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Comment on Denny McLain 1968 Tigers Retrospective by artikel

artikel — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:23:25 +0000

I remember hearing this song for the first time. He premiered it in the folk music festival in 1965. This song speaks true-life. He told a tale about…

Comment on Denny McLain Shuts Out Red Sox For 25th Win by wm harriman

wm harriman — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:18:07 +0000

was at game in boston 42 years as a 15 yr old on vacation from michigan and a great tiger fan . mclain had bases loaded in 7th inning, struck
out yaz/ ken harrelson/ darrel jones in order. a great memory. boston fans gave mclain a standing ovation when he came to bat in top of 8th.

wm harriman

Comment on Tigers Clinch American League Pennant by Shasta

Shasta — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:05:18 +0000

The Tigers did not clinch the pennant with the walkoff. They had already won the pennant because the Orioles lost to the Red Sox. The Tigers were already American League Champions when they batted in the ninth and they knew it. I was in Alaska and heard on the radio on the 5 o’clock news that the Tigers had won the pennant because Baltimore had lost. They didn’t say anything about the Tiger game which was probably still in progress. Later I heard the Tigers had won their game.

Comment on Tigers Clinch American League Pennant by Bill Owen

Bill Owen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:00:38 +0000

I was there! I saw this game from just behind 3rd base. The celebration was awesome. I left with a roll of sod. I planted in my parent backyard. It’s still there (somewhere) today! Great memory! Also, went the night before and saw the Tigers clinch a tie for the pennant.

Comment on Tigers Win 1968 World Series Behind Mickey Lolich's Gem by Curly

Curly — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:04:57 +0000

It was 41 years ago today (4:06 pm EDT), that Tim McCarver popped up to end this perfect World Series. I was in the TV room of my dorm at Oakland University, and remember every play. At the beginning of the Series, God had said to Mickey Lolich, “You’ve got one week, son. Enjoy.” Hitting home runs, picking off two of the best baserunners in the National League and, oh yes, three complete game victories, which, thanks to pitch counts and closers, we’ll never see again.
Forty-one years later to the day, we don’t even know who’s going to be in this year’s World Series. The 1968 Tigers had won it and were flying back to Detroit at this point. What we do know is that it will be played at night, using designated hitters and men wearing batting gloves. If the Yankees and the Dodgers, having the best records in their respective leagues, don’t make it to the World Series, it won’t even be a legitimate Series.
The ’68 Series was the last one before that other abberation, divisional play, came into being. In this era of personalities, emotionalism, choreographed celebrations, and meaningless tributes, something’s missing. (We’ve gone from the President throwing out the first pitch, once, at the beginning of the year, to half a dozen kids throwing them out at every game.) Go back and look at the 1968 World Series, when it was done right.

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TigerBlog » Blog Archive » 1968 Tigers Tribute — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:48:55 +0000

[...] the 40th anniversary of the Tigers World Series win in 1968. Similar to what I did for both the 1984 and 1935 Tigers, I’m going to a run a day by day diary of that team’s exploits. I set [...]