![I was eight years old in the summer of 1976 , the perfect age for a first season as a baseball fanatic. Sure, I’d been aware of the Detroit Tigers […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rusty-staub-has-died-640x333.png "Rusty Staub was a unique baseball superstar")
Rusty Staub was a unique baseball superstar
I was eight years old in the summer of 1976 , the perfect age for a first season as a baseball fanatic. Sure, I’d been aware of the Detroit Tigers […]
![One of the best things about sports is finding out interesting facts about players you have never heard of. There are plenty of reasons players fall into obscurity. Maybe they […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/george-yardley-nba-detroit-pistons-640x333.png "Pistons’ Yardley was first to score 2,000 points in an NBA season")
![The Detroit Red Wings are in fourth place in their division and could use some fight. Well, at least some scoring fight. The Red Wings have had a few memorable […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/luke-witkowski-detroit-red-wings-fight-640x333.png "The Red Wings have found their next enforcer in Luke Witkowski")
Detroit Sports Blog
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Baseball is back at The Corner in Detroit
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Exhibit honoring ’68 World Champions to open at Detroit Historical Museum
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Whizzer White starred for Lions, but his “second” career was more famous
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John Long worked hard to make it to the NBA
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Time for Pistons to move on from Stan Van Gundy
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These are the ugliest caps in baseball history
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Rusty Staub was a unique baseball superstar
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Former Tiger All-Star Rusty Staub has passed away
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The surprising story of the Detroit Tigers’ 2018 season
![Regularly scheduled baseball has returned to the corner of Michigan and Trumbull for the first time since Tiger Stadium closed at the end of the 1999 MLB season. The former […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/detroit-police-athletic-league-detroit-michigan-215x121.png "Baseball is back at The Corner in Detroit")
![Hard to believe it was 50 years ago when the city of Detroit was riveted by their baseball team as they captured the pennant and went on to win the […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mickey-lolich-willie-horton-1968-detroit-tigers-215x121.png "Exhibit honoring ’68 World Champions to open at Detroit Historical Museum")
![For most athletes the peak of their professional careers occurs between the lines. Once they retire from the game, they recede into the background of history. But for Whizzer White, […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/byron-whizzer-white-detroit-lions-pittsburgh-steelers-supreme-court-215x121.png "Whizzer White starred for Lions, but his “second” career was more famous")
![After a tough loss during his high school career with Detroit Mercy, 16-year old John Long and his teammates received a tongue-lashing at the hands of their coach. The verbal […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/john-long-detroit-pistons-nba-215x121.png "John Long worked hard to make it to the NBA")
![The Detroit Pistons have missed the playoffs for the second straight season. This after assembling their own “big three” of Blake Griffin, Reggie Jackson, and Andre Drummond. This in a […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/stan-van-gundy-detroit-pistons-blueprint-215x121.jpg "Time for Pistons to move on from Stan Van Gundy")
![The baseball cap has become a popular fashion item. It’s left the diamond behind and entered into everyday life. Once, only baseball players and little kids wore baseball caps. Now, […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ugliest-caps-in-baseball-history-215x121.png "These are the ugliest caps in baseball history")
![I was eight years old in the summer of 1976 , the perfect age for a first season as a baseball fanatic. Sure, I’d been aware of the Detroit Tigers […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rusty-staub-has-died-215x121.png "Rusty Staub was a unique baseball superstar")
![After a long illness, Rusty Staub has passed away. He was one of the first great Detroit designated hitters, earning an All-Star selection in 1976. Two years later he finished […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rusty-staub-215x121.png "Former Tiger All-Star Rusty Staub has passed away")
![If you like change, you’ll love the 2018 Detroit Tigers. The team has a new manager, a new opening day starter, several new faces on their roster, and they even […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/miguel-cabrera-2018-detroit-tigers-215x121.png "The surprising story of the Detroit Tigers’ 2018 season")