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- 1913 On May 17, 1913, pitcher George Mullin, who won a record 209 games for the Tigers, is sold to the Washington Senators. Mullin was 1-6 for Detroit in the young season and had struggled in 1912 as well. One of the best hitting pitchers in the game, “Wabash George” won 20 games five times for the Tigers and hit .261 in his 12 seasons in a Detroit uniform. He pitched many of the big games for the Tigers during his career.
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The Magic of Pavel Datsyuk
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsOkay, hockey fans. Run – don’t walk – to your TV screens, and look for #13 of the Detroit Red Wings. His name is Pavel Datsyuk, and all things being... -
The old man in the front row
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsThere was enough emotion at the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony last week in Toronto to fill Detroit’s old Olympia Stadium, even on those smoky nights at playoff time... -
A tale of two Game Fives: 1968 and 2011 Tigers
Posted on October 14, 2011 | No CommentsGame Five of the 2011 American League Championship Series should be preserved in a Mason jar from Mrs. Doubleday’s fruit cellar and put on permanent display at the game’s Hall... -
Farewell Peter Gent: Wide Receiver, Author, Friend
Posted on October 6, 2011 | No CommentsI sat down Sunday night to write a commentary on the Lions big comeback against Dallas, but got sidetracked by a short headline on the America Online news site. “Former... -
1968: When A Tiger & His Town Were Atop the Baseball World
Posted on September 27, 2011 | 1 CommentI boarded the idling bus just as the autumnal dusk began its irrevocable turn towards the dark of the October night. It was no longer day; but not yet evening.... -
Michigan’s “First Perfect College Football Fan” Is Discovered
Posted on September 17, 2011 | No CommentsMikado, MI — Behavioral analysts who have been searching the urban centers and back roads of Michigan for the past 47 years claim to have located a man in this... -
The 2011 Detroit Tigers: A Team and a City on the Verge
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsOnly a certifiable fool would risk the ire of the baseball gods by assuming his team is playoff-bound with nearly a month remaining in the regular season. Especially if his... -
A Detroit Tigers-Red Wings-Lions Fan’s Rite of Passage in the Fall of 1954
Posted on August 27, 2011 | No CommentsWith the onset of the football season comes the opportunity to recall another refreshing and blessed autumn, the magical season long ago — too long ago — when I began...






















