Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: October 2024
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Birthdays Tim Byrdak, Matt Nokes and the late Jim Donohue and Ed Fisher Today’s Grid ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 578: 7/9 — Rarity: 209 See you tomorrow.
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Game 5: Tigers 8 – Padres 4 W: Aurelio López – L: Andy Hawkins – S: Willie Hernández | Boxscore Tigers win series, 4-1 Highlights Miscellany Postscript Was there a downside to the Tigers winning this game? For me, yes. Weeks before the postseason began, I was asked to be on clean-up duty at a small…
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Tigers 4 – Padres 2 W: Jack Morris – L: Eric Show | Boxscore Tigers lead series, 3-1 Highlights Miscellany Birthdays Ricky Vanasco and the late Jim Price, Jerry Robertson, Eddie Mathews, Eddie Yost, Fred McMullin, Jack Onslow and Bill Donovan Today’s Grid ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 560 7/9 — Rarity: 219 See you tomorrow.
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Tigers 5 – Padres 2 W: Milt Wilcox – L: Tim Lollar – S: Willie Hernández | Boxscore Tigers lead series, 2-1 Highlights Miscellany Birthdays José Ortega, Casey McGehee, Derrick White and the late Harold Daugherty, Bobo Osborne and Al Unser Today’s Grid ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 559 6/9 — Rarity: 373 See you tomorrow.
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The Tigers return home with the World Series tied a game apiece and the chance — the expectation — of wrapping it up by Game 5. Birthdays Gio Urshela, Grayson Greiner, Jeff Larish, Dmitri Young, Gregg Olson, Bill Roman, Bill Fischer and the late Joe Ginsberg. Also, George Kell‘s brother, Skeeter Kell. See you tomorrow.
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Padres 5 – Tigers 3 W: Andy Hawkins – L: Dan Petry – S: Craig Lefferts | Boxscore Series tied at 1 Highlights Miscellany Birthdays Shelby Miller, Plácido Polanco, Ramón Martínez, Jim Weaver and the late Brian Powell, Saul Rogovin, Harry Eisenstat and John Stone Today’s Grid ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 557: 9/9 – Rarity: 39…
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Tigers 3 – Padres 2 W: Jack Morris – L: Mark Thurmond | Boxscore Tigers lead series 1-0 Highlights Miscellany Birthdays Derek Holland Today’s Grid ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 556: 9/9 — Rarity 29 See you tomorrow.
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The Cubs’ collapse was complete and the Padres were crowned National League Champions on a sun-soaked Sunday afternoon. Once again, despite 104 wins — a dozen more than San Diego — the Tigers would not have the home field advantage in a postseason series. Two days later, the World Series would begin at Jack Murphy…
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Sweeping the Royals gave the Tigers a chance to recuperate from the celebration — and to give the grounds crew plenty of time to repair the decimated Tiger Stadium playing surface. We all waited for the NLCS to crown a champion, and it was suddenly looking more interesting, with the Padres knotting the series at…
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