[Netz]

AL Kaline was our hero, growing up in Detroit. It is said that two things saved 1968 for Detroiters (and America)...the ‘68 Tigers and Apollo 8 circling the moon on Christmas eve of that year.
The Tigers should have stayed at Tiger Stadium...it was magic.

[cripplecreek]

If you’re a lifetime Michigander, Harwell, Kaline, and Kell are like honorary family members to all.

[dfwgator]

I was in Ann Arbor at the time as a young boy, one of my fondest childhood memories.

[chimera]

Nice to see that Al got his WS ring that year. He had a great Series with 2 HRs and 8 RBIs. Not only Mr. Tiger but Mr. Loyalty. He also won the Roberto Clemente award in 1973, which many consider a great achievement, since it recognizes the winner for bringing honor to baseball by acts on and off the field.

[harpu]

"The Tigers should have stayed at Tiger Stadium...it was magic."

Actually, when I first saw the Tigers and my hero too, Al Kaline, the stadium was known as Briggs Stadium. When I left for the Navy in 1960, and returned it was then known as Tiger Stadium.

Originally built in 1895, and known as Bennett Park, a new Tiger owner, Frank Navin, torn it down in 1912 and reconstructed the stadium and called it Navin Field. In 1932, Navin died and the Tiger's new owner, Walter Briggs, improved the stadium and enlarged it to 53,000 and renamed it Briggs Stadium.