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Bless That Boy: Sparky's Career Takes Him from Anonymity to the Hall of Fame; Almost Became Yankees Skipper in 1980 « The Captain's Blog
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MLB 2010: Remembering Those We Lost This Year, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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Will Lou Whitaker Join Alan Trammell in the Hall of Fame? - Cooperstown Cred
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Roger Craig, former MLB pitcher and manager who was World Series fixture, dies at 93 Midwest News - Bally Sports
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The Pyramid Rating System's All-Time Detroit Tigers
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Forty-two and Fifty-two - by Stan Garfield - Fave Five
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Sparky Anderson - South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame
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Top 15 Managers in MLB HISTORY — Humm Baby Baseball
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Sparky Anderson was a man of hyperbole and principle - Baseball Egg