Detroit Tigers

Ely Hydes was walking to a Detroit Tigers game at Comerica Park, when he fell 15 feet to the ground after a part of concrete broke on the Spruce Street pedestrian bridge above M-10.

Tigers manager Sparky Anderson surprised Selleck during the April 3 contest, calling on him to pinch-hit in the seventh inning. So Selleck stepped into the batter’s box, bad hamstring from the day before and all, in the eighth against right-hander Tim Layana, who himself had a 3.49 ERA out of the bullpen the year before for the World Series champions.

Coincidentally the story of the film is about an aging Detroit Tiger who is attempting a Swan Song season and make it to the World Series. This is of course what happened the very next year, as the Tigers would go on to be World Series Champions.

Detroit's Grand 'Ol Lady of a ballpark would've been 110 years old. Alas, Tiger Stadium at Michigan and Trumbull is but a memory, but "The Corner" generated memories for generations of Tigers fans.

From Morel hunting to Tulip Time in Holland to visiting Mackinac Island' Grand Hotel, here are items that should be on every Michiganders bucketlist this spring.

Tiger Stripes.

Reading about new ballpark food items for 2022 is kind of like going grocery shopping when you're hungry; not a good idea, because you want everything.

I don't pretend to understand how the Chinese calendar works. I love the food (and the fortune cookies) but like most people outside of Asia, don't really understand how and why this is the Year of the Tiger. I guess it has to do with the Chinese zodiac and I do know one thing. Something's up.

If you're a baseball fan and like exploring the history of the game, we hope you have a really big piggy bank.

This is a rather unusual item to find on an auction site, but it does include a signature.