The spark has gone out

[jersey cubs fan]

One day after the hospice story broke Sparky Anderson died.

[erik316wttn]

One day after the hospice story broke Sparky Anderson died.

 

Wow, that was fast. He must have been in pretty bad shape.

 

RIP, Sparky.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Wow, I would have thought 20 years ago that he was 76.

[jersey cubs fan]

Wow, I would have thought 20 years ago that he was 76.

 

When I heard the hospice story I was thinking, "yeah, lots of 90 year olds go through that at the end."

[shnsajax]

Sad to hear. Also if he was that bad, why even move him at all?

 

I also just read that the oldest person in the world died today as well at 114. Got me thinking if we will ever get to the point where no human alive will have ever seen the Cubs win the WS.

[jersey cubs fan]

Sad to hear. Also if he was that bad, why even move him at all?

 

I don't believe they did. The note I saw said he was under hospice care at his home.

[SouthSideRyan]

Auditioning for the NY Post?

[erik316wttn]

Sad to hear. Also if he was that bad, why even move him at all?

 

I also just read that the oldest person in the world died today as well at 114. Got me thinking if we will ever get to the point where no human alive will have ever seen the Cubs win the WS.

 

It seems like quite often the "Oldest Person Alive" dies. Must be some sort of curse or something. lol

[hardcorecubfan]

Wow, I would have thought 20 years ago that he was 76.

 

When he first started managing I would have said he was 60

[mul21]

I was running on a treadmill the other night watching the ESPN coverage of it and doing the math in my head. The guy had a completely white head of hair in the mid-1970s when he was like 40. :-o I thought he was a whole lot older than he really was.