tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571973592876362453.post3412547340446281619..comments2022-10-22T03:15:34.955-04:00Comments on 1970 Topps Baseball: Sparky Anderson (#181)Jim from Downingtownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571973592876362453.post-20005474872853475782010-11-12T04:41:02.828-05:002010-11-12T04:41:02.828-05:00Wow, he looks much older. But looking just at his...Wow, he looks much older. But looking just at his face, not that much older. It looks like he had white hair at 35, which makes him look like 60, but good at 60.<br /><br />I never liked the teams he managed, yet I always seemed to have respect for him as a manager. He's just a permanent fixture in my memory with the Big Red Machine teams.Steve Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10297044571819912511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571973592876362453.post-33549388589359561032010-11-09T09:45:45.742-05:002010-11-09T09:45:45.742-05:00I think this one of the best photos of a manager o...I think this one of the best photos of a manager on a topps card. I never dawned on me that it was probably taken at the Padres training camp. Given how the Padres were that year no wonder he was so serious.<br /><br />I know a woman who worked as a bank teller in milwaukee, she said that he was a very nice man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571973592876362453.post-56511050452497006862010-11-08T19:46:20.264-05:002010-11-08T19:46:20.264-05:00Chris,
Yes, as I was posting this card yesterday...Chris, <br /><br />Yes, as I was posting this card yesterday, I thought about how different (more professional?) Sparky seemed from some of his contemporaries like Billy Martin and Earl Weaver.Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571973592876362453.post-14398562040785163942010-11-08T05:05:19.840-05:002010-11-08T05:05:19.840-05:00Sparky Anderson turned 36 before the 1970 season. ...Sparky Anderson turned 36 before the 1970 season. That means he was 35 when that picture was taken. He looks much older than that. <br /><br />He was, in many ways, what I expected a manger to look like and act. I hated seeing the news the other day.<br /><br />RIP Sparky.Chris Stufflestreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04229983444919282224noreply@blogger.com