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R.I.P. Mark Fidrych. Thanks for the memories

07:36 AM ET 04.14

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If you were living in Michigan, and old enough to remember the summer of 1976, you will never forget it. As is often the case, the Detroit Tigers did not have a very good team that year. In fact, it would have been completely forgetable, if not for one man: Mark "The Bird" Fidrych.
I only saw Mark pitch once in person. He was making one of his many comeback attempts, as he pitched one game of a double header at Tiger Stadium on the day that the Tigers retired Al Kaline's number 6. It wasn't a great day for baseball, but the atmosphere was festive all the same. Most of the…

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"It's on, ****!"

08:44 AM ET 06.17

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Sports talk show host and Detroit Free Press columnist Bob "Wojo" Wojinowski as coined the Tigers rallying cry for the second half of the '08 season that I have used as the title of this blog entry. I expect to see T-shirts around town shortly.Here's the thing: The Tigers have had an excellent week, gaining 5 games in the AL Central standings. That just goes to show that it is possible, especially in this division, to get back into the hunt. If the Tigers are going to do it (and that is still a big "if") they will have to make hay over the next 3 weeks,…

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A friendly little rivalry

12:42 PM ET 06.04

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So it's June 26th of 2006, and I'm in "The Big Apple" on vacation with my family. Even though I am a huge Detroit Tiger Fan, I am also a fan of the game and it's history. I also knew on that day that Yankee Stadium was on the way out, and I had never seen a game in baseball's most historic stadium. So, the four of us attend that night's game. By the way, June 26th is my wife's birthday. My wife cares nothing about baseball, or any sport for that matter. She tolerates my interest, and I tag along with her to outlet malls. Taking my non-baseball…

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