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"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest. Baseball was 100 percent of my life." --Ty Cobb
The Tigers played their first game on April 25, 1901, and they won it in dramatic fashion by scoring 10 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 14-13 victory at Bennett Park. Detroit fans have embraced the team ever since, cheering for some of the most revered names in baseball history: Ty Cobb, Mickey Cochrane, Al Kaline, Mickey Lolich, Denny McLain, Mark Fidrych, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Jack Morris, Kirk Gibson, and, more recently, today's stars like Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez and Magglio Ordoñez. Cobb will forever be remembered as one of the pioneers of the game, if not the best player ever to take the field. McLain's 31 wins during the 1968 championship season still haven't been topped in the nearly 40 years since. The 1984 team led by Trammell, Whitaker, Morris, and Gibson is widely regarded as one of the best-assembled teams in baseball history. And the franchise's return to glory in 2006 turned the baseball world on its ear and captivated fans across the nation.
All of these great Tigers players are honored in this book, as are the most memorable moments in the team's rich history. Tigers Essential will take readers on a magical journey from old Bennett Park to the historic Tiger Stadium--the "Corner," which the team called home for 87 years--and into the 21st century and Comerica Park, where a revitalized franchise has now settled in, to the delight of a new generation of fans. Whether you are an old-school Tigers fan looking to relive great memories of the past or a more casual observer simply looking to upgrade your status in Tiger Nation, this book will satisfy your needs through countless anecdotes; insiders' stories; dozens of photographs; and scores of trivia, lists, and statistics. Let the roar be restored.
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