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The ultimate Detroit Tigers time machine book
- Title
- The ultimate Detroit Tigers time machine book / Martin Gitlin.
- Author
- Gitlin, Marty
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GV875.D6 G57 2022 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 204 pages : illustrations (black and white); 23 cm
- Summary
- "The Detroit Tigers have been marked neither by dynasties nor doldrums. The Tigers captured just four World Series championships since becoming a charter member of the junior circuit in 1901. They compiled a record barely above .500 during that 120-year span. They have suffered through seasons of failure so pronounced that they have gone down as some of the worst in the annals of baseball. But their periodic years of greatness have proven so memorable that they have remained in the hearts and minds of Tigers fans forever. They have provided a sense of pride and optimism to even the most fervent and critical followers during the most woeful periods. This book covers the entirety of Tigers history and even delves into the birth of professional baseball in Detroit in the National League to its continuation in the Western League, which morphed into the American League. This book details the Tigers' greatest and most interesting teams, players, moments, and eras"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Planting the seeds -- The Tigers before Ty -- Clawing their way to the top -- The Georgia peach -- The Yo-Yo years -- Just wild about Harry -- One pilfer, two pennants -- Fall from greatness -- The great Greenberg -- The title team and beyond -- The collapse and the comeback -- 'Cashing' in and landing a piece of the rock -- A title for Tiger town -- Mr. Tiger -- From great to average to lousy -- The base of thief and the bird -- The kids and a spark from Sparky -- Wire to wire -- 'Like the house by the side of the road' -- The end of an era -- The darkest days -- Doormats to dynamite -- Miggy -- Thrill of the victory, agony of defeat -- A return to the abyss.
- ISBN
- 9781493060559
- 1493060554
- 9781493068012 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021059704
- OCLC
- 1259401580
- on1259401580
- SCSB-14533285
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library