Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: May 2010
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Who knew that when Jose Lima was called up to the Tigers in 1994 he would become a 20-game winner and a big-league character? Lima, whose best seasons in the majors came as a member of the Astros, died this morning at his home in Los Angeles of an apparent heart attack. He was just…
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Here’s a photo from a reader in the Grand Rapids area. Nice.
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I’ve been thinking about Ernie Harwell‘s 42-year career in Detroit and began wondering how the Tigers fared over that time. Here’s a look at the numbers behind a Hall of Fame broadcasting career: Total games played during Ernie’s career in Detroit: 6,663 Tigers’ record: 3,337-3,326 — a .501 winning percentage Tigers’ record in his first…
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Like so many others, I started to write a post tonight about Ernie Harwell. Then I realized I’d already written everything I possibly could about him in a post on January 25, 2008 — Ernie’s 90th birthday. I wrote the following post in much better spirits than the ones in which I find myself tonight.…
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