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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:15 pm 
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1934-2010 A Baseball Legend Dies.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5764168

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:57 am 
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as a K*D I grew up loving the big red machine ....one summer I went to 50 games ...cutting grass to earn money for my ticket and the bus ....I would get to the park early and stand near where the players would park, Sparky was always cool to me and a few times he would say " K*D can you tell me the starting line up" easy stuff for me .....I remember him well to this day


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:44 am 
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yes, he was a good dude.....a true pro in every good sense of the word.

thanks for the link

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:05 pm 
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although i loathed the reds in the 70s i always respected sparky. you could just tell he was a good man by looking at him. and he got the most out of those teams in cincy and detroit. so long sparky.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:08 pm 
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Chilimike wrote:
as a K*D I grew up loving the big red machine ....one summer I went to 50 games ...cutting grass to earn money for my ticket and the bus ....I would get to the park early and stand near where the players would park, Sparky was always cool to me and a few times he would say " K*D can you tell me the starting line up" easy stuff for me .....I remember him well to this day


i actually got the chance to visit riverfront before it was torn down. weird to finally sit in the place you watched your dodger dreams die as a K*D. the humidity was unreal.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:14 pm 
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I'm a little late with this but here's an appreciation of the man and his accomplishments:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 89082.html

To lead a team in victories as a manager is remarkable; to do it with 2 different teams is astounding.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:07 am 
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Great article JB. The man was a class act and one of the best.

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