THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 76. Anderson, who managed the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers to World Series titles, died as a result of complications from dementia, family spokesman Dan Ewald said in a statement.
Look, this is a truly sad day for baseball and that's to be respected. But can we talk about how Sparky was only 76 years old? Come on, he's got to be lying right? Probably got his birth certificate in the same dark back room that all the Dominicans get their false papers? Check out this baseball card of Ol' Sparky, ITS FROM 1981! Am I really expected to believe that he was only 47 years old in that picture? Really? The guy retired for good in 1995, I assumed back then it was to go be with his family before he passed away. I've heard of people aging because of hard living but this is just too much. The guy would have had to be drinking, dipping, chain smoking, and dabbling in hookers every day since puberty to look like that at 47 years old. I'm just shocked. Shocked and disbelieving.
If I knew he was still alive all these years I'd have assumed he was pushing some kind of world record. So I'll give the family a few days to grieve but after that I'm going to push for a full investigation, there is no way he was a day under 114.
