The Tigers and Their Den,9781886110816

The Tigers and Their Den

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ISBN13: 9781886110816
ISBN10: 1886110816
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-12-01
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Pub
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Summary

The official story of the Detroit Tigers is jam-packed with a cast of characters that would be a Hollywood screenwriter's dream.

Table of Contents

Dedication 5(1)
Acknowledgments 6(1)
Preface 7(3)
Foreword 10(2)
Al Kaline
Introduction 12(2)
Michael Ilitch
The Beginnings
14(6)
Big League Baseball Returns to Detroit
20(6)
A Genius in Spikes
26(16)
Years of Frustration
42(12)
Operations Successful; Patients Die
54(14)
Mere Mortals in Uniform
68(10)
Resurrection
78(12)
A New Regime
90(12)
The War Years
102(12)
A 23-Year Drought
114(12)
The Kaline Impact
126(20)
The Year of the Tiger
146(12)
Aftermath
158(10)
Riding a Roller Coaster
168(12)
Sparky and His ``Boys''
180(12)
Reconstruction
192(8)
From Darkness to Light
200(8)
A Pictorial Salute to Opening Day 1999
208(14)
A New Stadium; A New Era
222(4)
Epilogue 226(8)
Appendix 234(2)
Index 236(2)
Farewell to Tiger Stadium 238

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