![The first time Buddy Bell sat down in his office he opened a drawer in Sparky Anderson’s desk and it fell apart. “Sparky had this old desk that must have […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/buddy-bell-1996-detroit-tigers-612x333.jpg "When Buddy Bell tried to fill Sparky’s shoes in Trammell’s final season")
When Buddy Bell tried to fill Sparky’s shoes in Trammell’s final season
The first time Buddy Bell sat down in his office he opened a drawer in Sparky Anderson’s desk and it fell apart. “Sparky had this old desk that must have […]
![Miguel Cabrera will miss the rest of 2018, his 16th season in the major leagues. The injury is the death blow to the Detroit Tigers, a team that waved the […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/migeul-cabrera-2017-detroit-tigers-640x333.png "Playing the right way is catching up to Miguel Cabrera")
![Anyone who ever heard Sparky Anderson talk knows he was not shy in sharing his opinion. You also remember that he was passionate about the game of baseball. We lost […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sparky-anderson-quotes-640x333.png "14 amazing things Sparky Anderson actually said")
Detroit Sports Blog
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Guillen was one of the best deals the Tigers ever made
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Lu Blue went from fan to teammate of Ty Cobb
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Four More Tigers for the Hall of Fame
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When Buddy Bell tried to fill Sparky’s shoes in Trammell’s final season
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Playing the right way is catching up to Miguel Cabrera
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14 amazing things Sparky Anderson actually said
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Why the Tigers will trade Michael Fulmer
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New book looks at Tiger Stadium through the eyes of authors and former players
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Verlander proving his greatness in Houston
![When we talk about the best trades in the history of the Detroit Tigers, a few quickly come to mind. Steve Demeter for Norm Cash. Steve Kemp for Chet Lemon. […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/carlos-guillen-shortstop-detroit-tigers-215x121.png "Guillen was one of the best deals the Tigers ever made")
![When he was growing up as one of ten children in Washington D.C. in the first decade of the twentieth century, Luzerne Blue was a huge baseball nut. At that […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lu-blue-detroit-news-215x121.jpg "Lu Blue went from fan to teammate of Ty Cobb")
![Next month two former Tigers will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Jack Morris and Alan Trammell, key members of the 1984 World Champions, will earn their […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/whitaker-freehan-veach-lolich-detroit-tigers-215x121.png "Four More Tigers for the Hall of Fame")
![The first time Buddy Bell sat down in his office he opened a drawer in Sparky Anderson’s desk and it fell apart. “Sparky had this old desk that must have […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/buddy-bell-1996-detroit-tigers-215x121.jpg "When Buddy Bell tried to fill Sparky’s shoes in Trammell’s final season")
![Miguel Cabrera will miss the rest of 2018, his 16th season in the major leagues. The injury is the death blow to the Detroit Tigers, a team that waved the […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/migeul-cabrera-2017-detroit-tigers-215x121.png "Playing the right way is catching up to Miguel Cabrera")
![Anyone who ever heard Sparky Anderson talk knows he was not shy in sharing his opinion. You also remember that he was passionate about the game of baseball. We lost […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sparky-anderson-quotes-215x121.png "14 amazing things Sparky Anderson actually said")
![Last offseason Michael Fulmer took time off from plumbing (his normal winter occupation) and had surgery on his pitching arm. Thus far his progress from that procedure has been slow. […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/michael-fulmer-detroit-tigers-215x121.jpg "Why the Tigers will trade Michael Fulmer")
![Detroit baseball fans old enough to remember Tiger Stadium have memories that they continue to cherish. Maybe it was Denny McLain’s 30th victory in 1968, or Reggie Jackson’s moonshot in […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tiger-stadium-essays-book-215x121.png "New book looks at Tiger Stadium through the eyes of authors and former players")
![It was the trade that almost didn’t happen. The Detroit Tigers barely made it under the wire last August when they agreed to a deal that sent ace Justin Verlander […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/justin-verlander-houston-astros-215x121.png "Verlander proving his greatness in Houston")