Category Archives: Detroit Tigers

Remembering Detroit Tiger Legend George Kell

March 24, 2009 – 6:26 pm

“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 [...]

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Spring Training with the Detroit Tigers: 2009 Edition

February 23, 2009 – 9:46 am

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, [...]

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February 2, 1936: Ty Cobb enters Cooperstown

February 2, 2009 – 10:58 am

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 [...]

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

October 21, 2008 – 9:26 am

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 [...]

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Double the Ballparks, Double the Rainbow

August 12, 2008 – 6:29 am

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 [...]

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The Week for April 7-13, 2008

April 7, 2008 – 8:41 am

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, [...]

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Play Ball! Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2008

March 20, 2008 – 7:46 am

Play Ball !!! by suesue2 The Detroit Tigers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 14-13 on their first-ever opening day on April 25, 1901 and over the 107 years of Tiger baseball since, they have compiled a 57-49-1 record in their home openers (Detroit Tigers Opening Day at Baseball Almanac). In just 11 days (5 hours, 47 [...]

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Tickets for Detroit Tigers Spring Training 2008

January 10, 2008 – 6:25 am

Anyone… please sign it, photo by K’mish Tigers Spring Training tickets go on sale this Saturday (Jan 11) at 10 AM. You can order tickets online or by calling 866-66-TIGER and get all the details on spring training from MLB.com. Check Absolute Michigan keyword Tigers for all kinds of Detroit Tiger goodness including our feature [...]

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Photo Friday: At the old ball game… by kcjacoby

October 5, 2007 – 8:29 am

On Monday morning I started looking through photos from folks I know in Detroit and started seeing all kinds of pictures from Tiger Stadium. Over this whole week, photos have been popping up from a lucky group of photographers who had the equivalent – if you’re a lifelong Tigers fan like me – of a [...]

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Farewell to Comerica

September 27, 2007 – 9:33 am

comerica park by jhoneyman49 I’m not sure if this photo of Comerica Park was taken last night at the last Detroit Tiger home game of 2007, but it’s a gorgeous photo of a gorgeous ball park. With the season all over except for the last 3 game series with the White Sox (and rooting for [...]

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