Sparky Anderson

Setting Times stories to music: Elvis Costello, Nina Simone and more

2013-03-23 10:01:00

I’m trying to decide what I liked more in the last week: the wonderful stories that populated Column One, or the songs that I listened to while reading them. OK, it’s the stories. (Even if Thursday’s Column One on Perez Hilton sent...

Bill Lachemann, 78, keeps Angels ahead of curve behind the plate

2013-03-19 23:02:00

TEMPE, Ariz. — Bill Lachemann was on the same Dorsey High baseball team as legendary manager Sparky Anderson. He played his first professional game five years before Angels rising star Mike Trout's father was born and caught former Angels pitcher...

Question of the day: Where does Bobby Cox rank in the pantheon of MLB managers? [Updated]

2010-10-12 16:33:15

Baseball legend Sparky Anderson placed in hospice care

2010-11-03 16:33:07

Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson dies

2010-11-04 16:33:15

Question of the day: Whatâ€™s your favorite memory of Sparky Anderson?

2010-11-05 16:33:17

Sparky Anderson dies at 76; Hall of Fame manager of Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers

2010-11-05 00:00:00

George "Sparky" Anderson, baseball's first manager to lead teams from both the National and American leagues to World Series titles, died Thursday. He was 76. Anderson died at his home in Thousand Oaks of complications from dementia, family spokesman Dan...

Question of the day: Whoâ€™s the best baseball manager of the last 30 years? [Updated]

2010-07-07 16:33:33

Reds, Dodgers in a Wild Doubleheader

2010-08-10 16:33:26

Sports figures

2008-12-28 00:00:00

Sports figures Jim Dooley, 77; succeeded George Halas as coach of the Chicago Bears (Jan. 8) Christopher Bowman, 40; two-time U.S. figure skating champion (Jan. 10) Johnny Podres, 75; left-hander pitched Dodgers to first World Series title in...

How will Ryan soap opera play out?

2013-03-09 13:22:00

Look out, below. The Rangers, who not so long ago were morphing into the Yankees, are coming down to Earth before our eyes. Barring some diplomacy worthy of a great secretary of state, Nolan Ryan is on his way out of the organization. He feels...

WBC rich in storylines

2013-03-02 13:56:00

One thing to keep in mind about baseball: It's all good. Big-league baseball. Minor-league baseball. College baseball. Pony League baseball. Even, gasp, international baseball. While many North American fans dismiss the World Baseball Classic —...

Bill Lachemann was on the same Dorsey High baseball team as Sparky Anderson. He played his first professional game five years before Mike Trout's father was born and caught Jim Abbott's first bullpen session four years after qualifying for an AARP card.

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Anderson throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 of the 2006 World Series.

2010-11-04 16:04:09

Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn , center, smiles with Cincinnati Reds Manager Sparky Anderson , left, and New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner at Shea Stadium in January 1977. See full story

2010-11-04 16:00:33