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Al Kaline takes his bow. His legend will live forever.
When there is so much death around, one man’s passing can go unnoticed. This one will not. Even with the shroud of coronavirus taking us down in shocking numbers, no one in Michigan was numb to the news that arrived with a gasp Monday afternoon: Al Kaline is gone. Mr....
Alan Trammell, Jack Morris always belonged in Baseball Hall of Fame
Pitchers and shortstops. The cornerstones of a baseball defense. One strikes ‘em out. The other throws ‘em out. In Little League, the pitcher and shortstop can be the same kid (usually the best player on the team). But come the majors, pitchers and shortstops couldn’t...
Casey Mize takes it slow; what a pleasant change
The Detroit Tigers made Casey Mize the No. 1 pick in the 2018 MLB draft earlier this month. Yet, Mize isn’t rushing to the big leagues, which is an approach I can support.
Brad Ausmus handles ouster as Tigers’ manager with class
Brad Ausmus got up Saturday and went to work, knowing his job was gone in a few weeks. In this way, he was more like a Detroiter than he’d ever been. How many auto workers have done the same with an imminent plant closing? Or teachers with a school closing? “I...
Justin Verlander goes to a winner, Detroit Tigers fans feel lost
Detroit sports fans — Tigers fans especially — like to honor those who put in their time. Al Kaline. Alan Trammell. Ernie Harwell. They’re heroes here not only for their talents, but their longevity. Now, it’s Justin Verlander’s turn. The Tigers’ ace, who came out of...
Brad Ausmus believes in letting Detroit Tigers’ season play out
Once, when his job was supposedly on the line, Brad Ausmus surprised his family by coming home on an off day. He walked through the door and his youngest daughter looked up. “Well, I guess Dad got fired,” she said. Ausmus laughed. No, he told her, he hadn’t gotten...
Mike Ilitch loved his teams as much as we do
He was always more crust than sauce, a hardworking pizza magnate with a showman’s instincts and a shortstop’s energy, all tucked beneath a layer of shyness and wonder. No matter how rich he got, Mike Ilitch approached each new challenge like a kid spying a baseball...
Tigers, Spartans, Lions see 2016 dreams fade
I walk along the street of sorrow, the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. I see a giant van pull up. “You moving in?” I ask a large Tiger. “Yeah. Want to help unload?” I take out boxes. There’s one with Miguel Cabrera bobbleheads, and another with Justin Verlander T-shirts....
Tigers’ Paul Carey was a beautiful soul and oh, that voice
He was the thunder to Ernie Harwell’s sunshine, a deep, powerful baritone that we teasingly called the Voice of God. You could hear Paul Carey for miles, you could find him in any room, you could always pick him out on a radio dial. All he had to do was talk. That...The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
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