Fred McLeod died last week and is being mourned by fans in Detroit and Cleveland.
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Alex Grammas Dies At Age 93
Alex Grammas, mainstay on Sparky Anderson’s coaching staffs, died last week at age 93, the Detroit News has reported.
Read moreCharlie Silvera, Tigers bullpen coach under Billy Martin, dies at age 94
Charlie Silvera, Tigers bullpen coach under Billy Martin, has died at age 94.
Read moreRanking the Detroit Tigers’ worst losses of the 2019 season
It’s the second-earliest 100 losses in franchise history, behind only — you guessed it — the 2003 squad’s Aug. 31 clincher. Of course, not all losses are created equal. In that spirit, the Freep looked back at all 100 Tigers losses this season and ranked them incredibly subjectively from 1 to 100, with No. 1 being the most painful and No. 100 being the most acceptable, at least as we see it.
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Think about just how disastrous the Eugenio Suárez trade was for the Detroit Tigers
From WDIV: Fans of the Detroit Tigers don’t need more reasons to feel hopeless about the direction of the franchise, but the[…]
Read moreThe Detroit Tigers Discovered Their Nadir in 2019
The Tigers got off to a hot(ish) start, winning eight of their first 12 games, including a series win against the Yankees, and hanging onto first place through the morning of April 11. What surprised me about the Tigers wasn’t how far they fell after their start, but how long they managed to stay within shouting distance of a .500 record.
Read moreVerlander is HOF worthy, but he might have a JAWS problem
From FiveThirtyEight: With a JAWS of 59.0 so far in his career, Verlander remains below the JAWS average for starting pitchers of[…]
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Hal Naragon Dies At Age 90
Hal Naragon, the Tigers’ bullpen coach and right-hand man to famed pitching coach Johnny Sain on the world champion 1968 Tigers, died Saturday at the age of 90. Naragon was in Detroit for the 50th anniversary celebration of the ’68 title last fall.
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Why 1968 Tigers reserve Wayne Comer still receives fan mail every day
Wayne Comer is amazed. It has been 51 years since he was a reserve on the Detroit Tigers’ World Championship team, 47 years since his last big-league game and, at 75-years-old, he still gets fan mail.
Read more70s Show Reunites Ex-Tiger Ron LeFlore And John Sinclair In Detroit
Joe Lapointe for Deadline Detroit: Observing the white-haired Ron LeFlore at the Detroit Historical Museum Sunday was the white-bearded John[…]
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