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DETROIT TIGERS’ 4 GREATEST HITTERS Table of CONTENTS Contents Warm-Up, with a Side of Dedications ....................................................... 1 The Ty Cobb Birthplace Pilgrimage ......................................................... 9 1 Out of the Blocks—Into the Bleachers .............................................. 19 2 Quadruple Crown—Four’s Company, Five’s a Multitude ..................... 29 [Gates] Brown vs. Hot Dog .......................................................................................... 30 Prince Fielder Fields Macho Nacho ............................................................................. 30 Dangerfield Dangers .................................................................................................... 31 #1 Latino Hitters, Bar None ........................................................................................ 32 3 Hitting Prof Ted Williams, and the MACHO-METER ......................... 39 The MACHO-METER ..................................................................... 40 4 Miguel Cabrera, Knothole Kids, and the World’s Prettiest Girls ........... 47 Ty Cobb and the Presidential Passing Lane ................................................................. 49 The First Hammerin’ Hank—The Bronx’s Hank Greenberg ..................................... 50 Baseball and Heightism ............................................................................................... 53 One Amazing Baseball Record That Will Never Be Broken ...................................... -
From the Bullpen
1 FROM THE BULLPEN Official Publication of The Hot Stove League Eastern Nebraska Division 1992 Season Edition No. 11 September 22, 1992 Fellow Owners (sans Possum): We have been to the mountaintop, and we have seen the other side. And on the other side was -- Cooperstown. That's right, we thought we had died and gone to heaven. On our recent visit to this sleepy little hamlet in upstate New York, B.T., U-belly and I found a little slice of heaven at the Baseball Hall of Fame. It was everything we expected, and more. I have touched the plaque of the one they called the Iron Horse, and I have been made whole. The hallowed halls of Cooperstown provided spine-tingling memories of baseball's days of yore. The halls fairly echoed with voices and sounds from yesteryear: "Say it ain't so, Joe." "Can't anybody here play this game?" "Play ball!" "I love Brian Piccolo." (Oops, wrong museum.) "I am the greatest of all time." (U-belly's favorite.) "I should make more money than the president, I had a better year." "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" And of course: "I feel like the luckiest man alive." Hang on while I regain my composure. Sniff. Snort. Thanks. I'm much better From the Bullpen Edition No. 11 September 22, 1992 Page 2 now. If you ever get the chance to go to Cooperstown, take it. But give your wife your credit card and leave her at Macy's in New York City. She won't get it. -
Baseball Classics All-Time All-Star Greats Game Team Roster
BASEBALL CLASSICS® ALL-TIME ALL-STAR GREATS GAME TEAM ROSTER Baseball Classics has carefully analyzed and selected the top 400 Major League Baseball players voted to the All-Star team since it's inception in 1933. Incredibly, a total of 20 Cy Young or MVP winners were not voted to the All-Star team, but Baseball Classics included them in this amazing set for you to play. This rare collection of hand-selected superstars player cards are from the finest All-Star season to battle head-to-head across eras featuring 249 position players and 151 pitchers spanning 1933 to 2018! Enjoy endless hours of next generation MLB board game play managing these legendary ballplayers with color-coded player ratings based on years of time-tested algorithms to ensure they perform as they did in their careers. Enjoy Fast, Easy, & Statistically Accurate Baseball Classics next generation game play! Top 400 MLB All-Time All-Star Greats 1933 to present! Season/Team Player Season/Team Player Season/Team Player Season/Team Player 1933 Cincinnati Reds Chick Hafey 1942 St. Louis Cardinals Mort Cooper 1957 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn 1969 New York Mets Cleon Jones 1933 New York Giants Carl Hubbell 1942 St. Louis Cardinals Enos Slaughter 1957 Washington Senators Roy Sievers 1969 Oakland Athletics Reggie Jackson 1933 New York Yankees Babe Ruth 1943 New York Yankees Spud Chandler 1958 Boston Red Sox Jackie Jensen 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates Matty Alou 1933 New York Yankees Tony Lazzeri 1944 Boston Red Sox Bobby Doerr 1958 Chicago Cubs Ernie Banks 1969 San Francisco Giants Willie McCovey 1933 Philadelphia Athletics Jimmie Foxx 1944 St. -
Petition Sent to Committee Co Rid Win Back Dissident Democrats
THE WORLD TODAY THE Humphrey: Nixon a Liar WILKES BARRE, Pa. (UPI) Hubert H. Humphrey, barnstorming through vote-rich Pennsylvania, called Richard M. Nixon a liar yesterday and warned the nation it OBSERVER.Serving the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College Community can trust neither the GOP candidate nor George C. Wallace. In stops in Erie, Wilkes Barre and Scranton, Humphrey Vol. Ill, No. 18 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1968 flayed Nixon and Wallace—attacking hes opponents with equal enthusiasm and vigor-and drew repeated ovations from large and generally friendly crowds. In bright sunlight at an outdoor rally in Erie, an estimated 13,000 persons turned out to hear Humphrey and a crowd of about 7,000 jammed the city square in the cloudy dusk at Wilkes Barre. Supreme Court Fights WASHINGTON (UPI) The Supreme Court opened a new term yesterday with a vigorous give and take argument sparked by Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice Abe Fortas over one of the court’s loudest critics, George C. Wallace. The nine justices stepped into the 1968 political picture on I lie first day traditionally reserved for brief formalities by hearing Wallace’s appeal to have his name on the Ohio ballot for the Nov. 5 election as the presidential candidate of the American Independent Party. Warren, whose hopes to retire were foiled by the Senate’s refusal to confirm Fortas as his successor, smilingly took his customary seat for his 6th term. There were no allusions to the bitter Senate battle over Fortas and the Warren court in recent weeks. -
Kit Young's Sale
KIT YOUNG’S SALE #91 1952 ROYAL STARS OF BASEBALL DESSERT PREMIUMS These very scarce 5” x 7” black & white cards were issued as a premium by Royal Desserts in 1952. Each card includes the inscription “To a Royal Fan” along with the player’s facsimile autograph. These are rarely offered and in pretty nice shape. Ewell Blackwell Lou Brissie Al Dark Dom DiMaggio Ferris Fain George Kell Reds Indians Giants Red Sox A’s Tigers EX+/EX-MT EX+/EX-MT EX EX+ EX+/EX-MT EX+ $55.00 $55.00 $39.00 $120.00 $55.00 $99.00 Stan Musial Andy Pafko Pee Wee Reese Phil Rizzuto Eddie Robinson Ray Scarborough Cardinals Dodgers Dodgers Yankees White Sox Red Sox EX+ EX+ EX+/EX-MT EX+/EX-MT EX+/EX-MT EX+/EX-MT $265.00 $55.00 $175.00 $160.00 $55.00 $55.00 1939-46 SALUTATION EXHIBITS Andy Seminick Dick Sisler Reds Reds EX-MT EX+/EX-MT $55.00 $55.00 We picked up a new grouping of this affordable set. Bob Johnson A’s .................................EX-MT 36.00 Joe Kuhel White Sox ...........................EX-MT 19.95 Luke Appling White Sox (copyright left) .........EX-MT Ernie Lombardi Reds ................................. EX 19.00 $18.00 Marty Marion Cardinals (Exhibit left) .......... EX 11.00 Luke Appling White Sox (copyright right) ........VG-EX Johnny Mize Cardinals (U.S.A. left) ......EX-MT 35.00 19.00 Buck Newsom Tigers ..........................EX-MT 15.00 Lou Boudreau Indians .........................EX-MT 24.00 Howie Pollet Cardinals (U.S.A. right) ............ VG 4.00 Joe DiMaggio Yankees ........................... -
1969 Topps Baseball Stamps Set Checklist
1 969 TOPPS BASEBALL STAMPS SET CHECKLIST 51 Jesus Alou 52 Bob Bailey 53 John Bateman 54 Donn Clendenon 55 Jim Grant 56 Larry Jaster 57 Mack Jones 58 Manny Mota 59 Gary Sutherland 60 Maury Wills 61 Tommie Agee 62 Ed Charles 63 Jerry Grote 64 Bud Harrelson 65 Cleon Jones 66 Jerry Koosman 67 Ed Kranepool 68 Tom Seaver 69 Art Shamsky 70 Ron Swoboda 71 Richie Allen 72 John Briggs 73 Johnny Callison 74 Clay Dalrymple 75 Woodie Fryman 76 Don Lock 77 Cookie Rojas 78 Chris Short 79 Ron Taylor 80 Rick Wise 81 Gene Alley 82 Matty Alou 83 Steve Blass 84 Jim Bunning 85 Roberto Clemente 86 Ron Kline 87 Jerry May 88 Bill Mazeroski 89 Willie Stargell 90 Bob Veale 91 Jose Arcia 92 Ollie Brown Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 1 93 Al Ferrara 94 Tony Gonzalez 95 Dave Giusti 96 Alvin McBean 97 Orlando Pena 98 Dick Selma 99 Larry Stahl 100 Zoilo Versalles 101 Bobby Bolin 102 Jim Davenport 103 Dick Dietz 104 Jim Ray Hart 105 Ron Hunt 106 Hal Lanier 107 Juan Marichal 108 Willie Mays 109 Willie McCovey 110 Gaylord Perry 111 Nelson Briles 112 Lou Brock 113 Orlando Cepeda 114 Curt Flood 115 Bob Gibson 116 Julian Javier 117 Dal Maxvill 118 Tim McCarver 119 Vada Pinson 120 Mike Shannon 121 Mark Belanger 122 Curt Blefary 123 Don Buford 124 Jim Hardin 125 Dave Johnson 126 Dave McNally 127 Tom Phoebus 128 Boog Powell 129 Brooks Robinson 130 Frank Robinson 131 Mike Andrews 132 Ray Culp 133 Russ Gibson 134 Ken Harrelson 135 Jim Lonborg 136 Rico Petrocelli 137 Jose Santiago 138 George Scott 139 Reggie Smith Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 2 140 -
Petition Sent to Committee Co~1Ld Win Back Dissident Democrats
THE 'WORLD TODAY THE Humphrey: Nix• a Liar WILKES BARRE. Pa. (UPI)- Hubert H. Humphrey, barnstorming through vote-rich Pennsylvania, called Richard M. Nixon a liar yesterday and warned the nation it OBSERVERServing the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College Community can trust neither the GOP candidate nor George C. Wallace. ~--------------- In stops in Erie, Wilkes Barre and Scranton, Humphrey Vol. Ill, No. 18 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8,1968 flayed Nixon and Wallace-attacking hes opponents with equal l:nthusiasm and vigor-and drew repeated ovations from large ... nd generally friendly crowds. In bright sunlight at an outdoor rally in Erie, an estimated I ),000 persons turned out to hear Humphrey and a crowd of about 7,000 jammed the city square in the cloudy dusk at Wilkes Barre. Su,.eme Court Fights WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Supreme Court opened a new term yesterday with a vigorous give and take argument sparked by Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice Abc Fortas over one of the court's loudest critics, George C. Wallace. The nine justices stepped into the 1968 political picture on the first day traditionally reserved for brief formalities- by hearing Wallace's appeal to have his name on the Ohio ballot for the Nov. 5 election as the presidential candidate of the American Independent Party. Warren, whose hopes to retire were foiled by the Senate's refusal to confirm Fortas as l1is successor, smilingly took his customary seat for his 6th term. There were no allusions to the bitter Senate battle over Fortas and the Warren court in recent weeks. -
Justin Verlander Named Tiger of the Year by the Detroit Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MEDIA RELATIONS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 313-471-2000 / tigers.com @Official_Tigers / @TigresdeDetroit facebook.com/tigers JUSTIN VERLANDER NAMED TIGER OF THE YEAR BY THE DETROIT CHAPTER OF THE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA DETROIT – Justin Verlander has been selected as the Tiger of the Year for 2011 in voting by the Detroit Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. The righthander received 25 of the 26 first place votes, with the other vote going to first baseman Miguel Cabrera. Verlander led the American League with 24 wins, a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts in 2011 to become just the second pitcher in franchise history to lead all three categories in a single season, joining Hal Newhouser, who accomplished the feat in 1945. He became the first American League pitcher to win the triple crown since Minnesota’s Johan Santana did so in 2006. In addition to leading the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts, Verlander also topped all league pitchers with an .828 winning percentage, 251.0 innings pitched, a .192 batting average against, 6.24 hits per nine innings and 8.39 baserunners per nine innings. Additional season superlatives included a 16-3 record following a Tigers loss. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked the most wins by a pitcher following a team loss since Steve Carlton posted 19 such wins for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1972 season. With 250 strikeouts, Verlander has now recorded 200-or-more strikeouts in three straight seasons, marking the longest streak by a Tigers pitcher since Mickey Lolich did so in six straight seasons from 1969-74. -
8/9/17 Detroit Tigers at St Louis Cardinals Box Score
Game Stats - 7/22/17 Detroit Tigers at St Louis Cardinals Box Score DETROIT TIGERS (1) AT ST LOUIS CARDINALS (6) DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI ST LOUIS CARDINALS AB R H BI Dick Mcauliffe 3 0 0 0 Lou Brock 3 0 1 0 Mickey Stanley 4 1 1 1 Curt Flood 3 1 0 0 Al Kaline 4 0 0 0 Roger Maris 3 1 0 0 Norm Cash 4 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 4 1 2 2 Willie Horton 2 0 0 0 Tim McCarver 3 1 1 1 Jim Northrup 3 0 1 0 Mike Shannon 4 1 1 1 Bill Freehan 3 0 0 0 Julian Javier 4 1 2 1 Don Wert 3 0 0 0 Dal Maxvill 4 0 0 1 Denny Mclain 1 0 0 0 Bob Gibson 4 0 0 0 Eddie Mathews 1 0 0 0 Gates Brown 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 1 2 1 TOTALS 32 6 7 6 DETROIT TIGERS 000 001 000 -- 1 ST LOUIS CARDINALS 200 300 10x -- 6 LOB--DETROIT TIGERS 3, ST LOUIS CARDINALS 6. ERR--Mickey Stanley, Norm Cash, Mike Shannon. 2B--Jim Northrup. 3B--Julian Javier, Mike Shannon. HR--Mickey Stanley, Orlando Cepeda. SB--Lou Brock. DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Denny Mclain (L) 5.00 5 5 5 3 7 1 Daryl Patterson 2.00 2 1 1 1 0 0 John Hiller 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 ST LOUIS CARDINALS Bob Gibson (W) 9.00 2 1 1 2 5 1 SO--Mickey Stanley, Dick Mcauliffe (2), Al Kaline, Bill Freehan, Roger Maris, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Mike Shannon, Orlando Cepeda, Curt Flood (2). -
ARTIST SKETCH CARDS HOFS-AK Al Kaline Detroit Tigers® HOFS-BG Bob Gibson St
ARTIST SKETCH CARDS HOFS-AK Al Kaline Detroit Tigers® HOFS-BG Bob Gibson St. Louis Cardinals® HOFS-BL Barry Larkin Cincinnati Reds® HOFS-BR Babe Ruth New York Yankees® HOFS-BRO Brooks Robinson Baltimore Orioles® HOFS-CB Craig Biggio Houston Astros® HOFS-CJ Chipper Jones Atlanta Braves™ HOFS-CR Cal Ripken Jr. Baltimore Orioles® HOFS-CY Carl Yastrzemski Boston Red Sox® HOFS-CYO Cy Young Boston Red Sox® HOFS-DE Dennis Eckersley Oakland Athletics™ HOFS-DJ Derek Jeter New York Yankees® HOFS-DS Duke Snider Brooklyn Dodgers™ HOFS-EB Ernie Banks Chicago Cubs® HOFS-EM Eddie Mathews Atlanta Braves™ HOFS-EMA Edgar Martinez Seattle Mariners™ HOFS-FT Frank Thomas Chicago White Sox® HOFS-GB George Brett Kansas City Royals® HOFS-GM Greg Maddux Atlanta Braves™ HOFS-HA Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves™ HOFS-HB Harold Baines Chicago White Sox® HOFS-HK Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins® HOFS-HW Honus Wagner Pittsburgh Pirates® HOFS-JB Johnny Bench Cincinnati Reds® HOFS-JR Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers™ HOFS-JT Jim Thome Cleveland Indians® HOFS-KG Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle Mariners™ HOFS-KP Kirby Puckett Minnesota Twins® HOFS-LG Lou Gehrig New York Yankees® HOFS-LW Larry Walker Colorado Rockies™ HOFS-MM Mike Mussina Baltimore Orioles® HOFS-MR Mariano Rivera New York Yankees® HOFS-MS Mike Schmidt Philadelphia Phillies® HOFS-NR Nolan Ryan Texas Rangers® HOFS-OS Ozzie Smith St. Louis Cardinals® HOFS-PM Pedro Martinez Boston Red Sox® HOFS-RC Rod Carew Minnesota Twins® HOFS-RCL Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates® HOFS-RH Rickey Henderson Oakland Athletics™ HOFS-RJ Randy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks® HOFS-RJA Reggie Jackson New York Yankees® HOFS-SC Steve Carlton Philadelphia Phillies® HOFS-SM Stan Musial St. -
Tigers 6-0 in League Play
SPORTS Tigers 6-0 in League Play AUDUBON - Carroll as he allowed just three hits Timet Herald, Carroll, la. Box Score: Smith, LF 2 110 tallied three runs in the eighth over the final seven and Tuesday, June 21, 1977 Carroll— Hansen, P 3 0 0 0 inning here Monday night to one-third innings and fanned iinimnnnfi ABRHBI Campbell, CF 2 0 0-0 scors a 7-4 Midwest 10. Petersen reached on an error. Buck.CF 5 0 2 2 Hansen, C 3 0 0 0 Conference victory over Audubon jumped off to a 3-0 Audubon sent the game into Siemer, P-1B 4 1 1 2 Chambers, PH.... 1000 Audubon. lead in the first inning against extra innings with a run in Edwards,SS-P.... 3 10 0 Stolz, RF 4 0 0 0 The victory kept the Tigers Tiger southpaw Eric Siemer. their seventh. Wittrock.C 5 0 2 L Totals 29 4 3 1 in first place in the league Carroll cut the deficit to 3-1 "Edwards did a heckuva job Reiman, 2B 5 0 1 0 By Innings: race and it marked their 20th in the third as Siemer and pitching," commented Carroll Steffes, RF 3 0 0 0 Carroll 001 201 03-7 straight win in conference Edwards walked. Siemer then Head Coach Ted Edwards. Molitor, LF 4 2 2 0 Audubon 300 000 10-4 play. scored on an error. "Also, Molitor swung a big Petersen, 3B 2 2 0 0 Errors — Carroll 1, Todd Buck's two-run single The Tigers tied it in the bat as did Buck," continued Pettitt, 1B-SS 4 1 1 0 Audubon 5 and Dan Wittrock's fourth as Siemer delivered a Edwards, who saw his team Totals 35 7 9 5 Left on Base — Carroll 9, run-scoring single were the key two-run single to drive in up their record on the year to Audubon— Audubon 7 difference in the eighth off of Jim Molitor who had doubled 9-3, heading into a home clash ABRHBI Doubles — Molitor and Audubon pitcher Tracy and Jim Petersen who had Wednesday with Perry. -
The Interior Stadium Sports Are Too Much with Us
ROGER ANGELL The Interior Stadium sports are too much with us. Late and soon, sitting and watching-mostly watching on television-we lay waste our powers of identification and enthusiasm and, in time, attention as more and more closing rallies and crucial utts and late field goals and final playoffs and sudden deaths and world recrds and world championships unreel themselves ceaselessly before our half, dded eyes. Professional leagues expand like bubble gum, ever larger and thinner, and the extended sporting seasons, now bunching and overlapping t the ends, conclude in exhaustion and the wrong weather. So, too, goes the secondary business of sports-the news or non-news off the field. Sports an, ouncers (ex-halfbacks in Mod hairdos) bring us another live, exclusive inxview in depth with the twitchy coach of some as yet undefeated basketball :am, or with a weeping (for joy) fourteen-year-old champion female backroker, and the sports pages, now almost the largest single part of the newsTer, brim with salary disputes, medical bulletins, franchise maneuverings, l-star ballots, drug scandals, close-up biogs, after-dinner tributes, union tactics, weekend wrapups, wire-service polls, draft-choice trades, clubhouse gossip, and the latest odds. The American obsession with sports is not a new phenomenon, of course, except in its current dimensions, its excessive excessiveness. What is new, and what must at times unsettle even the most devout and unselective fan, is a curious sense of loss. In the midst of all these successive spectacles and instant replays and endless reportings and recapitulations, we seem to have forgotten what we came for.