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2 days ago · “Pete Rose gave too much to baseball to die in left field at Shea Stadium,” Reds manager Sparky Anderson said after pulling his team off the field for several minutes before play eventually ...
1 day ago · During the 45-minute postgame session after he went 0-for-4, he was asked if he had considered calling former manager Anderson for “advice,” and Pete said instantly: “Sparky batted .220 as a ...
2 days ago · After the 1969 season, when the Reds finished third, Bristol was fired and replaced by a minor league manager, 36-year-old Sparky Anderson. The age of “The Big Red Machine” had arrived. Anderson was known as “Captain Hook” for his willingness to replace pitchers, but he flattered and pampered his hitters, naming Rose team captain and letting Rose practice separately with Morgan, Bench ...
2 days ago · After the 1969 season, when the Reds finished third, Bristol was fired and replaced by a minor league manager, 36-year-old Sparky Anderson. The age of “The Big Red Machine” had arrived.
3 days ago · After the 1969 season, when the Reds finished third, Bristol was fired and replaced by a minor league manager, 36-year-old Sparky Anderson. The age of “The Big Red Machine” had arrived. Anderson was known as “Captain Hook” for his willingness to replace pitchers, but he flattered and pampered his hitters, naming Rose team captain and letting Rose practice separately with Morgan, Bench ...
2 days ago · After the 1969 season, when the Reds finished third, Bristol was fired and replaced by a minor league manager, 36-year-old Sparky Anderson. The age of “The Big Red Machine” had arrived. Anderson was known as “Captain Hook” for his willingness to replace pitchers, but he flattered and pampered his hitters, naming Rose team captain and letting Rose practice separately with Morgan, Bench ...
2 days ago · After the 1969 season, when the Reds finished third, Bristol was fired and replaced by a minor league manager, 36-year-old Sparky Anderson. The age of “The Big Red Machine” had arrived.
2 days ago · Sparky Anderson was on the top step of the dugout, ready to call in left-hander Will McEnaney to pitch to the left-hand hitting Carbo. Anderson said later that he was concerned that the Sox would call on right-handed Juan Beníquez to pinch hit for Carbo if he made the move.
3 days ago · By 1970, under manager Sparky Anderson, the Big Red Machine began a stretch of consistent winning. Rose, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, Dave Concepcion and, eventually, Joe Morgan and George Foster would win five division titles, four NL pennants and two World Series from 1970-76.
2 days ago · Or maybe he said it to manager Sparky Anderson after the game, even though Cincinnati had just lost in 12 innings. The details aren't important. The point was nobody loved baseball more than Pete ...
