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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... -
Home run facts from The Corner in Detroit
Posted on April 20, 2013 | 1 CommentToday, April 20, marks the 101st anniversary of the opening of Navin Field at what became known as “The Corner” – Michigan and Trumbull. That ballpark went from Navin Field... -
A third batting crown would put Miggy in select company
Posted on April 6, 2013 | No CommentsIn just five seasons in Detroit, Miguel Cabrera has already just about done it all. MVP. Triple Crown. A couple home run titles. Back-to-back batting championships. But Miggy, who turns... -
Once upon a time, Tiger players held jobs in the off-season
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsA week before reporting to spring training, Justin Verlander played a round of golf at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am in California. For JV, it wasn’t a case of... -
Donovan was truly “Wild Bill” for the Tigers in the Deadball Era
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsWhen he was pitching in Connecticut in the minor leagues, young Bill Donovan walked nine consecutive batters. After that embarrassing lack of control he was never again just Bill –... -
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... -
Ty Cobb tobacco card is one of the rarest in existence
Posted on January 29, 2013 | 4 CommentsAnyone who knows anything about baseball cards knows that the Honus Wagner T206 card is the most valued in the hobby. It has, on more than one occasion, fetched as... -
Basebrawl: Ty Cobb vs. Buck Herzog and the Giants
Posted on January 23, 2013 | 1 CommentIn the early spring of 1917, the United States declared war on Germany and formally entered World War I. As if to warm up for the real thing, Ty Cobb,... -
The story behind Ty Cobb’s tardy arrival to his Hall of Fame induction
Posted on January 16, 2013 | 7 CommentsWhen the very first Hall of Fame induction ceremony was set to start on June 12, 1939, a host of baseball dignitaries were on hand in Cooperstown, New York. It...
