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April of ’84 – the greatest month a baseball team ever had
Posted on April 12, 2013 | No CommentsThere’s an old saying in baseball that goes something like this: “The games in April count just as much as the games in September.” Of course that’s true, but it’s... -
Sparky lives on through Trammell’s coaching
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsLast week was the 79th anniversary of Sparky Anderson’s birth, and though the great manager died more than two years ago, his legacy lives on in a meaningful way through... -
These are the longest hitting streaks in Detroit Tigers history
Posted on February 2, 2013 | 4 CommentsRogers Hornsby, the Hall of Fame slugger who has the highest career batting average of any right-handed hitter in history, was once asked what he did in the winter when... -
Pistons’ Drummond latest teenage prodigy on Detroit sports scene
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsIt was Aristotle, who knew plenty about a lot of things, who said, “Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.” In sports that’s very true. Way to go... -
Morris, Trammell fail to earn Hall of Fame election again
Posted on January 9, 2013 | 14 CommentsIn a year where the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was as controversial as it has ever been, two of the more talked about holdovers were passed over again. Much... -
Trammell one of the best players not in the Hall of Fame
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsIn 2001, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract rated Alan Trammell as the ninth best shortstop of all time, ahead of 14 Hall of Fame shortstops. Yet Trammell remains,... -
Top 50 athletes in Detroit sports history
Posted on December 25, 2012 | 2 CommentsSome may shrink from the challenge, but not us. Here at Detroit Athletic Co., we’ve rolled up our sleeves in true Motor City workmanlike fashion and selected the Top 50... -
War hero Houk managed Tigers through transitional era in 1970s
Posted on December 21, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1972 an aging Tigers team won the American League East by a sliver. It was the last hurrah of the heroes from the ’68 Championship team and they were... -
Detroit athletes by the numbers: a list from zero to 91
Posted on November 30, 2012 | 19 CommentsEvery kid who plays a sport has to make a choice at some point – what number do you want on your jersey? For some of us there’s no choice... -
Alan Trammell remembers Tiger Stadium
Posted on November 1, 2012 | 12 CommentsFew figures in the history of the Detroit Tigers have ever been as popular as Alan Trammell. A fixture at shortstop for two decades (1977-1996) who was voted 1984 World...
