by Mitch Albom | Oct 10, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
How fast was Austin Jackson’s heart beating? All his failures were around him. The only way out was in front of him. Ten times he had struck out in this series – three times in this game already! – and there were two strikes on him again, in the...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 10, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Verlander & Co. have one night to redo endingWe do not remember what we choose to forget. Jhonny Peralta was, for much of the season, a cheat, a rule-breaker, suspended from the game as a persona non grata. But Tuesday night, he was a hero. With one home run, he...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 8, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
MITCH ALBOM: Despite smack talk in ninth inning, toothless Tigers on the brink of eliminationOne went high and into the seats. One landed in the leftfield bullpen. One flew out so fast that Torii Hunter didn’t even move in rightfield, just stood there and gaped...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 2, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The Tigers passed their first playoff test Tuesday without breaking a sweat – making a hard decision look easy, united and smart.”The rotation is gonna be Scherzer, Verlander, Sanchez and Fister,” Jim Leyland announced, just seconds into his first...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 18, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
What do we, the public, have the right to know about celebrities?Last week, Prince Fielder, the Tigers superstar, was defended by a teammate, Torii Hunter, during a radio interview. Hunter suggested that Fielder, who has struggled at the plate, was dealing bravely...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 6, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
It was the largest Opening Day crowd in Comerica Park history. In other words, it was packed. And this pack came to observe another – namely, the starting five of the 2013 Tigers lineup. Austin Jackson. Torii Hunter. Miguel Cabrera. Prince Fielder. Victor...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 31, 2012 | Detroit Free Press
Done deal. Of course he should come back. If you want to fire Jim Leyland this year, you ought to fire 28 other managers, too. Only Bruce Bochy, the World Series winner, would keep his job.Done deal.”I really don’t know why this is such a shock to...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 6, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
You stand at the airport, waving them good-bye, like parents sending their kids off to college.”GOOD LUCK!” you yell to the Tigers as they head off on a long and crucial trip. “KNOCK ‘EM DEAD, BOYS!””What do you think?” your...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 7, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
One by one, fans held up the pink K’s, until they needed a baker’s dozen just to keep them aloft. Yankee strikes out. Yankee strikes out again. How many is that? Seven? Nine? Ten? Twelve?Finally, Ichiro Suzuki lurched after a pitch so badly it looked as if...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 22, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Inning after inning, Rick Porcello left the mound slowly, deliberately, watching his feet the way a Swiss watchmaker watches his hands. But when the top of the ninth came around, Porcello paused in the dugout to see if Jim Leyland would tell him “you’re...
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