Earlier this week
...best chance at an inductee from the great 1984 world champion Tigers, a group whose only Hall of Famer so far is manager Sparky Anderson. Coincidentally, Anderson once called Morris the greatest pitcher he'd ever managed. Morris broke into the Majors...
...a Detroit Tigers casket at the annual convention of the National Funeral Directors Association last fall in Las Vegas, hiring Sparky Anderson, the septuagenarian former Detroit manager, to man the booth. "As soon as we saw it, we knew we wanted it," said...
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...a gallon of milk recite the "Big Red Machine" starting lineup? Remembering your wedding anniversary? Maybe. Remembering Sparky Anderson's real first name? Definitely, by George. Here are some of my highlights from the reunion: A woman, probably about 20,...
...third in the AL East. Trebelhorn picked up 7 first place votes (out of 28) and totaled 78 points; he finished second to Sparky Anderson of the first-place Tigers, who had 90 points and 11 first place votes. Weirdly, Tom Kelly of the Twins got 10 first...
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...Trek through the development of relief pitching and the disappearance of the Complete Game - some observations about Sparky Anderson, Billy Martin, and Tony LaRussa. While I was plotting this entire enterprise, I thought I'd trail my coat around the...
...are, arguably, the two best managers the Detroit Tigers have ever had, certainly the two best of the modern era. Their names are Sparky Anderson and Jim Leyland and while they are totally different personalities, when it comes to baseball they are very similar....
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