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- 1968 On May 19, 1968, Al Kaline breaks the Tigers all-time home run record when he belts his 307th. Kaline hits the homer when he pinch-hits for Gates Brown in the sixth inning, surpassing Hank Greenberg’s franchise mark.
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About Author: Tom DeLisle
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Game Two loss puts Tigers in a hole
Posted on October 26, 2012 | 1 CommentDang You, Boys There are other four-letter words I’d like to substitute for “Bless” now that Channel 4 has re-activated the “Bless You, Boys” slogan and song for this year’s... -
One man’s baseball dream: Time for the manager switcheroo!
Posted on August 25, 2012 | 2 CommentsOkay, the Tigers are making me sick. At times they look like a team that can win not just their division, but the American League, the World Series, the whole... -
Red Wings: Is this the end of a dynasty?
Posted on April 23, 2012 | No CommentsRequiem for the Red Wings… It’s obvious that I’ve been around too long when I arrive at the realization that I’ve witnessed the rise and fall of three dynastic versions... -
The Lions of the 1950s; They weren’t Saints
Posted on March 29, 2012 | 1 CommentThe controversies currently swirling around the New Orleans Saints and their involvement in the “Bounty Gate” scandal might have amused the Detroit Lions squads of the1950s, the glory years of... -
Peyton Manning: The once and future king?
Posted on March 9, 2012 | No CommentsThere’s a terrific line in the terrific book North Dallas Forty by former Dallas Cowboys receiver the late Peter Gent (a terrific writer, while we’re at it) commenting on the... -
Detroit’s greatest coach ever
Posted on February 12, 2012 | 4 CommentsI heard myself say an interesting thing Friday. (The concept is not exactly as weird as it may sound. I rarely surprise myself when I hear myself speak; I normally... -
Gordie Howe reportedly ill, still icon in Detroit as person and hockey legend
Posted on February 3, 2012 | 10 CommentsWord went around town quickly Thursday when it was reported that Gordie Howe was ill. You can cite all the machines and methods of the new mass communication that you... -
The inevitability of the Lions
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsThere was a sports yarn that made its way around Detroit in 1988, and which came to mind on the heels of the Lions’ loss to the New Orleans Saints... -
Prince Fielder and a new era of The Tiger
Posted on January 25, 2012 | 3 CommentsThe news of the Tigers signing Prince Fielder on Tuesday was … well, it was mind-boggling, stunning, almost too much to comprehend. If it had happened in New York, Los... -
Saving Todd Bertuzzi
Posted on January 20, 2012 | No CommentsThere’s a saying about life … and it has to be described as an ‘old saying,’ because, well, there’s really no such things as a ‘new saying,’ right? … I...


















