A version of this story was originally published in May 2020. With well over 100 years of history, even the most die-hard, obsessive, has-a-shrine-to-the-game-hidden-in-the-closet type baseball fan can’t know everything. So, here, below, is one interesting fact about each team that you may not know. Forget the giant halo’d ‘A’ that sits in the parking
The Detroit Tigers have signed free-agent infielder Jack Lopez to a minor-league contract, a source told the Free Press on Wednesday. He will report to minicamp in Lakeland, Florida, around Feb. 21. Lopez likely will begin the 2022 season with Triple-A Toledo. The 29-year-old, selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 16th round of the
The Tigers have agreed to a minor league contract with free-agent infielder Jack Lopez, as first reported by former big league infielder Carlos Baerga (on Instagram). Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press tweets that Lopez has signed a deal and will head to the Tigers’ spring facility in Lakeland, Fla. for minicamp. The 29-year-old
Amid all the spots for snacks, booze and cars, three Detroit sports legends have teamed up for a brief advertisement that will air locally during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Lions legend Barry Sanders, former Tigers player and current broadcaster Kirk Gibson and Red Wings great Darren McCarty have filmed a 30-second spot for the the Sam Bernstein
Lakeland, Fla. — It’s not that Lloyd McClendon hadn’t thought about getting back in the game. Good lord, the game has been his life since he starred in the Little League World Series at the age of 12. Fifty of his 63 years on this earth have been centered around baseball, give or take a few
The state of Michigan, as a collective for the history of Black players, has stories that go back into the late 1800s, starting with University of Michigan graduate Moses Fleetwood Walker who was the first African-American to play in a professional league. The Page Fence Giants, who played in Adrian, Michigan, were one of the…
The Detroit Tigers were one of the more active teams before the lockout, but they will need to continue that theme following the MLB lockout if they want to achieve their goal of having a winning club in 2022.
Lou Whitaker can’t find the words to describe his feelings about seeing his #1 go on the Comerica Park wall, so teammates Dan Petry, Lance Parrish and Alan Trammell express what millions of Tigers fans are feeling.
Finally, the date is set for Lou Whitaker. The Detroit Tigers will retire Whitaker’s No. 1 jersey on Aug. 6, in a pregame ceremony before facing the Tampa Bay Rays at Comerica Park, the team announced Tuesday. Retiring Whitaker’s number was originally announced in December 2019. A ceremony was slated for the 2020 season, but the Tigers postponed the ceremony
DETROIT — The wait to immortalize Lou Whitaker’s No. 1 finally ends this summer. The Tigers announced on Tuesday that Whitaker’s jersey number will be retired in a ceremony at Comerica Park on Saturday, Aug. 6, prior to their 6:10 p.m. ET game against the Rays. It’s an event that has required an abundance of
Finally, the date is set for Lou Whitaker. The Detroit Tigers will retire Whitaker’s No. 1 jersey on Aug. 6, in a pregame ceremony before facing the Tampa Bay Rays at Comerica Park, the team announced Tuesday. Whitaker’s number was originally retired in December 2019. A ceremony was slated for the 2020 season, but the Tigers postponed the ceremony because
The wait continues for Lou Whitaker to get into the Hall of Fame, now hinging on a selection from the Modern Baseball Committee, which is scheduled to vote next in December 2023. He won’t have to wait as long to see his number retired at Comerica Park, an honor bestowed on only Willie Horton among
Detroit — The Baseball Hall of Fame has yet welcome Tigers great Lou Whitaker. But the Comerica Park wall waits no more. The Tigers announced Tuesday that Whitaker’s No. 1 finally will be retired before the Saturday, Aug. 6, game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Comerica Park. Whitaker’s number was set to be retired in
The Tigers have been in Major League Baseball for over 100 years. They started in 1901 and gave their fans a lot to cheer about over the years. For example, the Tigers went to the postseason 16 times and won the World Series title four times, the last coming in 1984. And man, did the
Few players in Detroit Tigers’ history have the level of love and respect from the fanbase that long-time second baseman, Lou Whitaker, enjoys. As part of a legendary double-play combination along with Hall of Fame shortstop, Alan Trammell, the duo were the heart of the Tigers for almost two full decades. And while Whitaker shamefully
Robert Jamerson knows firsthand the importance of the Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL). A native Detroiter, he became a PAL kid at 9 years old after seeing people running around his neighborhood wearing football equipment. Playing sports, meeting friends and gaining experience with PAL guided Jamerson in a positive direction as a youth, eventually leading
Roberto Campos can’t help but smile as he tells the story. He was standing in the batter’s box in the first inning July 5 for his first professional plate appearance, 734 days after the Detroit Tigers signed the Cuban-born slugger in July 2019. Campos was supposed to play in the Dominican Summer League in 2020, but the COVID-19
Missing the start of spring training isn’t a big deal on its own. But it is the first in a series of delays that could eventually push back the beginning of the regular season, or even cause the Detroit Tigers to miss real games.
Missing the start of spring training isn’t a big deal on its own. But it is the first in a series of delays that could eventually push back the beginning of the regular season, or even cause the Detroit Tigers to miss real games.
Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement, two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because