Looking through my old Tigers yearbooks today I found this artifact from the How Times Have Changed Museum. Here’s a look at the 1980 Tigers TV schedule – all 52 games of it.
“Sparky & Al” from April 8, 1984
Here’s the WDIV “Tigers ’84″ segment with Eli Zaret from April 8, 1984, the day after Jack Morris‘s no-hitter against the White Sox.
Over the weekend I came across a Tigers program, excuse me, magazine from 2001 with Steve Sparks on the cover. Inside there’s an article reviewing the Tigers’ draft from that year and it includes some notables: Fifth Round (147th overall pick): 3B Ryan Raburn, South Florida Junior College. Raburn is a 6-0, 185-pound third baseman who swings a strong bat from the righthand side of the plate. He is solid defensively at third base and he has the potential to develop plus power. Eighth Round (237th overall pick): SS Donald Kelly, Point Park College. The second-highest player ever drafted from Pointe Park College, Kelly is a tall, lanky, true shortstop with a plus arm. The 6-4, 190-pounder was named the 2001 American Mideast Conference…
Listen to Ernie Harwell’s call of the Tigers clinching the American League East title in 1984.