Cody Stavenhagen has written the definitive look back at the final night at Tiger Stadium as the 20th anniversary approaches this week.
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History in the News
Ranking 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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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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Tigers Legend Ron LeFlore Plans To Attend Free Screening Of Film About Him
The Detroit Historical Museum this weekend screens a vintage sports biography at a free event with a star guest. Ron LeFlore, a former Detroit Tigers center fielder played by LeVar Burton in the docudrama titled “One in a Million,” is scheduled to attend.
Read moreSaving Hamtramck Stadium – The Athletic
By Cody Stavenhagen at The Athletic ($): The first time Gary Gillette went out to the site, he took in[…]
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Brandon Inge a believer in Tigers’ plans
Brandon Inge knows the pain. He was a second-year player on the Detroit Tigers in 2002 when the team went 55-106, and he was there for the franchise-worst 43-119 record the following year.
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