Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: March 2024
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Ruppert Jones – #32 The 1984 season was an embarrassment of riches on so many levels. And when the Tigers signed Ruppert Jones to a minor-league deal on April 10, 1984, it was almost too much to comprehend. Jones started the year in Evansville for what amounted to an extended spring training. That didn’t stop my friends…
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Al Cowens – #10 Stop me if you’ve read this here before: When the Tigers traded Jason Thompson for Al Cowens, I was not a happy 12 year old. But Cowens was an intriguing player to me because he was on those great Royals teams in the late-’70s. Presumably the Tigers and Angels, at the…
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March 10, 1983: George Kell to Cooperstown On this date in 1983, George Kell was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston was elected too. In his 15-year career, Kell: In Detroit, he: Random Game: Aug. 10, 1986 Red Sox 9 – Tigers 6 W: Joe…
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George Cappuzzello – #41 George Cappuzzello, the man who allegedly was on an ice cream and doughnut diet during Spring Training in 1981, appeared in just 18 games that year for the Tigers. Originally, Cappuzzello was drafted by the Tigers in the 27th round of the 1972 amateur draft. He spent six seasons in the…
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Charlie Spikes – #34 Charlie Spikes has always been a mystery to me. I have a baseball card with him in a Tigers uniform, and he appears in the 1978 Tigers Yearbook. Yet, I have zero recollection of him in a game. I did a little research and found out why. He appeared in only 10…
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Wayne Krenchicki – #15 The summer of 1983 gave Tigers fans a glimpse of what was to come a year later: a young core of star players ready to move to the next level in the American League East. Detroit was in the race until September when the eventual World Series champion Orioles pulled away…
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Chris Brown — #35 (Part 2) A couple of weeks ago I wrote a short bit about Chris Brown. Today, I uncovered this July 2004 episode of ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” which highlights his career and his post-baseball life — which was too short. The segment is a little more than 20 minutes. Birthdays Mike…
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Chuck Cary – #43 There was a lot of anticipation for what was being sold to Tigers fans as the next wave of homegrown talent behind Jack Morris, Dan Petry, Lance Parrish, Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell. One player that held promise was lefty Chuck Cary, along with Roger Mason, Randy O’Neal, et al. Cary…
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