My favorite quote from Sparky “People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.”
There is a difference in living in the past, vs.. LEARNING FROM IT. And, its just as dumb to change for the sake of change as it is to stay the same for the sake of staying the same. The issue is: WHAT HAS UTILITY..WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOES NOT, AND WHAT CREATES A BETTER FUTURE AND WHAT DOES NOT.. Those who do not learn from the past or prepare for the future, are respectively- DOOMED TO REPEAT ITS FOIBLES, AND STUCK IN A MOST UNPLEASANT PREDICAMENT GOING FORWARD AND IN THE PRESENT, with generally no backup. As for Anderson, he doesn't know everything, nor everyone. He was a baseball manager, not some ORACLE, some WIZENED SOCIETAL CRITIC.
I’m 34 I’m a huge baseball fan and very up to par from past and present which I thought , I’ve always heard about sparky Anderson and seen a pic here and there so he’s a very familiar face , but watching this documentary of him , I wish I could’ve grew up watching him amongst the greats back in that time , much respect for this legend . My favorite part was he stood up for his player that the server refused to serve him only and what sparky said hit me hard “it’s the ignorance of mankind that started this problem “
yeah, recently a Minnesota ballplayer gave up a three year $37 million dollar contract to go for a 10 year $350 million dollar deal. he told the press, "I have to think of my family's future." HIS FAMILY'S FUTURE!!?! our family came over to America on a boat from Sweden four generations ago and as a group we have NEVER as a group total made $37 million since we got here!!! what is his 'family' gunna do with $350 million dollars, BUY A SMALL COUNTRY!!!!!!
@@samuelmoulds1016 It would be nice if once in a while they'd consider that their family's future is paid for at the expense of other family's futures.
@@RoundingThird hey, "@RoundingThird", forgive me for interrupting, and I don't mean to be rude, I was wondering how you got your 'name'!!?! have you heard of Joe Nuxhall, the famous radio announcer of the Cincinnati Redlegs and the youngest player in major league history. after the end of every game, he would say, "And this is the old lefthander, rounding third and headed for home!" just thinkin'.
I grew up in Reds Country in the 60s and 70s and loved the Big Red Machine. Watched more games on TV or at Riverfront than I can possibly remember during Sparky’s tenure with Cincinnati and listened to much of the rest of those games on the radio. My biggest baseball thrill, however, was being at Cooperstown to see Sparky’s induction into the Hall of Fame along with Tony and Fisk.
Fun fact: Sparky Anderson is the Tigers winningest manager in franchise history! I wasn’t alive to see the ‘84 run but my dad told me stories about that season and the years that led up to that World Series championship, Sparky is great
yeah, and 'Spanky' (I'd call him 'Sparky' but he believed in discipline) would have won A LOT more games, but Tom Monahan, the Tiger's owner, hired Michigan football legend Bo Schembeckler to a ten year contract to be his team president. he got rid of good players (except Whittaker and Trammell) to buy home run hitters (who had FAR MORE STRIKEOUTS THAN HOME RUNS) and RUINED THE TEAM!!! after a few seasons of this nonsense, 'Spanky' said, "You give me pitching, and defense, and SPEED, and I'll show you how this game was meant to be played!" and, by the way, Cincinnati fired 'Spanky' after he had won an average of 96 games a year! go figure.
Much respect for his refusal to manage replacement players in 1995. He was a guy who was around to remember when a majority of players got paid peanuts.
He talks about replacement players in this interview with Ed Randall from 1995. It should start at the right spot. ruclips.net/video/zArlh4M3isc/видео.html
the strike that destroyed the game. they weren't making peanuts in the mid-90s Buddy. you understand that when they did that they absolutely killed Major League baseball it never recovered? players union were a bunch of greedy bastards. millionaires complaining. game never recovered. been steadily declining ever since. yeah what a f****** great move that was 🙄 yeah canceling the world series did wonder for the game. do you know before the players union did that the baseball was probably more popular than ever? the 1991 world series is probably one of the most dramatic world series one of the most viewed world series in history? the game was on a wave popularity and they went on the f****** striking canceled the f****** world series. are you some kind of numbnuts applauding that? theywere f****** millionaires bro.. then Major League baseball completely ignored the steroid usage trying to recover the fans they lost because of player Union f****** greed. you're off your f****** rocker bro destroyed the game of baseball it never f****** recovered. and they weren't making peanuts in 1995 or 1994... I hate Tom glavin to this day because he was a union f*** that led to that strike. are you f****** off your rocker? 🙄 cancel the world series. and you think that that was good? for you some kind of brainwashed Union member? absolutely destroyed the game of baseball never recovered. they should have absolutely brought scabs in and played that 94 world series. you are f****** high bro 🙄
@@patrickgray5633aaah.... actually..... NOBODY likes to give up money! and at that time in history, $125,000 was more than some people would earn in a lifetime.
It's a real tribute to Sparky that, despite having only one pitcher record a 20-win season for the Reds (Jim Merritt, 1970), he got the absolute best out of all his pitchers. Three times in Cincy, Anderson's Reds won over100 games. Reliever often won more than 10 games, and they saved a bunch as well. That pitching staff was very deep and very strong.
Sparky Anderson was a great manager and a great motivator..he coached with fire.and coached with respect for his players..he was a no non sense manager...base ball was better with sparky...go sparky..
Wish he was still here today. He wouldn’t put up with the B.S. dugout celebrations and showboating crap that runs rampant in modern MLB. Guys who showup their opponents by taunting, pointing and nut grabbing not to mention earrings, tattoos, bad haircuts and beards down to their waists. Sparky’s players looked and behaved like men, he made sure of that!
I was 8 in 1976 and loved the Reds and Sparky and at the beginning of this when they said he took over as the manager in 69' at age 35 I couldn't believe it. To this day I would have thought he was around 55 in 1969.
FR …. He was just like My Grandparents and they’ve always looked a now days 70yo lol. They’re super healthy too but they’ve had grey hair as long as I’ve been alive , so since their mid to late 50’s They continued to look until 90 But now after 90 they are showing it 93yo and going They’re Amazing people Not just for being 93. 😁
yeah, at an 'Oldtimers's Game' Mickey Mantle was kidding Sparky about his white hair. Sparky said, "Yeah, 20 years from now sportswriters will say, ''Look at how old Mickey is, and Sparky hasn't aged a day!"
@@jaypee7632 Yup Bench isn’t considered The GOAT C just for His bat or even His Elite of Elite Arm But His lead of a Pitching Staff was 2nd to None . That’s where He really gets put over the Top His Elite Arm, 1 of the best bats ever for a Cather in the 1st 2/3 of His career But then He called and controlled a game better than anyone ever Yogi & Johnny are The GOAT’s Ivan Rodriguez & Yadi Maolina & Buster Posey are right up there , best of their generation and are most definitely deserving to be mentioned with Bench & Yogi Especially Yadi & Posey This is from a Reds Fan FL Yadi is/was a GOAT Thurman Munson Roy Campanella Carlton Fisk was a Bad Man JT Reamulto is really setting the standard Defensively @tm Not quite what these Legends are & were but He’s doing His thing Addison Rutledge looks like He’l maybe be on that list of greats when He’s done But now I’ve got ahead of myself even mentioning these 2 with The Greats. 😁
I think one interesting thing, is the Reds outscored Oakland by 5 runs that series. Oakland won 4 one run games, the Reds won two one run games, and an 8-1win. Very interesting in my opinion.
Take away that 8-1 win and the A's outscored CINCY in the other six games combined..wait, you cannot really take away W's of any kind. The object of the series of games is to win, to get the most W's. In 1960, the NY YANKS outscored the PITT PIRATES, 55-27..but were not WS CHAMPS.. In '72, the A's won 4 W's to 3W's..just as PITT won in '60, in SEVEN GAMES.. Run differential only decreases or increases the odds of winning or losing..it does not guarantee either W's OR L's 100 percent, nor does it say who the better team is when run differential IS NOT THE OBJECT of the GAME OR SERIES.. Ifs and buts, candy and nuts..if every day was buts= candy and nuts= everyday would be Christmas.. They are not..
What is interesting about the '72 Series is that EITHER team could easily have swept the other. OR.... Either team could've won in 7 games. Bobby Tolan, Reds CF, had a terrible game 7. Made an error early and pulled up lame on a fly ball over his head that he would've easily caught. Those two plays led to Oaklands 3 runs, and the Reds lost 3-2. Ripped my heart out of my chest. 1972 is one of the most underrated World's Series in the history of the game.
Greatest Manager of All Time!!!,of The Greatest Starting 8 of All Time!!!!,1975,1976 Cincinnati Reds!!!,and Then Came The All Time Worst General Manager of All Time in Dick Wagner,and He Proceded to Trade Away Tony"Doggie"Perez, and Then Fired Sparky Anderson!!!!,He Deconstructed the Greatest Team in The History of Professional Baseball!!!!
As a Reds fan growing up my future Brother-In-Law took me to my first Reds game in 1976. One of the best days of.my life. I was blessed to meet the team as well. I was heartbroken when the Reds traded Tony Perez, when Sparky Anderson was fired, and lastly when Pete Rose left for the Phillies. That's when I left baseball. I was happy for Sparky Anderson's success in Detroit because he was a great man. The Reds of 1990 weren't that interesting to me. I guess in retrospect, my enjoyment of the 1990's Braves during the playoffs was childhood nostalgia similar to my love of the Cincinnati Reds.
yeah, you think Dick Wagner is "The All Time Worst General Manager of All Time", you should have seen what Detroit Tigers' president, and retired Michigan football legend Bo Schembeckler did to 'Spanky' (I'd call him 'Sparky' but he believed in discipline) Anderson's Tiger teams!!!! he believed in home run hitters and traded away Tiger talent. the Tigers started losing game after game for YEARS! why!!?! WHY!!?! Anderson said later, "You give me pitching, defense, and speed and I will show you how this game was meant to be played."
In May of 1975 asked Pete Rose to move from the outfield to play 3rd so George Foster could become an everyday starter. As the Red's were struggling at that point of the season. The rest is history. Pete at 34 did not piss and moan about not playing "his position" weak third baseman arm he did it, became an all star again and a world champion.
yeah, and you shoulda seen Pete Rose play 3rd base in the 1976 World Series!!! whenever Mickey Rivers, the Yankees' lead off batter came to the plate, Rose moved in from his normal 3rd base position and stood 12 from Rivers. Rivers said after the game, that when he came to bat all he could think about was Pete Rose!
@@robertsprouse9282 Gowdy called Red Sox games on radio and TV for years, and it was clearly evident that he was a "homer" for Boston during that '75 series.
@@steveb9151 , next time make it clearer about which comment that you are talking about. GOWDY also commented to SPARKY about the OAKLAND A's and WARNED(why say anything off the record- I assume- about one team to the manager of the other team that they're playing, THAT YOU'RE COVERING?) ANDERSON about HUNTER and the A's pitchers. Its almost as if GOWDY wanted SPARKY to be equipped with enough respect to be, and to have his team be, better mentally prepared for the A's= greater chance to win, perhaps= pulling for CINCY? Now, I really don't think that is what GOWDY was doing because I think he was just making small talk- his "warning" is not something if I was covering the series, that I would've done- but, I can see how folks might construe it as rooting for CINCY.. That is what I thought you meant. I asked WHY? Because I wanted to know what doing play by play(my former profession) for the RED SOX in the 50's and early and mid- 60's had to do with pulling for CINCY, other than not wanting to see any A.L. team other than BOSTON winning a WSERIES. Next time, explain yourself more clearly and I won't get the wrong idea. Got it?
@@robertsprouse9282 Sir, I denoted the precise time of the quote in question: The allusion should've been obvious...but thank you for the lengthy dissertation.
I never remember any Reds starting pitcher getting a complete game victory, but to Sparky Anderson's defense, maybe it was a good idea to pull starters early, as in after 5 innings or so just to save the wear and tear on their arms over the course of the season - Anderson did go to relievers quite a bit but looking back on it, it worked effectively most of the time based on the Reds' winning percentage during the time period of say 1970-78.
I believe that Captain Hook was born in the rotator cuff injury to Wayne Simpson and the elbow tendonitis to Jim Merritt - both in the 1970 season. Sparky rode them hard as long as he could and ended up with THIN starting pitching in the World Series versus the Orioles.
aaah.... actually....it is 'not too shabby! hey, "MaplesyrupPost' , by chance, are you 'Cajun'!!?! do you live in the great state of Maine!!?! are you a 'Maniac' (people from Maine would know what I mean)!
@@patrickfurlong9169, the, practically, three- outcomes for a hitter game..that is one of the biggest differences now..creating a game that puts you to sleep= flyout/popup, strikeout, or homerun... Pitchers that cannot figure out how to get hitters out during the third (or rarely= fourth time) they face them, etc.. The 1980's MLB was vastly superior to the 2020's MLB version. That is not living in the past..that is stating a stone cold fact.. Just because a bunch of 2020's pitchers can throw 100 mph, doesn't make up for the fact that they cannot show command and avoid the big homeruns= in the strike zone. They cannot mixup their pitches and pace themselves, and outthink hitters during most of the game.. And, relievers come and go, and rarely establish longterm excellence anymore. Batters have no strikezone discipline, and rarely actually setup pitchers. I can go on and on.. Facts are why..
He was good with the Reds but not the Tigers. As a Tiger fan I thought he left ineffective pitchers in too long. Also, I got tired of him talking about how great a young rookie was when the player didn't work out for the Tigers and the Tigers were an old deteriorating team that really needed good young, talented players. In 1989 he said in in 1991 the Tigers had 10 players they knew would be outstanding. In 1991 the Tigers were an old team of has beens. I had been looking forward to seeing the good young players because I was tired of the old decrepit has beens and the team was going nowhere. If the Tigers got a good young player he would get traded to another team or become a disappointment--Chris Pittaro, Nelson Simmons. The Tigers lost Travis Fryman to Cleveland--probably at the time their most promising player.
As far as Sparky not having rules for Bench, Rose, Perez and later Morgan..... He did it because he knew that those four knew what rules should be followed if they were to be winners. The other players looked up to the Big Four and followed their example. This is explained in The Main Spark (biography), and should have been explained in more depth instead of the simple opinion that Sparky couldn't treat players differently.
I liked the REDS but as a yankee fan ,they were not a dynasty,2 championships. Kind of like the Dodgers of 50's. Losing Tony Perez killed what chance they had,that was the start,ask the players.
i know this channel is all baseball but does anyone by any chance know where i can find the Sportscentury for bill parcells? I can’t seem to find it on RUclips or anyplace that sells it.
Yea, my Dad for some reason HATED Sparky and said the same thing when he came to Detroit about inherited a ready made championship team. I remember the Bless You Boys era fondly, Sparky too. RIP Dad and RIP Sparky. And I cannot be a Tigers fan if I don't throw a RIP to Ernie.
So, they would've won, and begun 1984 at 35-5 no matter who the manager was? His past record of one 108 win season, a 70-30 start, two WS TITLES, coming back to back with NO FREE AGENTS.. Several seasons 100 or more wins, one with 99, several division titles, and THREE LEAGUE PENNANTS, none of that separates him from any other manager who would've otherwise managed the TIGERS? None of that previous SPARKY track record led to 104 WINS, and an '84 WS CHAMPIONSHIP, and the A.L. PENNANT? And, when ANDERSON arrived, the TRAMMELL, WHITAKER, PARRISH, GIBSON, MORRIS, PETRY, etc..TIGERS were still very young with MLB experience, right? You do know MILT WILCOX began with CINCY and ANDERSON, right..at 20 years old, only to be sent back to the minors for a few seasons? No.. I will flatly tell you that only a handful of 1970's &'80's managers would've coaxed even one big season out of that TEAM, much less WIN THE WSERIES and take two DIVISION CROWNS AND A LEAGUE PENNANT. What did these so-called "automatics" do during their careers toward winning leagues, or the WSERIES, other than MORRIS AND GIBSON? What? Think again..
WOW, talking about bias reporting just watch this video...LOL... Bench was jealous of Rose and thought HE should be the head of the Big Red Machine. Let me tell ya folks, Pete Rose was the Leader of the Big Red Machine and next was morgan and few on the team liked Bench and that includes the Cincinnati Fans. I don't think MLB should allow this kind of bias but of course the leaders of MLB were part of this BS.
yeah, 'Spanky' (I'd call him 'Sparky' but he believed in discipline) stroked those 'egos' like he was 'petting the family dog'! my hat is off to him!!! GREAT MANAGER!!!
AND, as I look at this team!!! I told my best friend in Denver, "You could never have a team like this again! at today's prices, you've got 4 $30 million dollar a year players!!! PLUS, Foster, Griffey, Conception, AND ALL THAT PITCHING!!! ONLY THE LA DODGERS COULD AFFORD THIS PAYROLL!!!!!!
it was idiotic to knock the yankee captain in 1976. if everyone on yankees hit like munson did in that series, the reds may've lost. the first time i thought "maybe this guy should hold his tongue!" was then.
Loved the guy, he was a baseball character the best. Oh yeah he could manage pretty well.
I got to meet Sparky in the 80s and a great person to his fans 🙂👍
Who didnt love watching Johnny Bench and Mr Pete Rose? They were absolutely amazing
yeah, I talked to 'Spanky' Anderson in the Tiger's dugout in Milwaukee (I'd call him 'Sparky', but he believed in discipline)!
Greatest Tigers manager of all. time
yeah, and you have no idea how great he was! ask me and I'll tell ya.
My favorite quote from Sparky
“People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.”
I love that quote! The Philadelphia Flyers need to have that placed on their draft “war room” wall!!
There is a difference in living in the past, vs..
LEARNING FROM IT.
And, its just as dumb to change for the sake of change as it is to stay the same for the sake of staying the same.
The issue is:
WHAT HAS UTILITY..WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOES NOT, AND WHAT CREATES A BETTER FUTURE AND WHAT DOES NOT..
Those who do not learn from the past or prepare for the future, are respectively- DOOMED TO REPEAT ITS FOIBLES, AND STUCK IN A MOST UNPLEASANT PREDICAMENT GOING FORWARD AND IN THE PRESENT, with generally no backup.
As for Anderson, he doesn't know everything, nor everyone.
He was a baseball manager, not some ORACLE, some WIZENED SOCIETAL CRITIC.
Sparky makes me smile.😊
I’m 34 I’m a huge baseball fan and very up to par from past and present which I thought , I’ve always heard about sparky Anderson and seen a pic here and there so he’s a very familiar face , but watching this documentary of him , I wish I could’ve grew up watching him amongst the greats back in that time , much respect for this legend . My favorite part was he stood up for his player that the server refused to serve him only and what sparky said hit me hard “it’s the ignorance of mankind that started this problem “
Those old school hats and uniforms; no sportswear company logos, classic. They played real baseball back then.
yeah, recently a Minnesota ballplayer gave up a three year $37 million dollar contract to go for a 10 year $350 million dollar deal. he told the press, "I have to think of my family's future." HIS FAMILY'S FUTURE!!?! our family came over to America on a boat from Sweden four generations ago and as a group we have NEVER as a group total made $37 million since we got here!!! what is his 'family' gunna do with $350 million dollars, BUY A SMALL COUNTRY!!!!!!
@@samuelmoulds1016 It would be nice if once in a while they'd consider that their family's future is paid for at the expense of other family's futures.
@@RoundingThird yeah, this is soooh true! you have insight and wisdom!
@@RoundingThird hey, "@RoundingThird", forgive me for interrupting, and I don't mean to be rude, I was wondering how you got your 'name'!!?! have you heard of Joe Nuxhall, the famous radio announcer of the Cincinnati Redlegs and the youngest player in major league history. after the end of every game, he would say, "And this is the old lefthander, rounding third and headed for home!" just thinkin'.
The Greatest!
Ahhh Sparky...so many great memories as a young man..seeing him manage my Big Red Machine 😊
I grew up in Reds Country in the 60s and 70s and loved the Big Red Machine. Watched more games on TV or at Riverfront than I can possibly remember during Sparky’s tenure with Cincinnati and listened to much of the rest of those games on the radio. My biggest baseball thrill, however, was being at Cooperstown to see Sparky’s induction into the Hall of Fame along with Tony and Fisk.
We're they Racist around them parts back then?
Fun fact: Sparky Anderson is the Tigers winningest manager in franchise history! I wasn’t alive to see the ‘84 run but my dad told me stories about that season and the years that led up to that World Series championship, Sparky is great
yeah, and 'Spanky' (I'd call him 'Sparky' but he believed in discipline) would have won A LOT more games, but Tom Monahan, the Tiger's owner, hired Michigan football legend Bo Schembeckler to a ten year contract to be his team president. he got rid of good players (except Whittaker and Trammell) to buy home run hitters (who had FAR MORE STRIKEOUTS THAN HOME RUNS) and RUINED THE TEAM!!! after a few seasons of this nonsense, 'Spanky' said, "You give me pitching, and defense, and SPEED, and I'll show you how this game was meant to be played!" and, by the way, Cincinnati fired 'Spanky' after he had won an average of 96 games a year! go figure.
Sparky was amazing
Much respect for his refusal to manage replacement players in 1995. He was a guy who was around to remember when a majority of players got paid peanuts.
He talks about replacement players in this interview with Ed Randall from 1995. It should start at the right spot. ruclips.net/video/zArlh4M3isc/видео.html
the strike that destroyed the game. they weren't making peanuts in the mid-90s Buddy. you understand that when they did that they absolutely killed Major League baseball it never recovered? players union were a bunch of greedy bastards. millionaires complaining. game never recovered. been steadily declining ever since. yeah what a f****** great move that was 🙄 yeah canceling the world series did wonder for the game. do you know before the players union did that the baseball was probably more popular than ever? the 1991 world series is probably one of the most dramatic world series one of the most viewed world series in history? the game was on a wave popularity and they went on the f****** striking canceled the f****** world series. are you some kind of numbnuts applauding that? theywere f****** millionaires bro.. then Major League baseball completely ignored the steroid usage trying to recover the fans they lost because of player Union f****** greed. you're off your f****** rocker bro destroyed the game of baseball it never f****** recovered. and they weren't making peanuts in 1995 or 1994... I hate Tom glavin to this day because he was a union f*** that led to that strike. are you f****** off your rocker? 🙄 cancel the world series. and you think that that was good? for you some kind of brainwashed Union member? absolutely destroyed the game of baseball never recovered. they should have absolutely brought scabs in and played that 94 world series. you are f****** high bro 🙄
Absolutely it wasn't about $125 K Sparky had plenty of money it was about doing what was right.
@@patrickgray5633aaah.... actually..... NOBODY likes to give up money! and at that time in history, $125,000 was more than some people would earn in a lifetime.
A good man.
yeah, I talked to him in the Tiger's dugout in Milwaukee (ask me about it and I'll tell ya the whole story)!
We could use more people raising children to be kind and to smile. He was one of a kind and one of my personal heroes.
Definitely for the Reds, Sparky was the right man, for the right team at the right time.
It's a real tribute to Sparky that, despite having only one pitcher record a 20-win season for the Reds (Jim Merritt, 1970), he got the absolute best out of all his pitchers. Three times in Cincy, Anderson's Reds won over100 games. Reliever often won more than 10 games, and they saved a bunch as well. That pitching staff was very deep and very strong.
yeah, 'Spanky' (I'd call him 'Sparky' but he believed in discipline) won an average of 96 games a year and Cincy still fired him.
I remember watching that 1972 World Series. My God those teams.
Sparky was the greatest! Total integrity!
Sparky Anderson was a great manager and a great motivator..he coached with fire.and coached with respect for his players..he was a no non sense manager...base ball was better with sparky...go sparky..
Wish he was still here today. He wouldn’t put up with the B.S. dugout celebrations and showboating crap that runs rampant in modern MLB. Guys who showup their opponents by taunting, pointing and nut grabbing not to mention earrings, tattoos, bad haircuts and beards down to their waists. Sparky’s players looked and behaved like men, he made sure of that!
yeah, I call him 'Spanky', because he believed in discipline!
When talking about great managers Sparky Anderson has to be in the convo.
Im 57. I've been a huge Reds Fan since my childhood. The 70s & early 80s were totally awesome. Just amazing.
Sparky always looked 20 years older than he actually was.
I was 8 in 1976 and loved the Reds and Sparky and at the beginning of this when they said he took over as the manager in 69' at age 35 I couldn't believe it. To this day I would have thought he was around 55 in 1969.
FR …. He was just like My Grandparents and they’ve always looked a now days 70yo lol.
They’re super healthy too but they’ve had grey hair as long as I’ve been alive , so since their mid to late 50’s
They continued to look until 90
But now after 90 they are showing it
93yo and going
They’re Amazing people
Not just for being 93. 😁
yeah, at an 'Oldtimers's Game' Mickey Mantle was kidding Sparky about his white hair. Sparky said, "Yeah, 20 years from now sportswriters will say, ''Look at how old Mickey is, and Sparky hasn't aged a day!"
Agreed!!!!
Tigers stadium 1984 with Reverend A Moir some of my best memories as a young man
76 Reds were a great offensive and defensive baseball team . The pitching was managed expertly by Sparky
And Johnny Bench. Bench was very intelligent.
@@jaypee7632 Yup
Bench isn’t considered The GOAT C just for His bat or even His Elite of Elite Arm
But His lead of a Pitching Staff was 2nd to None .
That’s where He really gets put over the Top
His Elite Arm, 1 of the best bats ever for a Cather in the 1st 2/3 of His career But then He called and controlled a game better than anyone ever
Yogi & Johnny are The GOAT’s
Ivan Rodriguez & Yadi Maolina & Buster Posey are right up there ,
best of their generation and are most definitely deserving to be mentioned with Bench & Yogi
Especially Yadi & Posey
This is from a Reds Fan FL
Yadi is/was a GOAT
Thurman Munson
Roy Campanella
Carlton Fisk was a Bad Man
JT Reamulto is really setting the standard Defensively @tm
Not quite what these Legends are & were but He’s doing His thing
Addison Rutledge looks like He’l maybe be on that list of greats when He’s done
But now I’ve got ahead of myself even mentioning these 2 with The Greats. 😁
I think one interesting thing, is the Reds outscored Oakland by 5 runs that series. Oakland won 4 one run games, the Reds won two one run games, and an 8-1win. Very interesting in my opinion.
Take away that 8-1 win and the A's outscored CINCY in the other six games combined..wait, you cannot really take away W's of any kind.
The object of the series of games is to win, to get the most W's.
In 1960, the NY YANKS outscored the PITT PIRATES, 55-27..but were not WS CHAMPS..
In '72, the A's won 4 W's to 3W's..just as PITT won in '60, in SEVEN GAMES..
Run differential only decreases or increases the odds of winning or losing..it does not guarantee either W's OR L's 100 percent, nor does it say who the better team is when run differential IS NOT THE OBJECT of the GAME OR SERIES..
Ifs and buts, candy and nuts..if every day was buts= candy and nuts= everyday would be Christmas..
They are not..
What is interesting about the '72 Series is that EITHER team could easily have swept the other. OR.... Either team could've won in 7 games. Bobby Tolan, Reds CF, had a terrible game 7. Made an error early and pulled up lame on a fly ball over his head that he would've easily caught. Those two plays led to Oaklands 3 runs, and the Reds lost 3-2. Ripped my heart out of my chest. 1972 is one of the most underrated World's Series in the history of the game.
You’re right about that!!!
R.I.P. George "Sparky" Anderson...
The best PR man a club could ever have. Every Spring Training Sparky would say - “This is my best team yet “.
Sparky was 35 Years old in 1970? Damn he looked like he was 55
Greatest Manager of All Time!!!,of The Greatest Starting 8 of All Time!!!!,1975,1976 Cincinnati Reds!!!,and Then Came The All Time Worst General Manager of All Time in Dick Wagner,and He Proceded to Trade Away Tony"Doggie"Perez, and Then Fired Sparky Anderson!!!!,He Deconstructed the Greatest Team in The History of Professional Baseball!!!!
As a Reds fan growing up my future Brother-In-Law took me to my first Reds game in 1976. One of the best days of.my life. I was blessed to meet the team as well. I was heartbroken when the Reds traded Tony Perez, when Sparky Anderson was fired, and lastly when Pete Rose left for the Phillies. That's when I left baseball. I was happy for Sparky Anderson's success in Detroit because he was a great man. The Reds of 1990 weren't that interesting to me. I guess in retrospect, my enjoyment of the 1990's Braves during the playoffs was childhood nostalgia similar to my love of the Cincinnati Reds.
And did Not sign the greatest hitter in baseball history! who went to philly and helped them become champs.
yeah, you think Dick Wagner is "The All Time Worst General Manager of All Time", you should have seen what Detroit Tigers' president, and retired Michigan football legend Bo Schembeckler did to 'Spanky' (I'd call him 'Sparky' but he believed in discipline) Anderson's Tiger teams!!!! he believed in home run hitters and traded away Tiger talent. the Tigers started losing game after game for YEARS! why!!?! WHY!!?! Anderson said later, "You give me pitching, defense, and speed and I will show you how this game was meant to be played."
In May of 1975 asked Pete Rose to move from the outfield to play 3rd so George Foster could become an everyday starter. As the Red's were struggling at that point of the season. The rest is history. Pete at 34 did not piss and moan about not playing "his position" weak third baseman arm he did it, became an all star again and a world champion.
yeah, and you shoulda seen Pete Rose play 3rd base in the 1976 World Series!!! whenever Mickey Rivers, the Yankees' lead off batter came to the plate, Rose moved in from his normal 3rd base position and stood 12 from Rivers. Rivers said after the game, that when he came to bat all he could think about was Pete Rose!
I miss sparky your my manager hero love you
6:31 Kurt Gowdy just couldn't hide his disappointment. Go Reds!!!
Gowdy was Red Sox anouncer.
I don't know about Kurt Gowdy, but..Curt Gowdy was disappointed?
Why?
@@robertsprouse9282 Gowdy called Red Sox games on radio and TV for years, and it was clearly evident that he was a "homer" for Boston during that '75 series.
@@steveb9151 , next time make it clearer about which comment that you are talking about.
GOWDY also commented to SPARKY about the OAKLAND A's and WARNED(why say anything off the record- I assume- about one team to the manager of the other team that they're playing, THAT YOU'RE COVERING?) ANDERSON about HUNTER and the A's pitchers.
Its almost as if GOWDY wanted SPARKY to be equipped with enough respect to be, and to have his team be, better mentally prepared for the A's= greater chance to win, perhaps= pulling for CINCY?
Now, I really don't think that is what GOWDY was doing because I think he was just making small talk- his "warning" is not something if I was covering the series, that I would've done- but, I can see how folks might construe it as rooting for CINCY..
That is what I thought you meant.
I asked WHY?
Because I wanted to know what doing play by play(my former profession) for the RED SOX in the 50's and early and mid- 60's had to do with pulling for CINCY, other than not wanting to see any A.L. team other than BOSTON winning a WSERIES.
Next time, explain yourself more clearly and I won't get the wrong idea.
Got it?
@@robertsprouse9282 Sir, I denoted the precise time of the quote in question: The allusion should've been obvious...but thank you for the lengthy dissertation.
I never remember any Reds starting pitcher getting a complete game victory, but to Sparky Anderson's defense, maybe it was a good idea to pull starters early, as in after 5 innings or so just to save the wear and tear on their arms over the course of the season - Anderson did go to relievers quite a bit but looking back on it, it worked effectively most of the time based on the Reds' winning percentage during the time period of say 1970-78.
I believe that Captain Hook was born in the rotator cuff injury to Wayne Simpson and the elbow tendonitis to Jim Merritt - both in the 1970 season. Sparky rode them hard as long as he could and ended up with THIN starting pitching in the World Series versus the Orioles.
Sparky said Baseball would never blackball anyone. I suspect Curt Flood and Trevor Bauer would disagree.
Growing up all I knew was that Sparky Anderson was a CLASS ACT.
The 70's Reds were the team to beat. in the national League ...
Not to shabby 💚 Sparky
aaah.... actually....it is 'not too shabby! hey, "MaplesyrupPost' , by chance, are you 'Cajun'!!?! do you live in the great state of Maine!!?! are you a 'Maniac' (people from Maine would know what I mean)!
@@samuelmoulds1016 I've always been a maniac ...wish I were a mechanic sometimes 😄
Always a big fan of Captain Hook he and the Pirates had intense battles.
Poor old Sparky probably spinning in his grave to see from heaven how they play the game today.
What the difference.
@@patrickfurlong9169, the, practically, three- outcomes for a hitter game..that is one of the biggest differences now..creating a game that puts you to sleep= flyout/popup, strikeout, or homerun...
Pitchers that cannot figure out how to get hitters out during the third (or rarely= fourth time) they face them, etc..
The 1980's MLB was vastly superior to the 2020's MLB version.
That is not living in the past..that is stating a stone cold fact..
Just because a bunch of 2020's pitchers can throw 100 mph, doesn't make up for the fact that they cannot show command and avoid the big homeruns= in the strike zone.
They cannot mixup their pitches and pace themselves, and outthink hitters during most of the game..
And, relievers come and go, and rarely establish longterm excellence anymore.
Batters have no strikezone discipline, and rarely actually setup pitchers.
I can go on and on..
Facts are why..
Alex Grammas was right at 5:04 being there is nice but we only remember the champions.
#23 Gibson Detroit Tigers.
He was good with the Reds but not the Tigers. As a Tiger fan I thought he left ineffective pitchers in too long. Also, I got tired of him talking about how great a young rookie was when the player didn't work out for the Tigers and the Tigers were an old deteriorating team that really needed good young, talented players. In 1989 he said in in 1991 the Tigers had 10 players they knew would be outstanding. In 1991 the Tigers were an old team of has beens. I had been looking forward to seeing the good young players because I was tired of the old decrepit has beens and the team was going nowhere. If the Tigers got a good young player he would get traded to another team or become a disappointment--Chris Pittaro, Nelson Simmons. The Tigers lost Travis Fryman to Cleveland--probably at the time their most promising player.
Firing Sparky was the dumbest baseball decision I've ever seen.
He really looks sweet, in Detroit uniform ...no offense Cinci ⚾️✌
yeah, thanks Cincy, for giving us THE BEST MANAGER WE EVER HAD !!!!!
@@samuelmoulds1016 ✌
well, he looks even sweeter wearing Reds cap in the HoF 🙃
Sparky was the Willie Nelson of baseball
HE DONT WANT TO WALK YOU!!!
As far as Sparky not having rules for Bench, Rose, Perez and later Morgan..... He did it because he knew that those four knew what rules should be followed if they were to be winners. The other players looked up to the Big Four and followed their example. This is explained in The Main Spark (biography), and should have been explained in more depth instead of the simple opinion that Sparky couldn't treat players differently.
I liked the REDS but as a yankee fan ,they were not a dynasty,2 championships. Kind of like the Dodgers of 50's. Losing Tony Perez killed what chance they had,that was the start,ask the players.
i know this channel is all baseball but does anyone by any chance know where i can find the Sportscentury for bill parcells? I can’t seem to find it on RUclips or anyplace that sells it.
Sparky inherited a super talented ready made club when he went to Detroit also.
That’s why Sparky always said - “ You win with good players “.
Yea, my Dad for some reason HATED Sparky and said the same thing when he came to Detroit about inherited a ready made championship team. I remember the Bless You Boys era fondly, Sparky too. RIP Dad and RIP Sparky. And I cannot be a Tigers fan if I don't throw a RIP to Ernie.
So, they would've won, and begun 1984 at 35-5 no matter who the manager was?
His past record of one 108 win season, a 70-30 start, two WS TITLES, coming back to back with NO FREE AGENTS..
Several seasons 100 or more wins, one with 99, several division titles, and THREE LEAGUE PENNANTS, none of that separates him from any other manager who would've otherwise managed the TIGERS?
None of that previous SPARKY track record led to 104 WINS, and an '84 WS CHAMPIONSHIP, and the A.L. PENNANT?
And, when ANDERSON arrived, the TRAMMELL, WHITAKER, PARRISH, GIBSON, MORRIS, PETRY, etc..TIGERS were still very young with MLB experience, right?
You do know MILT WILCOX began with CINCY and ANDERSON, right..at 20 years old, only to be sent back to the minors for a few seasons?
No..
I will flatly tell you that only a handful of 1970's &'80's managers would've coaxed even one big season out of that TEAM, much less WIN THE WSERIES and take two DIVISION CROWNS AND A LEAGUE PENNANT.
What did these so-called "automatics" do during their careers toward winning leagues, or the WSERIES, other than MORRIS AND GIBSON?
What?
Think again..
Why did the Tigers win only one World Series? Then the Tigers got beat by the Twin in 1987. After that, the Tigers were terrible.
@@monabiehl6213 terrible because of Bo Schembechler (yes, ex Michigan football coach) was GM
6:38 Announcer was definitely a
Red Sox fan 🤨 😄
and/or hated Cinci.
Too Bad Buddy
You were a terrible ,
unprofessional announcer .
Buh Bye 👋 😁
WOW, talking about bias reporting just watch this video...LOL... Bench was jealous of Rose and thought HE should be the head of the Big Red Machine. Let me tell ya folks, Pete Rose was the Leader of the Big Red Machine and next was morgan and few on the team liked Bench and that includes the Cincinnati Fans. I don't think MLB should allow this kind of bias but of course the leaders of MLB were part of this BS.
yeah, 'Spanky' (I'd call him 'Sparky' but he believed in discipline) stroked those 'egos' like he was 'petting the family dog'! my hat is off to him!!! GREAT MANAGER!!!
AND, as I look at this team!!! I told my best friend in Denver, "You could never have a team like this again! at today's prices, you've got 4 $30 million dollar a year players!!! PLUS, Foster, Griffey, Conception, AND ALL THAT PITCHING!!! ONLY THE LA DODGERS COULD AFFORD THIS PAYROLL!!!!!!
Somebody tell Joe LaPointe to get off his high horse!
it was idiotic to knock the yankee captain in 1976. if everyone on yankees hit like munson did in that series, the reds may've lost. the first time i thought "maybe this guy should hold his tongue!" was then.
YES!!!!