Sparky Anderson has passed away

mcholke

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He will be missed. Great ambassador to the game.

zep33

RIP Sparky

csmtampa

charliehustle14

Very sad. One of my childhood heroes.

thekid8

Very sad --- rest in peace Mr. Anderson

Garabaldi

RIP

PowderedH2O

Upstairs they just added a great manager and a great man.

TonyC

RIP

RonBurgundy

RIP, Bubula.

Dialj

R.I.P. George "Sparky" Anderson, your were one of the greatest managers of all time. You will be missed.

MeteoriteGuy

A one of a kind. RIP.

pandrews

RIP

itzagoner

sad day in Thousand Oaks. RIP Sparky.

fiveniner

Sparky you were a joy to watch manage the Reds and My Tigers that you became my hero.I have carried your 1960 Topps card in my wallet for several years for good luck and plan to carry it as long as I live.
Thanks for the great memories my Man.

RIP, get Senior Smoke ready in that bullpen up in Heaven (say Hi to Vincie)

twiley

RIP

SidePocket

He was a great announcer for the Angels, loved listening to him.

Carew29

Speechless. Words can't express growing up as a kid in the late 60's early 70's.. with my gang of neighborhood kids trying to emulate the Big Red Machine. I wanted to be Dave Concepcion most of the time. I can see John Wooden greeting him right now.

ROCKDJRW

RIP Sparky. I can't believe he was only 76! As a kid in the 80's I thought he was 76 back then. He was a great one.

zep33

great slideshow over at MSNBC

Sparky Anderson

BPorter26

WOW, Sad news. I had the privilege of meeting Sparky Anderson at a game in Boston in 1988. My high school girl friends mom was his travel agent and she sent up the meeting for me. What a great man. He'll be missed.

kingnascar

Growing up a Big Red Machine fan in the 70's, he was always my favorite manager.

fur72

Very sad. RIP.

I will never forget his WKRP episode.

redlegs

RIP Sparky.

A true class act in every way.

Brick

This is truly a sad day. RIP

scashaggy

RIP

cincyredlegs

Growing up in Dayton in the mid-seventies, Sparky was royality. We never did forgive Dick Wagner for firing him. Behind trading Frank Robinson, that was the dumbest move ever by the Reds organization. Think about it, He won two world series, won four NL pennants and five divisons in eight years. Not to shabby. Not only that, think about the ego's he had to manage; Rose, Bench and Morgan. I don't think Sparky ever got over that. He loved the Reds and Cincinnati.

RIP Sparky.

stevek

One heckuva manager!

RIP

RipublicaninMass

RIP

Yankees001

I met him twice. A great guy.

I have a rare autograph of him. I asked him to sign a baseball "George Anderson 1959 Phillies" to commerate his only season as a player.

A great guy and will be missed.

Dave

MBMiller25

RIP