The Unheralded Hero of Detroit’s First Title
Prior to the 1935 season, the Detroit Tigers had four cracks at winning a World Series title. The Bengals advanced to the Fall Classic in 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1934 …
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Homers Against Hitler; Hank Greenberg’s Triumph
“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 …
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10 Detroit Tigers ‘Unbreakable’ Single-Season Records
It all began for the Detroit Tigers on April 25, 1901 when they scored 10 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 14-13 in …
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Bless You Boys: The Tigers Last Title
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 stories they’ve been told.
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1901 Detroit Tigers: The Inaugural Season
In this day in age, it’s very easy for a sports fan to get caught up in the “here and now” and to just ignore the birth of the team …
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1907: The Tigers Inaugural Trip to the Fall Classic
When the American League was formed in 1901, Major League Baseball came to Detroit. As a charter member of the league, the Detroit Tigers went for six years without finishing …
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How Mickey Lolich Nearly Pitched the Tigers to Back-to-Back Titles
Before there was 1968, there was 1967. Before Mickey Lolich jumped into Bill Freehan’s arms in St. Louis, there was 1967. It was the year the Tigers almost won it …
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The Ten Greatest Tigers Measured by WAR
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 …
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How Jack Morris and Mark Fidrych Will Always be Linked.
Tigers fans often wonder how great Mark Fidrych might have been had injuries not derailed his short-lived career.
Fidrych steamrolled baseball in 1976, winning 19 games and led the American League in ERA at 2.34. But in 1977, the phenom’s road to greatness hit a road bump that would eventually lead to the end of his once promising career.
Healing a Broken City-The 1968 Detroit Tigers
As Detroiters flipped on their radios on April 10, 1968, they were greeted by the familiar and comforting voice of Ernie Harwell. Just a few months prior they’d listened as …
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Tiger Stadium Never Could Hold Willie Horton
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 was known as “Willie the Wonder” as a youth.
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Inseperable
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 from a small town on the southern border of Virginia. Alan Trammell was just 19 years old when he made his major league debut that night and his running mate was only 20. No one could have predicted what the next 20 years would hold for the duo.
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