August 22, 2011
Video: The Second-best Defensive Play to End a Tigers Game
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Video | 3 comments
I’ve decided that yesterday’s play by Austin Jackson and Alex Avila was the most exciting defensive play to end a Tigers game since July 24, 1983 when Chet Lemon stole a homer from Rod Carew at the Big A.
The catch gave the Tigers 4-3, 12-inning win and kept them just a half-game out of first behind the Orioles.
Here’s a WDIV Tigers promo from 1986 that plays off that unbelievable catch.
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Darren | Aug 22, 2011 | Reply
Well done, Mike!
I was just thinking about this yesterday.
Luke McGlothlen | Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
Although it wasn’t the last out, Curtis Granderson’s robbing off Grady Sizemore at Cleveland in ’09 to save the game always comes to mind when I think of the most exciting Tiger plays.
Mike McClary | Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
That was an unbelievable play, Luke. I just tried to find decent video footage of it but the YouTube pickings are slim.