Sunday, December 15, 2013

From old to new

The Detroit Tigers broke in to baseball greatness in 1901, when they played their first ever American league baseball game. The game was suppose to take place on April twenty third, but the rain and lighting shut them down, and the game was moved to the following day. Going in to the the last inning in front of a home crowd of ten thousand, the team was behind four to twelve. The Tigers battled back, and with two runners on, there was a base hit to the outfield which scored both runners that put the Tigers up thirteen to twelve winning the game. The Detroit Tigers finished in third place that first year with a winning record of 74-62. For the next three years the Tigers would be at the bottom of the standing, and would have a losing record. Then the great Ty Cobb joined the team, and with his bat turned the team around, and finished third in the standings. Years down the road in 1935 the Detroit Tigers won there first ever world series championship, beating the Chicago Cubs in six games. Once again the Tigers fell in to a slump of losing seasons, however they ended winning their second title ten years later. Getting out of the early 90's, the team in the later 90's and early 2000's were on a losing streak of bad seasons, and then they got a new manager named Jim Leyland. Leylend turned the club around in just one season, and never looked back since. Under Jim Leylend the team for ten seasons only had one losing record season. Also took the team to two world series,but failed to win one. Leylend stepped down from his coaching job in 2013, since then there has been a lot of trades, and new management changes. As a Tigers fan I'm reallly looking forward to seeing what the team is going to bring to the plate.

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