My Life as a Detroit Tiger Fan

I've been a Tiger fan as long as I can remember. Tiger fans are a family choice. My father was a Tiger fan as was his father before him and his uncle played for the Tigers from September 22, 1924 to September 27, 1942. He was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1949. His number 2 was retired in 1983. Of course I'm talking about Charlie "The Mechanical Man" Gehringer. I have some fond memories of this great baseball player. I remember my first Tigers game at Briggs stadium and sitting in Uncle Charlie's box. I can remember watching Al Kaline and the 1968 Tigers win the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

We were living in San Francisco in 1968 when the A's moved to Oakland and going to the Tigers Series that April. It was hard to to get news those days if you did not live in the city where your home team played. Now with the Internet I can get the news of my favorite team and get it constantly throughout the day.

The purpose of this Blog is to put my opinions out there and what I as a fan would like to see the team do. Days when there is no news, I will post biographies and anticdotes of Tigers players past and present. I am hoping that as the season goes on I will get to interview players and coaches of the Tigers and thier Minor League teams. Any comments would be appreciated.