Tigers first baseman Hank “The Hebrew Hammer” Greenberg takes a swing at batting practice in 1935. Greenberg was a five-time All-Star, two-time AL MVP and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. Can this year’s Tigers squad win the World Series? The best-of-seven series kicks off Wednesday night in San Francisco. (AP)
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prince fielder makes an unreal play from first.
i should clarify. by ‘unreal’, i mean inexplicable and dangerous.
HOT GIFS, coming at you.
The Tigers, not content with green beer and socially accepted daytime drinking, turned it up a notch on St. Patrick’s Day by forcing their batboy to dress as a leprechaun.
Not only that, but there are unconfirmed reports of the batboy needing to jig whenever retrieving bats and having to announce “Oh no, they’ve stolen me pot of gold” every time the Tigers scored.
(image via Reddit)
With rain pouring in Arlington, forcing two separate rain delays, nothing quite made sense in the Rangers 3-2 victory against the Tigers in game one of the ALCS. Terry Francona wore a tie, Justin Verlander was kept under 100 pitches since June 22nd, and Ramon Santiago was the only player to have a…
Because if there’s not, Brian Matusz may just have to cry himself to sleep every night. Following Matusz’s season-ending loss to the Tigers (5 IP, 6 R, 7 H) in which his record fell to 1-9, Matusz also saw his ERA rise to 10.69, the highest for any pitcher with more than 40 innings in a season….
