Sad but, in light of what we learned yesterday, not unexpected news: Sparky Anderson has died. Anderson won three world titles, five pennants and seven division titles. He won 2194 games with the Reds ...
Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:18:07 GMT — Reds fans were taken aback when Sparky Anderson showed up in Cincinnati for his first day as a big league manager, an unknown taking over baseball's first professional ...
Sparky Anderson, manager of the 1970s Cincinnati Reds, frequently pulled starting pitchers early in games, earning him the nickname "Captain Hook" and upsetting both pitchers and fans. Johnny Bench, ...