Five years ago the Tigers scored at least one run in every inning for the only time in franchise history. Why had it never happened before, and why is it so unlikely to happen again anytime soon?
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How Sam Crawford Became A Tiger After Signing With Two Different Teams
Sam Crawford made separate commitments with both the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds before the 1903 season. In the midst of a war between the American and National Leagues, it took a “peace conference” to sort it all out.
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Podcast: Tom Stanton on ‘The Final Season’ 20 Years Later
Tom Stanton attended every home game of the 1999 season at Tiger Stadium. He wasn’t that interested in that year’s games or team, he was trying to pay tribute to a place that contained rich memories of his father and grandfather, and to soak in as much of the sights, sounds, and smells of the historic ballpark before it closed.
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Allou Trammaker
They were mirror images of each other, Trammell and Whitaker, Whitaker and Trammell, one white, the other black; one a left-handed hitter, the other right; one a second baseman, the other a shortstop; one as quiet as a tree, the other, as the old line goes, would talk to a tree–different but exactly the same, too. Good fielders, good baserunners, underrated, beloved, lifetime Detroit Tigers.
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Bill Freehan’s Hall of Fame Case (Part Two)
Of Detroit’s top 24 players ranked by career WAR, Bill Freehan is the only catcher. His career WAR of 44.8 places him 18th on the list. Freehan caught 1,581 games for the Tigers, more than any catcher.
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Bill Freehan’s Hall of Fame Case (Part One)
An interesting conversation that came out of a recent SABR Detroit meeting was the importance of Bill Freehan to the 1968 Tigers, as well as his Hall of Fame credentials. Freehan’s name comes up a lot more in Hall of Fame discussions now that the old Veterans Committee has been replaced by committees specified to eras
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Required Reading: How Tigers’ Charlie Maxwell became ‘Sunday Charlie,’ One Sabbath Blast at a Time
During his career, Maxwell hit 40 of his 148 homers — or 27% — on Sunday. “There are unusual things that happen in baseball and I guess my Sunday homers are one of them,” says Maxwell, 92, from his home on Maple Lake in Paw Paw, where he lives with his wife Ann. Married 69 years, the couple has four children, 14 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren, all of whom live nearby.
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Joe Falls: What I’ll Miss About Tiger Stadium (From 1999)
The thing I will miss most about Tiger Stadium are all the empty seats. Not on game day. But when the game is over. How many days, how many nights, did I sit in the press box when the game was over and our work was done and look out at the empty stadium. The ushers and guards had gone home and the groundscrew was finished with their work and all that remained were those empty seats. Those lovely empty seats.
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Podcast: Pedro Gomez, ESPN Baseball Reporter
In the 1960s one of the young fans in the stands at Tiger Stadium was the son of Cuban refugees and the grandson of a baseball-loving, Spanish-speaking grandfather who listened faithfully to Ernie Harwell. Pedro Gomez has since spent a lifetime in baseball. He joined ESPN in 2003 and is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He talks about his Detroit roots and the state of the game today.
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