Cincinnati manager Terry Francona got his 2,000th career win when he directed the Reds to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies ...

George "Sparky" Anderson got his nickname in the minor leagues because of his spirited play. He made it to the majors for only one season, batting .218 for the Phillies in 1959.

Sparky Anderson became one of the most memorable managers in baseball history because he knew how to treat his players right, Pete Rose said Thursday, shortly after learning that the Big Red Machin… ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- 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 was inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. His plaque shows him in a Cincinnati Reds cap, acknowledging the club with which he achieved most of ...

George "Sparky'' Anderson got his nickname in the minor leagues because of his spirited play. He made it to the majors for only one season, batting .218 for the Phillies in 1959.

DETROIT -- Sparky Anderson was as much a storyteller as he was a baseball manager. Games come and go. Wins and losses are forgotten. But the stories endure.

Sparky Anderson Dead read the headlines this morning. The baseball world has lost one of it's most prized possessions. Sparky Anderson was the prototypical manager for me. He was a no nonsense ...

The world of sport lost one of its greats when Sparky Anderson passed away Thursday morning. So did the world of acting. When Sparky retired, he had won more games as a manager than all but John ...

Thirty years ago this summer, Sparky Anderson spent his only season as a major league baseball player as a second baseman with the Philadelphia Phillies. His one statistical line in the player ...

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