European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 11. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary airing if ouf with Sparky and Howie is you remember when he Only baseball saw belonged to the Detroit tigers everywhere you went Heidelberg Berlin Lon Don you saw baseball fans wearing that  i. All this Lime you thought they were Detroit fans. Fans jumping on the tigers world series bandwagon merc s the scoop. They weren t Detroit fans at  were Sparky Anderson Dulc stars. Let me explain. As Long As Anderson was Busy managing his tigers in the world series he Gnu Len t do colourless analyses during radio broadcasts of base Ball s Premier event. From 1979 to 1983, radio listeners suffered while Sparky mangled the English language. Finally in 1984, with Sparky in the dugout the Nir Waves were cleansed while Jack Buck and Brent Musberger did smooth Job for lbs. Now Smirky s Back. His tigers look a nosedive in 1985, so lbs hired their manager to team with Buck again for the world series. Why lbs has this infatuation with Sparky is Tough to comprehend. The network probably likes the fuel he managed in both leagues. At last year s pre world series gala in san Diego i asked Buck Why Sparky gels the plumb assignment. Because lbs loves him Buck replied. The trouble with Sparky is he can t say anything bad Abou any  boy. Is that the truth. Merc Are a few of Sparky s in depth winners during the i�h2 series an old Sparky Pitcher named Doug fair came on in Relief for St. 1 Ouis. "1 like this Guy because he Don t say nothing about no body. Me just goes out and docs the  when Iamb 5 ended in Milwaukee and Brewers fans threatened to charge the Field. Sparky said. These Are Good fans. They might be loud but they won t Hurt Nii Iliin they proceeded to tear up the Field. The next year during the Ballimore Philly series Buck again struggled to drawing analysis out of Sparky said Buck. Here s Eddie Murray one of the Nice Guys in the  Sparky shot Back. You know. Jack Eddie Murray is a really Nice  give that Man a medal for insight. And originality. We do have an alternative. If an is so Good As to share its satellite network feeds with us we can turn off Sparky and listen to Abc s Crew on the to broadcasts. Abc to reports that the Antithesis of Sparky Lin Gui Lical and whimsical Howard Cosell. Won t a