- November 19, 2009
- Detroit Tigers
2006 Preview
About the only good news for Detroit Tigers fans in 2005 occurred at the end of the season. In October it was announced that Jim Leyland was coming out of retirement and had accepted the Tigers managerial job.
Detroit Tigers Road Record Has My Attention!
Growing up in Canada with the city of Detroit being the closest destination to watch a major league baseball game, I became a huge fan of the Detroit Tigers. I rejoiced in 1967 when Mickey Lolich and his crew knocked off the might Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.
Their Miserable Collapse
The Detroit Tigers had a terrible latter half of the season in 2009. The Tigers finished the season 86-77 - holding the division for 4 months - too bad they couldn't hold the lead for one more day and the Tigers would have played in the playoffs instead of the Minnesota Twins. No team in baseball history lost a divisional lead 3 games up with 4 games to play - that is what the Tigers will remember about their season.
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in 1894. The Tigers have won four World Series championships (1935, 1945, 1968 and 1984) and have won the American League pennant 10 times. Since 2000, the team has played at Comerica Park.
The Tigers constructed Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue and began playing there in 1896. In 1912, the team moved into Navin Field, which was built on the same location. It was almost completely rebuilt in 1938 and renamed Briggs Stadium. It was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until moving to their current park, Comerica Park in 2000.