Territorial Bloggings

January 29, 1936 - The first members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York.
WDTM? Well, the most significant data point is this: None of the initial inductees were unanimous choices. This ushered in the era of pompous & boneheaded sportswriters completely jacking up [...]

1968 World Series
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2006 World Series
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Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
It’s 1968 all over again. And while the Tigers don’t have a 30 game winner (Denny McLain) this go around, neither do the Cards have anyone of Bob Gibson’s stature. Tiger Stadium and the 1968-vintage Busch Stadium won’t house the games. [...]

THE TIGERS WIN THE PENNANT!

22 years to the day after they won the World Series, the Tigers won the AL Pennant, securing their first World Series berth since 1984!
And they did it in pretty darned dramatic fashion, with Magglio Ordonez hitting a walk-off homer with 2 on, 2 out, and the score tied 3-3 in [...]