1978. Team was known as the Big Red Machine and included such superstar players as Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, and Joe Morgan. Anderson guided the Reds to four World Series appearances in his tenure, winning the world championship in 1975 and 1976 [...]

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November 05, 2010

Remembering Sparky Anderson: Huel Perkins Interview With Family Spokesman Dan ...

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Anderson family spokesperson Dan Ewald knew him as George, a close friend for decades who was just as comfortable being a regular guy off the baseball field [...]

November 07, 2010

Some Sports Thoughts: USA Soccer, KG, Sparky Anderson, Expos Not Dead

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Former and Hall of Fame baseball manager Sparky Anderson passed away ths week. My best recollection of Anderson was during the 1980s when he was managing [...]

November 05, 2010

Sparky Meted Out Punishment That Served A Purpose: Winning

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Listen to my interview with Johnny Bench on the passing of Sparky Anderson at the bottom of the story. CINCINNATI -- Sparky Anderson was in his fourth [...]

November 07, 2010

Backman Gets Chance To Make Case To Manage Mets

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Here's something that's good to remember in the week that Sparky Anderson passed away: When the Reds hired him in 1970, he was a 36-year-old nobody. [...]

November 05, 2010

Hall Of Fame Skipper Sparky Anderson Dead

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By Herald wire services Sparky Anderson, the white-haired Hall of Fame manager who directed Cincinnati's Big Red Machine to back-to-back World Series [...]

November 05, 2010

Sparky Anderson: 1934 2010

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AP Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson and catcher Johnny Bench celebrate their victory in the crowded locker room at Fenway Park in Boston, Oct. 23, [...]

November 08, 2010

RUMBLINGS: Sparky's Charity Still In The Game

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It had been 15 years since Sparky Anderson retired as manager of the Detroit Tigers, but he still came back to Detroit every year in July to attend the [...]

November 07, 2010

Sparky: Memorable Manager, Unforgettable Man

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"Sparky died," I told my wife. Athina's instinctive response surprised me. I didn't realize she understood how deeply I felt about Sparky. What I mean is, [...]

November 08, 2010

Lhasa Apso - Sparky - Small - Adult - Male - Dog | Worcester ...


Lhasa Apso - Sparky - Small - Adult - Male - Dog Sparky is a super cute 2 year old lhasa/terrier mixed breed dog. He is extremely playful and friendly. Sp. [...]

November 07, 2010

Sad News: Sparky Anderson Is Being Treated For Dementia


Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson has been put into hospice care at his home in Southern California because… View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Philadelphia Phillies News [...]

November 07, 2010

Greenberg: Sparky Was Cool, But George Was Even Better

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Don't think about it often but it came flooding back a few days ago when I read about the death of Sparky Anderson, who led two different major league [...]

November 05, 2010

Sparky Anderson Links: Local And National Writers Share Their Stories About The Legendary Manager


>Jerry Green has a great column where he recounts a number of stories including when Sparky Anderson placed a silent wager with slugger Kirk Gibson right before he hit a home run in the 1984 World Series. [DN] >Just like when Ernie Harwell passed back in May, you're going to get a lot of columns tal [...]

November 07, 2010

Orange Crate Art: Sparky Anderson On Language

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“I truly don't know the language,” Sparky once told me. “I wish I could know the difference between a noun and a pronoun and an adverb and a verb, but I don't know, and you know, I don't wanna know. Why do you have to know English? [...]

November 07, 2010

Back Issues: Postscript: Sparky Anderson : The New Yorker

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When I heard the news yesterday that Sparky Anderson had died, I thought immediately of the opening of “Agincourt and After,” Roger Angell's account of the 1975 World Series, in which Anderson's Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red [...]

November 08, 2010

What A Week


This week was nothing but an up and down roller coaster ride. We saved 10 dogs this week from being killed and have a few more on hold that we will be getting in this week. All the shelters are FULL FULL FULL to the brim and there seems to be no end in sight. No matter what breed or mix breed it is [...]

November 08, 2010

Marky Sparky Doinkit Darts


Marky Sparky Doinkit Darts The Doinkit Dart set was designed with one thing in mind To develop the best playing magnetic dart set on the planet. Each of the acclaimed Doinkit Darts use N-35 Neodymium rare earth magnets (Neodymium is [...]

November 04, 2010

The Cat Fell In The Swimming Pool


Last night we had a fabulous dinner to celebrate Jane’s Birthday. The four of us stumbled into the house, giddy as we were stuffed with delicious Japanese Food and desserts, and we saw this. I could have run upstairs to grab a towel for her. I could have started to clean the floor, but I’m a blogger [...]

November 07, 2010

Pinstriped Bible Imagining Sparky In Paradise

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I was saddened to learn today that Sparky Anderson has been placed in hospice care due to dementia. The Hall of Fame manager was always entertaining due to his forthright, hyperbolic way of speaking. There was no Tigers rookie that he [...]

November 08, 2010

Jim Ingraham's IChart: Sparky Was Game's Ultimate Ambassador

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For most of his 76 years, Sparky, who passed away Thursday, was the life of the party. He spent virtually his entire adult life in professional baseball, [...]

November 07, 2010

Thrift Vulture Noir


SO I think I am going to Can my Thrift Vulture Blog and just stick with my Blog Noir. Here is a compilation of my thrift Vulture Blogs, which I love because I am big into vintage and antiques as well as throwback vintage and things of that sort. Please enjoy and check out the sites I'm referencing, [...]

November 08, 2010

Me Encantan Los Bhos (I Love Owls...)


I made a very serious realization about my life. I was casually walking my dog today when I saw one of them car-possessed males who spend hours slaving over invisible scratches on their expensive vehicles, taking corners of shining cloths to get just the right sparkle. (I wonder if those people actu [...]

November 08, 2010

Hall Of Famer Sparky Anderson, Who Managed Reds And Tigers To ...


CINCINNATI — Sparky who? Reds fans were taken aback when Sparky Anderson showed up for his first day as a big league manager, an unknown taking over baseball's first professional team. Most had never heard of him. [...]

November 07, 2010

Tom Sparks Photography - Sparky Utah Wedding Portrait ...


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November 08, 2010

An Essay On Sparky Anderson

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Sombebody once asked Sparky Anderson what was his favorite kind of music. "The love songs," he answered. No three words ever described a man better. In 25 years of covering sports in Cincinnati, I only once got somebody's autograph – Sparky Anderson's. [...]

November 07, 2010

Sparky Anderson Leaves Behind Legacy - Sports News Story - WDIV ...


DETROIT -- Former Hall of Fame Detroit Tigers Manager Sparky Anderson died Thursday morning at the age of 76, leaving behind decades of memories for fans. Friday, November 5, 2010. [...]


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