As they say on Pardon the Interruption, a melancholy Happy Trails today to Sparky Anderson, who died today at age 76 due to complications from dementia. Not a happy way to go for one of the foremost baseball strategists of his generation.
Sparky managed in the majors for 26 seasons and won World Series Championships in both leagues. He managed the Reds for nine seasons and 1,450 games. He managed the Tigers for 17 seasons and 2,580 games. Despite the majority of his managerial career being spent in Detroit, are you like me in that when you think of Sparky Anderson, you ONLY think of him as the manager of the Big Red Machine in Cincinnati?
26 years as a big league manager, 4,030 games, 2,194 wins, 5 pennants, 3 World Series titles, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
RIP Sparky Anderson.
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