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100
Things Tigers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things ....
Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die)
by Terry Foster
Paperback from Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 1600781772
The Detroit Tigers have one of the most storied and fascinating histories
in all of Major League Baseball. In its 108-year existence the team has
hosted some of the best--and most notorious--players of all time, sparked
riots with its 1984 World Series championship, and survived some of the
most intense highs and lows of any team in professional sports. Through
it all, the team's loyal and rabid fan base has supported its team in every
way possible. But even the most die-hard fans don't know everything they
should about their Tigers.
In 100 Things Tigers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, Terry
Foster fills in the gaps with his wealth of Tigers knowledge. All of the
most important Tigers players are here: Ty Cobb, Willie Horton, Curtis
Granderson, and many more. Read about the rise and tragic decline of superstars
Denny McLain and Ron LeFlore. Learn the significance of the numbers 6,
31, and .367; read about the many World Series, both those that ended in
triumph and those that ended in defeat; and ingest scores of Tigers tales
highlighting all the key events, seasons, and achievements in the team's
history. This book also includes things fans should actually see and do
before they join Schoolboy Rowe at the pearly gates. From the fireworks
at Cheli's to attending TigerFest, fans will find a score of activities
to help them celebrate their team in new and deeper ways. |
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The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Detroit Tigers: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping,
and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Detroit Tigers History (The Good, the Bad,
and the Ugly) (Good, the Bad, & the Ugly)
by George Cantor
Hardcover from Triumph Books
ISBN: 1600780520
The Tigers have won four world championships, have had two managers
die in one season, have played ball while their city rioted around them,
and have played host to some of the best and worst players in Major League
Baseball. From losing three World Series in a row in the early 1900s to
their unlikely trip to the World Series in 2006, from Denny McLain to Magglio
Ordonez, and from Boss Schmidt to Kenny Rogers, the Detroit Tigers have
always been a mix of good, bad, and ugly.
Their stories are collected here in a volume that Tigers fans everywhere
will be sure to enjoy. |
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101
Reasons to Love the Tigers
by David Green
Hardcover from Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Eager for baseball season to
begin and for the Michigan winter to thaw, a record-breaking 44,934 fans
poured into Comerica Stadium for the Tigers' opening game this April. It's
a trend that's building. After making it to the 2006 World Series, ticket
sales have been at all-time highs, and predictions for 08 are even fiercer
this season, an estimated 3 million fans will come root for the Tigers
on their home turf.The Detroit Tigers have played a big role in making
baseball America's pastime. It's the team of Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Charlie
Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, and Hal Newhouser. It's the team who played
at the historic Tigers Stadium for almost ninety years and whose games
were called by the legendary voice of broadcaster Ernie Harwell for almost
half a century. As one of the first teams in the American League and one
of the few to still remain in its original city, the Tigs, win or lose,
are the pride of the Motor City.
101 Reasons to Love the Tigers is a natural addition to a
series that celebrates baseball's greats. Complete with photography from
both today and yesteryear, this lively book pays homage to the Tigers'
most memorable moments, rich traditions, and legendary players.
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Al
Kaline: The Biography of a Tigers Icon
by Jim Hawkins With Foreword By Ernie Harwell
Hardcover from Triumph Books
ISBN: 1600783147
In the Tigers' clubhouse of today, stars Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander,
and Curtis Granderson - none of whom were even born when he played in the
major leagues - respectfully address him as "Mr. Kaline." Tigers fans around
the country of every generation refer to him simply as "Mr. Tiger." For
more than a half century, as a superstar ballplayer, television broadcaster,
and front office executive, Al Kaline has personified the Detroit Tigers
like no one else - including the tempestuous Ty Cobb, Hammerin' Hank Greenberg,
beloved Alan Trammell, or steady George Kell - has ever done before. Now,
for the first time, the life and career of this remarkable individual are
presented in this compelling new biography. Learn how the skinny, shy youngster
with a deformed foot and an undying love for the game went straight from
high school and the sandlots of Baltimore to the big leagues where, at
the age of 20, he became the youngest batting champion in baseball history.
That achievement marked the start of a first-ballot Hall of Fame career
that would carry him to 3,000 hits and a plaque on the hallowed wall at
Cooperstown |
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Detroit
Tigers Yesterday & Today
by George Cantor, Foreword by Sparky Anderson
Hardcover from Publications International, Ltd.
ISBN: 1412775159
Since their inception in 1901, the Detroit Tigers have given fans many
reasons to roar: 10 American League pennants, four World Series titles,
and some of the greatest legends in baseball history. Detroit Tigers: Yesterday
and Today tells the team s tale through compelling stories, vibrant photography,
and intriguing memorabilia.
Here are some of the many memorable episodes that veteran Detroit journalist
George Cantor chronicles in Detroit Tigers: Yesterday and Today:
The team s rocky introduction to the big leagues in the wake of Detroit
s previous team, the Wolverines, falling apart
The 16-year reign of Ty Cobb, the ruthless legend who made many enemies
but retired with more records than any man in baseball history
Power hitter Hank Greenberg s triumphant return from World War II,
which led to Detroit prevailing over the Chicago Cubs in the 1945 World
Series
The two-decade run of Al Kaline, who earned the nickname Mr. Tiger
because of his extraordinary stats, consistency, and sportsmanship
Pitcher Denny McLain s spectacular 31-6 record in Detroit s 1968 season,
which ended with a come-from-behind World Series victory over the St. Louis
Cardinals
The remarkable rookie season of quirky pitcher Mark The Bird Fidrych,
whose routine involved talking to the baseball on the mound
The phenomenal World Series-winning 1984 season, which was driven by
players like Willie Hernandez, Kirk Gibson, Darrel Evans, Dave Bergman,
Rusty Kuntz, Ruppert Jones, Jack Morris, Lance Parrish, and Alan Trammel
In the foreword, former Tigers manager Sparky Anderson describes the
experience of sitting down with this remarkable book: Going through the
history of the Detroit Tigers is like watching your six-year-old granddaughter
walk through Disney World for the first time. There s something special
every time you turn your head. Only a handful of teams can match the tradition
of the Tigers. |
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The
1972 Detroit Tigers: Billy Martin and the Half-Game Champs
by Todd Masters
Paperback from McFarland
ISBN: 0786448202
After winning the 1968 World Series, the Detroit Tigers looked to be
sliding their way into obscurity. Though they still had some marquee players,
including Kaline, Cash, Lolich and Freehan, the dynastic Baltimore Orioles
seemed to have passed them by. But then in a move that seemed to stoke
the competitive fires of the team, Detroit hired manager Billy Martin,
the star second baseman on Yankees teams that won five World Series and
whose managerial debut in 1969 ended in the league championship series.
Told against the backdrop of a momentous summer in American history, this
is the story of a great team's last hurrah. |
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The
Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American
Ballpark (Honoring a Detroit Legend)
by Tom Stanton
Paperback from St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 0312291566
Maybe your dad took you to ball
games at Fenway, Wrigley, or Ebbets. Maybe the two of you watched broadcasts
from Yankee Stadium or Candlestick Park, or listened as Red Barber or Vin
Scully called the plays on radio. Or maybe he coached your team or just
played catch with you in the yard. Chances are good that if you're a baseball
fan, your dad had something to do with it--and your thoughts of the sport
evoke thoughts of him. If so, you will treasure The Final Season,
a poignant true story about baseball and heroes, family and forgiveness,
doubts and dreams, and a place that brings them all together.
Growing up in the 60s and 70s, Tom Stanton lived for his Detroit Tigers.
When Tiger Stadium began its 88th and final season, he vowed to attend
all 81 home games in order to explore his attachment to the place where
four generations of his family have shared baseball. Join him as he encounters
idols, conjures decades past, and discovers the mysteries of a park where
Cobb and Ruth played. Come along and sit beside Al Kaline on the dugout
bench, eat popcorn with Elmore Leonard, hear Alice Cooper's confessions,
soak up the warmth of Ernie Harwell, see McGwire and Ripken up close, and
meet Chicken Legs Rau, Bleacher Pete, Al the Usher, and a parade of fans
who are anything but ordinary. By the autumn of his odyssey, Stanton comes
to realize that his anguish isn't just about the loss of a beloved ballpark
but about his dad's mortality, for at the heart of this story is the love
between fathers and sons--a theme that resonates with baseball fans of
all ages."Where there are ballparks," writes Tom Stanton in The Final
Season, his wistful meditation on baseball and family, "there are memories
... I could never go to Tiger Stadium without feeling the ghosts of history
about me...." In 1999, the season of that noble ballpark's last stand,
Stanton set out to make peace with those ghosts by attending all 81 Tiger
home games. He wasn't sure what he was looking for when he started, but
what he finds in the end is much more personal than anything he sees between
the foul lines.
Conceived as a game-by-game journal, The Final Season is filled
with baseball. Stanton steps up with graceful musings on the game, the
park, the Tigers and their history, and, most spiritedly, a pair of living
legends--former right fielder Al Kaline and announcer Ernie Harwell. But
it's Stanton's thoughts about family--his own family and how the game and
the ballpark have connected generations--that truly resonate. In his prose,
this lovely old rust bucket of a ballpark, this repository of so many memories,
becomes metaphor.
Fittingly, Stanton takes his father to the final game. "I've noticed
something today," he writes of the experience. "It's not the seventy- and
eighty-year-old men who are wiping their eyes. It's the generation that
came after them. And we're hurting not only for the loss of this beautiful
place, but for the loss of our fathers and grandfathers--belatedly or prematurely.
The closing of this park forces us to confront their mortality, and when
we confront their mortality we must confront our own.... A little bit of
us dies when something like this, something so tied to our lives, disappears."
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Few
and Chosen: Defining Tigers Greatness Across the Eras
by Lance Parrish, Phil Pepe
Hardcover from Triumph Books
ISBN: 1600782868
Few teams in major league baseball can match the pantheon of stars
that played for the Detroit Tigers. From Ty Cobb to Harry Heilmann, Charlie
Gehringer to Hank Greenberg, Al Kaline to George Kell, and Willie Horton
to Alan Trammel, Tigers' players have won 22 batting championships, 11
home-run crowns, 19 RBI titles, nine MVP trophies, and three Cy young awards
in the team's illustrious, 100-plus-year history. Now Parrish selects the
top five Tigers of all time at each position and ranks them 1-5. Fans may
disagree, but they are certain to find his choices interesting, his reasoning
for the selections fascinating, and the anecdotes he draws from his years
as a Tiger amusing and entertaining. |
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Baseball
In Detroit
by David Lee Poremba
Paperback from Arcadia Tempus Publishing Group, Inc.
The
Detroit Tigers Encyclopedia (Honoring a Detroit Legend)
by Jim Hawkins, Dan Ewald, George Van Dusen
Book Description
The Detroit Tigers are one of Major League Baseball's
most venerable franchises. From its 1880s roots with the World Champion
Detroit Wolverines of the National League, to its new millennial stadium,
The Detroit Tigers Encyclopedia chronicles the team's history on the field,
in the dugout, in the broadcast booth, and in the executive suite. The
book begins with a tour of old Tiger Stadium, rich in memories dating back
to the early part of the twentieth century. The franchise's new home, Comerica
Park, a field with modern conveniences and entertainment, evokes cherished
memories as well as a look to the future. With a history spanning the entire
century, the Tigers franchise has been at the heart and soul of Detroit
and the growth of professional baseball. More than 100 of the team's greatest
and most colorful players are profiled in a separate chapter and throughout
the encyclopedia. The appendix of the book includes the most comprehensive
statistical history of the Tigers ever published.
Hardcover from Sports Publishing
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The
Detroit Tigers: A Pictorial Celebration of the Greatest Players and Moments
in Tigers' History (Great Lakes Books)
by William M. Anderson
(Hardcover)
Detroit
Tigers: Club and Community: Club and Community, 1945-1995
by Patrick J. Harrigan, Partrick Harrigan
(Paperback)
Home
Sweet Home: Memories of Tiger Stadium
by Detroit News
(Paperback)
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