Sparky!

Sparky Anderson. Prentice Hall, $9.94 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-13-824855-0

Anderson's account of his 20 years as manager with the Cincinnati and Detroit ball clubs includes an engrossing description of the bout of exhaustion that made him leave the Tigers in 1989 and generous praise for such managers and players as Casey Stengel and Pete Rose. According to PW, this is a ``warmhearted if occasionally repetitious autobiography.'' (Mar.)

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