Detroit Tigers

None of the Detroit sports franchises weren't ranked in the top 25, the top 50, the top 75, or even the TOP 100!

A tribute to 1968 World Series 3 game winner Mickey Lolich, the single was released by Marquee Records in Detroit, sometime in late October 1968.

Sadly on October 11th, 1983, while drinking he slipped and hit his head on a dock on Beaver Island, causing him to drown.

The kid is just barely 20 years old, but he can throw a baseball as few others can, and Jackson Jobe is starting to rise through the Detroit Tigers farm system.

Whenever fans want a manager or executive replaces, it does take on a somewhat blood-thirsty nature. Think Matt Millen with the Detroit Lions, Rich Rodrigues with Michigan, more recently Jeff Blashill with the Red Wings.

With just four words, the late Vin Scully sent Tigers Nation into a frenzy ahead of their 4-1 World Series win over the Padres in 1984.

Even now, it's still a remarkable story. Ron LeFlore, who was doing hard time armed robbery at the Jackson State Prison got a chance at redemption and made the most of it, and on this date in 1974, made his debut with the Detroit Tigers.

The game attracted not only the best of the best, but also a packed house of some 49,000 fans. The National Leaguers wore special uniforms that afternoon. The American League players word their home whites.

Former NBA champion Power Forward/Center will be pacing the sidelines in a suit alongside Coach Ham as his assistant. That's now two members from that dominate Pistons team looking to spread their winning magic, knowledge, and passion to the young stars of the Lakers.

There an important life lesson here. It was about a week ago that former Detroit Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya went off on social media, ripping the team and call for pretty much one's head, starting with General Manager Al Avila.