Hundreds of them pour into the Detroit Tigers offices each week. Autograph requests for players, coaches and manager Jim Leyland. They’re not unlike any other big league team in that regard, but the Tigers try to take an organized, positive approach to those letters and packages with baseball cards, photos and other items sent in by fans around the world. It helps that the … [Read more...]
Ernie Harwell Auction in Detroit
One of baseball's greatest broadcasters--and an almost saintly figure in Michigan--Ernie Harwell was also a collector. He saved virtually everything from his many years as a professional broadcaster. Newspapers, scorecards, programs, autographed baseballs he accumulated and other items that didn't have anything to do with sports. His papers and many other pieces of … [Read more...]
Sharp Dressed Men: 1909 Tigers Team Photo
Getting the boys together for a team picture was an occasion to dress the part of a professional, even if most of mainstream America still had a less than honorable view of ballplayers. Like many photographs of the day, a 1909 Detroit Tigers team gathering was taken in photographer's studio. Captured for eternity are some of the game's all-time greats during their … [Read more...]
Ty Cobb Uniform from 1922 Heads for Auction
A Detroit Tigers uniform worn by Ty Cobb in 1922 will be on the auction block next month. Heritage Auctions says the grey flannel it’s offering in its Nov. 10-11 auction was worn by Cobb in 1922. Consigned by a private collector, the Cobb road set was worn during a year in which he surpassed the .400 mark. “Only two Ty Cobb Detroit uniforms are known to have survived to … [Read more...]
Tigers Now Selling Game Worn, Game Used Items
The Detroit Tigers have opened Game Day Authentics, a store inside Comerica Park that is selling items worn and used by players. Following the lead of several other big league teams using MLB Authentication, the club is keeping a close eye on what comes out of the clubhouse. Each item is tagged and eventually winds up inside the shop. Like most other big league team … [Read more...]
Signed Game-Used Cobb Bat Enters Hobby
On a rare day off in the heat of a 1925 summer, Ty Cobb and his Detroit Tigers teammates were en route from New York to Boston when they stopped at Lake Oscawana, a popular resort area. Exactly what happened that day has been lost to history, but Cobb made a friend in local resident Al Johnson. Now, the bat the often cantankerous Cobb signed and gave away in return for the … [Read more...]
Semi-Perfect: Galarraga Gets Autograph Deal
Mounted Memories has signed an exclusive deal with Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga, to commemorate his nearly perfect game on June 2, 2010. Galarraga's place in history as the 21st pitcher to throw a perfect game was denied when the 27th batter was called safe at first on a slow roller to the infield. Video replays concluded that the … [Read more...]
Ex-Tiger Selling 1984 World Series Ring on eBay
Alan Trammell didn't start every game at shortstop during the Detroit Tigers' incredible 1984 season that ended with a World Series victory. Rookie Doug Baker was in the lineup four times and on 27 other occasions when he played elsewhere. Baker may not be one of the names that pops into your head when you think of that team--managed by Sparky Anderson. But like every … [Read more...]