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Sparky did things as the Tigers' manager that made me...as an ELEVEN YEAR OLD....wince. I knew nothing about baseball compared to Sparky Anderson and his peers, but he used to fine his guys for little infractions and they'd slump for three weeks. He used to run his starters way way WAY too long just to make a point. He was waaaaaayyyyy too much of a hard head...some years this might get him a little more out of certain players...players who could take that kind of abuse...but most of the time...it just made his teams miserable.