RIP Sparky Anderson

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
  • DrumNFeather
    Invisible Swordsman
    • Nov 2008
    • 8854
    #1

    RIP Sparky Anderson

    Not a huge baseball historian, but I know what a legend he was. He was 75.
    "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

    Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
    Tags: None
    • TripletDaddy
      sweet triple
      • Nov 2008
      • 58186
      #2
      He lived in Thousand Oaks for years and years. Very nice guy. I have actually trick or treated at his house when I was Only A Lad.
      Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
      sigpic

        Comment

        • HBCoug
          Peanut Gallery Asshat
          • Dec 2008
          • 2082
          #3
          Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
          He lived in Thousand Oaks for years and years. Very nice guy. I have actually trick or treated at his house when I was Only A Lad.
          Were you underprivileged and abused? Perhaps a little bit confused? I'm sorry, this is about Sparky. That '84 Tigers team he managed sure could play some baseball. But what's up with Willie Hernandez winning the AL MVP that year? It's a scandal still.

            Comment

            • CJF
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 8497
              #4
              Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
              He lived in Thousand Oaks for years and years. Very nice guy. I have actually trick or treated at his house when I was Only A Lad.
              Johnny? That explains a lot. How is the lady down the block recovering from her gun shot wound?
              A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. - Mohammad Ali

                Comment

                • UtahDan
                  *
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 14496
                  #5
                  Wasn't he he mayor of SLC?

                    Comment

                    • CJF
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 8497
                      #6
                      Originally posted by HBCoug View Post
                      Were you underprivileged and abused? Perhaps a little bit confused? I'm sorry, this is about Sparky. That '84 Tigers team he managed sure could play some baseball. But what's up with Willie Hernandez winning the AL MVP that year? It's a scandal still.
                      Crap!
                      A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. - Mohammad Ali

                        Comment

                        • il Padrino Ute
                          Junior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 19161
                          #7
                          This is a sad day. Sparky was one of the good ones. RIP.
                          "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                          "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

                            Comment

                            • happyone
                              Board Bookworm
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 5385
                              #8
                              Originally posted by HBCoug View Post
                              Were you underprivileged and abused? Perhaps a little bit confused? I'm sorry, this is about Sparky. That '84 Tigers team he managed sure could play some baseball. But what's up with Willie Hernandez winning the AL MVP that year? It's a scandal still.
                              also those big red machine teams (75-76)

                              RIP

                              I may be small, but I'm slow.

                              A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

                                Comment

                                • Clark Addison
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Nov 2008
                                  • 10291
                                  #9
                                  I am always amazed at how young he is (was). Sparky looked like he was close to 75 when he was manging the Reds, but he was really about the age I am now.

                                    Comment

                                    • wuapinmon
                                      Soul Plumber
                                      • Dec 2008
                                      • 30711
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
                                      I am always amazed at how young he is (was). Sparky looked like he was close to 75 when he was manging the Reds, but he was really about the age I am now.
                                      I thought he was 167 years old.
                                      "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                                      The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

                                        Comment

                                        Previous template Next
                                        Working...