Alan Trammell last talked to Sparky Anderson at the All-Star
break. Whenever Trammell was in Los Angeles, which he was with
the Cubs at midseason this year, he would give his former
manager a call.  Anderson would always tease Trammell that he
didn't have to call, that he knew how busy his former shortstop
was. It was never a burden, Trammell said, but something he
looked forward to. They last saw each other in September 2009 at
the 25th anniversary celebration of the 1984 World Series
championship Tigers team.  "When you start to get up in age, you
never know if it'll be the last time [together]," Trammell said
Thursday. "We all said we were glad we could get together, not
only for ourselves but for Sparky, who was getting up in age. We
knew his health wasn't the same. He was tired, wasn't traveling
as much."  On Tuesday evening, Trammell received a call from
family spokesman Dan Ewald to update him on Anderson's health
and that he was going into hospice care. Trammell wanted to know
what he could do, and Ew