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- 1984 Finishing a sweep of the Angels in Anaheim on May 24, 1984, the Tigers run their record to 35-5, the best 40-game start in baseball history. They also win their 17th straight road game, tying a major league mark dating back to 1916. Jack Morris improves his record to 9-1, hurling a four-hit gem against the Angels. Lance Parrish and Alan Trammell hit homers for Detroit.
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Colorful Tiger slugger Norm Cash is sorely missed
Posted on May 24, 2013 | No CommentsI first became interested in the Detroit Tigers because of this 1973 Topps card. I was struck by the Tigers’ home uniform, with the Old English “D” set against a... -
Fetzer deserves to be remembered as we celebrate anniversary of ’68 team
Posted on May 23, 2013 | 2 CommentsWhen the Detroit Tigers clinched the 1968 American League pennant in exciting come-from-behind fashion on a September evening, John Fetzer did something he had only done once before. He went... -
When you stop believing you can jinx your favorite baseball team
Posted on May 21, 2013 | 2 CommentsI’m sorry. I used to be a diehard Tiger fan, and, as such, of course I believed in jinxes. Now that I have passed through the fire of disillusionment and... -
What we’ve learned about the Tigers so far this season
Posted on May 20, 2013 | 5 CommentsWe’re now more than a quarter of the way through the 2013 season, and the Tigers find themselves looking up at the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central, albeit by... -
Joe Roggins was Hank Greenberg’s good-luck charm
Posted on May 19, 2013 | 1 CommentBallplayers are nothing if not superstitious, and the pennant-winning Detroit Tigers of the 1930s were no exception. Goose Goslin, for example, always wanted his bat delivered to him in the... -
Where does Cabrera rank among Tiger greats?
Posted on May 18, 2013 | 16 CommentsAs if to say “How you like me now?” or “See, I told you so,” Miguel Cabrera is off to a red-hot start to the 2013 season on the heels... -
When Sparky Anderson came to Detroit, optimism came with
Posted on May 15, 2013 | 3 CommentsWhen a new leader takes the reins of a team, there are heightened expectations. When that leader comes with a winning pedigree, expectations can be sky high. Fans, media, and... -
Ignorance of the rule book makes a travesty of the game of baseball
Posted on May 14, 2013 | 6 CommentsWhat do you call it when the Closer Nobody Wanted returns from exile throwing only fastballs and pays no attention to a man representing the tying run on first base?... -
You don’t spell Verlander with a “W” and that’s just fine
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsThis is not an article about sabermeterics. This sentence is the only time I will mention the term WAR, and I am not going to attempt to convince you to... -
50 years ago, Freehan and Lolich started their careers together as young Tigers
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 11 CommentsAfter the baseball landed in his mitt for the final out of the 1968 World Series, Bill Freehan took a few steps toward the mound and met Mickey Lolich, who...
