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BeyondGeography

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6. Awesome teams

Reply to longship (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:58 AM

Jun 2017

Here's another thing Denny did that year:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/sports/baseball/09mclain.html

Yankee fan here. I used to look at those Tigers teams and wonder how we'd ever win. I was a kid and boy did we stink. What a great era for baseball though.

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Amazing Pitching Record I stumbled on: [View all] kairos12 Jun 2017 OP

More recent vintage, take a look at Mickey Lolich's '71 season BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #1

Both are incredible feats. I'm most impressed with Taylor's. Eyeball_Kid Jun 2017 #2

The contrast with the present is enlightening BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #3

That's my Tigers!! longship Jun 2017 #5

Awesome teams BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #6

Thanks. Did not know about that one. longship Jun 2017 #7

I was a Cardinal fan. I watched Gibson fan 17 in Game One kairos12 Jun 2017 #10

Yup! He ran a doughnut shop north of Detroit for years. longship Jun 2017 #11

BTW, Lolich hid his ball grip behind his beer belly. longship Jun 2017 #8

Love it BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #9

I've always wondered whether elbow problems are a function of modern pitching styles. Bleacher Creature Jun 2017 #4