News that Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson had died shook the baseball world Thursday morning, and to a man everyone who has responded to the news has spoken glowingly of the skipper, and of their interactions with him. Members of the media in particular have heaped praise upon Anderson for doing the job he did while always being kind to and respectful of other people. But Anderson wasn’t always a ray of sunshine, and he would have some choice words for the press from time to time, as evidenced by the video below (warning: language):
VIDEO: Late Sparky Anderson Was No Stranger To Conflicts With Press
Of course, even there, Sparky still managed to sound downright polite and congenial about the whole thing. It says something about a man’s character when he can use some of those words and still come off sounding like a friend to everyone.
Baseball has lost a lot of men over the years, but it hasn’t lost a lot of men like Sparky Anderson.
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