God Bless You, Sparky Anderson

A sad sad day

Today, though? He was one of the great ones. When he retired, he’d won more games than every manager except John McGraw and Connie Mack. His teams had won nearly 55 percent of their games, seven division titles, five league championships and three World Series.

Ultimately, we measure managers by how many games they won. And by that measurement, today we lost a truly great manager.

 

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