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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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Joe Roggins was Hank Greenberg’s good-luck charm
Posted on May 19, 2013 | No CommentsBallplayers 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 | 1 CommentAs 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 | 2 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... -
Tiger pitchers making this a breezy spring
Posted on May 7, 2013 | 1 CommentApril was the cruelest month this season: preseason favorites like the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Angels dug themselves a deep hole. The weather so bad in the... -
Behind Cabby, Tigers should shake off the Royals and chew up the AL Central
Posted on May 6, 2013 | 2 CommentsThere are are a lot of things we know after 30 games of the 2013 season, but one of them we already knew – Miguel Cabrera is the best hitter... -
Penny postcards once celebrated the Tigers’ success
Posted on May 5, 2013 | 1 CommentA penny for your thoughts? One hundred years ago, that’s all it cost to mail a postcard – and more than a few of those cardboard rectangles carried the image... -
George Kell’s Hall of Fame induction speech
Posted on May 4, 2013 | 14 CommentsFew men were ever as humble as George Kell, the gentleman from Arkansas who spent more than five decades in baseball as a player and broadcaster. First as an All-Star...
