One of the most iconic features of iconic Tiger Stadium was the center field flagpole. We went in search of the roots of one of the most recognizable stadium features in baseball history.
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#TBT (Throwback Today): Briggs Stadium, 1957
Briggs Stadium, 1957.
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#TBT (Throwback Today): Joe DiMaggio at Briggs Stadium, 1946
George Kell forces Joe DiMaggio out at third base at Briggs Stadium, 1946.
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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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Required Reading: Briggs, Trumbull Recall Wild Win in 1950
Childhood friends Mickey Briggs and Elliott Trumbull reminisce about days at Briggs Stadium and a Tigers game in 1950 that went down as the greatest they had ever witnessed.
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In The Dugout With Legends: A Briggs Stadium Batboy Reminisces
Imagine being a teenager in 1940s Detroit and taking the street car to Michigan and Trumbull to watch the Tigers[…]
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