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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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Where does Cabrera rank among Tiger greats?
Posted on May 18, 2013 | 2 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... -
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... -
Remembering when the Tigers took the field on Opening Day at Tiger Stadium
Posted on April 3, 2013 | 1 CommentTiger Stadium on most Opening Days could have been used for a meat locker. With temperatures often in the 40’s, the historic double decked stadium encapsulated the long winter chill... -
Trucks most enduring legacy will be his kindness
Posted on March 29, 2013 | 6 CommentsAlthough former Tiger pitcher Virgil “Fire” Trucks – who died at age 95 in Alabama this past week – is being remembered for throwing two no-hitters in 1952, his kindness... -
Baseball’s interleague play has gone too far
Posted on March 26, 2013 | 5 CommentsAnybody else remember when 162 games yielded one winner, the World Series always pitted each league’s best teams, and baseball’s post-season was unlike that of other sports? Those days seem... -
Before coming to Detroit, Sparky built a legend in Cincinnati
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 1 CommentLong before he was the gray-haired sage of Detroit, Sparky Anderson was the middle-aged, gray-haired leader of Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine, the best team in baseball in the 1970s, and... -
Tigers have a chance to prove a big-time closer isn’t necessary
Posted on March 5, 2013 | 9 CommentsSome Tiger fans are alarmed that the club hasn’t signed a proven closer to replace Jose Valverde. I look at the situation as a golden opportunity — and not because... -
Tigers Cabrera, VMart at center of Detroit-to-Venezuela connection
Posted on March 3, 2013 | No CommentsAfter winning baseball’s first triple crown in more than four decades, Miguel Cabrera has greased the wheels for an eventual trip to Cooperstown. But before he gets there he’ll enjoy... -
Rebounding from World Series loss is a tough task
Posted on March 1, 2013 | No CommentsIn baseball, hope springs eternal this time of year. Each and every team is still undefeated in regular-season play and fans can think of 263 or so reasons why THIS... -
The job of Tigers closer comes with a little love and a lot of hate
Posted on February 5, 2013 | 4 CommentsIn modern baseball there’s no other position on the team that draws more scrutiny and attracts more venom from the fans than that of the closer. A closer is constantly...
