Category Archives: Detroit Tigers

Michitwitter Review June 2009

urban hope by buckshot.jones
Throughout each month we post items of Michicentric interest to our Michitwitter page. In case you missed them here is a look back at just a few of the items for the month June. If you find these interesting there are plenty more for you to check out. We encourage you [...]

A belated 97th birthday tribute to "The Corner"

Last "Everything" at Tiger Stadium by RichKD
Tiger Stadium from Wikipedia
Tiger Stadium (formerly known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium) is a stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It hosted the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team from 1912 to 1999, as well as the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1938 to [...]

Remembering Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

Yesterday Mark "The Bird" Fidrych died in an accident on his Massachusetts farm at the age of 54. I read a lot of words about Fidrych, who had one magical season in 1976 at the very height of my own love of baseball. I think the best were written by Michael Rosenberg who also wrote [...]

Talking Baseball … Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2009

What better way to get in the mood for Opening Day that the Detroit Tigers classic Talking Baseball featuring some classic Detroit Tiger baseball cards?

Justin Verlander gets the start at 7:15 PM in Toronto. The Tigers home opener is Friday at 1:05 vs the Texas Rangers.

Remembering Detroit Tiger Legend George Kell

“He's a seven-day-a-week ballplayer.”
— Red Rolfe
Detroit Tiger and baseball legend George Kell passed away today.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame biography of George Clyde Kell says:
George Kell worked diligently at all facets of the game, relying on constant practice to become a solid hitter and a sure-handed fielder. He batted over .300 nine times [...]

Spring Training with the Detroit Tigers: 2009 Edition

Apparently, the long layoff from baseball has affected our bat speed, and we missed the opening of Spring Training 2009.  In 2008, the Detroit Tigers dropped like a fly ball at a peewee game. They began the long climb back to the top last week with spring training at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida.

Brandon [...]

February 2, 1936: Ty Cobb enters Cooperstown

Spikes High by Dave Hogg
The above video is from a 1930 interview of Detroit Tiger Ty Cobb with Grantland Rice. You can see some photos along with the extended interview right here.
Michigan History Magazine notes that on February 2, 1936, Ty Cobb became one of the first players selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame [...]

Sportacular Tuesday: Rivalry, Tiger comics, Pistons preview and waving to McCarty

When you're feeling that the politics is getting too heavy, there's always sports.
...except for last weekend of course, when politics was a welcome relief for UM and MSU fans. After getting pasted by a combined 91-24, the state of Michigan is assured of a Big Ten victory on Saturday as the Michigan State University Spartans [...]

Double the Ballparks, Double the Rainbow

The photos are Double rainbow over an icon by LindaB and Comerica Park by numstead, found just a few photos away from each other in the Absolute Michigan pool.
Nathan wrote My buddy Derek took me to see the Tigers play the A's on Saturday night. This double rainbow was the crowd's reward for sitting [...]

The Week for April 7-13, 2008

How Sweet It Is -Gladwin, Michigan by jfactor1
Our Michigan April Event Calendar says that this week is pretty much the best week to plan an event if you want to be the only game in town because we've got nothing to suggest.
If you have an event to suggest, a comment on the news, a link [...]