They didn’t seem like much at the time. A pair of skinny kids running out to the middle of the diamond at Fenway Park on September 9, 1977. One grew up in San Diego, while the other one hailed...

Long before Willie Horton became a leader both on and off the field for the Detroit Tigers, the eventual four-time All-Star was making his mark on the high school and sandlot fields of Detroit. He...

If you’ve spent any time around a baseball box score in the present day you’ve undoubtedly come across the statistic WAR, or Wins Above a Replacement player. While not a perfect statistic, as no...

“The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.”  – Albert Einstien  Sometimes history aligns in a way that cannot be denied; whether the participants in said history...

When it comes to the Detroit Tigers, there is one phrase that just about every fan recognizes and relates to the team. Some recognize the phrase because they lived through it and others because of...

The 1968 season was special for Denny McLain in many ways.  Not only did McLain become a rare 30-game winner that year, but he did so with some stunning numbers on the road.   In fact, McLain...