Pictures: Sparky Anderson through the years

Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson confers with catcher Johnny Bench.  (Tony Tomsic/WireImage)

Cincinnati Reds’ manager Sparky Anderson yells instructions to the field during the 1970 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.  (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Managers Yogi Berra of the New York Mets and Sparky Anderson of the Cincinnati Reds chat before a game of the 1973 National League Championship Series at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.  (Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

Cincinnati Reds’ manager Sparky Anderson and second baseman Joe Morgan in the dugout during a game circa mid 1970’s. Anderson managed the Reds from 1970-78 and Morgan played for the reds from 1972-79.  (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Never one to hold back, Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson discusses a call with the home plate umpire during a game circa mid 1970s.  (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

If Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson didn’t like a call he had no problem letting the umpire know about it.  (Tony Tomsic/Getty Images)

An umpire getting an earful from Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson in 1978.  (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Sparky Anderson took his fiery personality to the Detroit Tigers...and American League umpires in 1979.  (Bill Livingston/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson talks with former Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale.  (Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson surveys the situation during the World Series against the San Diego Padres at Tiger Stadum in Detroit, Michigan in October of 1984.  (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson in the dugout enjoying a pipe during the 1988 MLB season.  (Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Minnesota Twins outfielder Kirby Puckett gets a handshake from third base coach and Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson after hitting a homer in the second inning of the 1993 All Star Game. Puckett was named Most Valuable Player and the American League beat the National League 9-3.  (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Detroit Tigers Manager Sparky Anderson works with outfielder Kirk Gibson during a Spring Training workout.  (TONY RANZE/AFP/Getty Images)

MLB commissioner Bud Selig welcomes former Detroit Tigers coach Sparky Anderson during a ceremony to open the Detroit Tigers’ new home, Comerica Park. Anderson would also enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.  (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

Sparky Anderson gestures prior to throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game Two of 2006 World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan.  (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Jim Thome poses with Sparky Anderson before Game Two of the 2006 World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan.  (Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Two Detroit Tiger greats: Alan Trammell and Sparky Anderson before Game Two of the 2006 World Series between the Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan.  (Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Former Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson talks with then Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland prior to Game Two of the 2006 World Series between the Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan.  (Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

MLB Hall of Fame inductee Jim Rice is congratulated by Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York.  (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

MLB Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Sparky Anderson talk before the start of the 2006 Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, New York.  (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Bob Gibson and Sparky Anderson during the Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, New York in 2008.  (Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images)