Ultimate Detroit Tigers Time Machine Book

by Martin Gitlin

Overview

The Detroit Tigers have been marked neither by dynasties nor doldrums. The Tigers captured just four World Series championships since becoming a charter member of the junior circuit in 1901. They compiled a record barely above .500 during that 120-year span. They have suffered through seasons of failure so pronounced that they have gone down as some of the worst in the annals of baseball. But their periodic years of greatness have proven so memorable that they have remained in the hearts and minds of Tigers fans forever. They have provided a sense of pride and optimism to even the most fervent and critical followers during the most woeful periods. This book covers the entirety of Tigers history and even delves into the birth of professional baseball in Detroit in the National League to its continuation in the Western League, which morphed into the American League. This book details the Tigers’ greatest and most interesting teams, players, moments, and eras.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493060559
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	06/15/2022
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Martin Gitlin is a veteran author and sportswriter. He has had about 150 books published since 2006, including A Celebration of Animation: The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History (Lyons Press, 2018) with Joe Wos. His Great American Cereal Book soared to No. 1 in both the Americana and Breakfast Book categories on Amazon.com immediately upon release and remained there for several months, while his Powerful Moments in Sports: The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History earned critical acclaim. Gitlin won more than forty-five awards as a sports journalist from 1991 to 2002, including first place for general excellence from the Associated Press (AP) for his coverage of the Cleveland Indians-Atlanta Braves World Series in 1995. AP also selected him as one of the top four feature writers in Ohio. Gitlin lives in North Olmsted, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 Planting the Seeds 1

Chapter 2 The Tigers before Ty 7

Chapter 3 Clawing Their Way to the Top 15

Chapter 4 The Georgia Peach 23

Chapter 5 The Yo-Yo Years 31

Chapter 6 Just Wild about Harry 39

Chapter 7 One Pilfer, Two Pennants 47

Chapter 8 Fall from Greatness 55

Chapter 9 The Great Greenberg 63

Chapter 10 The Title Team and Beyond 71

Chapter 11 The Collapse and the Comeback 77

Chapter 12 "Cashing" In and Landing a Piece of The Rock 85

Chapter 13 A Title for Tiger Town 93

Chapter 14 Mr. Tiger 103

Chapter 15 From Great to Average to Lousy 109

Chapter 16 The Base Thief and The Bird 119

Chapter 17 The Kids and a Spark from Sparky 127

Chapter 18 Wire to Wire 133

Chapter 19 "Like the House by the Side of the Road" 143

Chapter 20 The End of an Era 149

Chapter 21 The Darkest Days 157

Chapter 22 Doormats to Dynamite 165

Chapter 23 Miggy 173

Chapter 24 Thrill of Victory, Agony of Defeat 181

Chapter 25 A Return to the Abyss 191

Source Notes 197