- Description
- The editor of Detroit Athletic Co. blog, Dan Holmes is the author of Ty Cobb: A Biography. He previously worked for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY, and worked for Major League Baseball as a web producer. He contributed to Sock it to 'Em Tigers: The Incredible Story of the 1968 Detroit Tigers, and Deadball Stars of the American League. Follow him on Twitter at @thedanholmes or visit his personal blog at danholmes.com.
![The Detroit Lions have played 19 games under general manager Bob Quinn. That’s not very much time to build a team in your own image, but somehow Quinn has managed […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/miles-killebrew-detroit-lions-115x115.png "Quinn’s fingerprints are all over the young Lions")
![The Lions were in familiar territory as the fourth quarter started last Sunday in their game against the Cardinals. They were losing. Just where Matthew Stafford is comfortable. Stafford threw […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/miles-killebrew-detroit-lions-week-one-2017-115x115.jpg "Lions latest comeback win was not like the others")
![Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana Last month the Lions made quarterback Matthew Stafford the highest-paid player in the National Football League. That […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matthew-stafford-underpaid-115x115.png "Why Matthew Stafford is underpaid")
![Ty Cobb had been a member of the Tigers for only about two weeks when he packed his bag for his first long road trip in the big leagues. He […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1904-chicago-cubs-train-travel-115x115.png "Long road trips were a weary part of baseball in the early 20th century")
![There will be no statue. Records will not be broken. And Justin Verlander will no longer be in the clubhouse to show young pitchers how to be a successful big […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/justin-verlander-2017-detroit-tigers-115x115.jpg "Verlander is gone and an era is over")
![Following the bang-bang trades of the two Justin’s (Upton and Verlander) just prior to the waiver trade deadline, it’s obvious that the Detroit Tigers are in rebuild mode. Recent […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jeimer-candelario-detroit-tigers-prospect-115x115.png "Here are some of the new faces you’ll see in the Tiger lineup in 2018")
![In 1910 after his baseball season was completed with the Detroit Tigers, Ty Cobb traveled to Cuba with his teammates for a series of games against an all-star squad consisting […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ty-cobb-stealing-third-115x115.png "Ty Cobb was not a great base stealer")
![You saw the headline, so you know what #1 is on this list. But what about the other bad decisions in Detroit history? I picked ten, and they’re not pretty. […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/max-scherzer-washington-nationals-115x115.png "Letting Scherzer go was the worst decision in Tiger history")
![Titus Young turns 28 years old today. But he won’t be celebrating his birthday with family. The former Lion wide receiver is behind bars in a prison in southern California, […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/titus-young-detroit-lions-prison-mental-health-115x115.png "Is former Lion receiver Young in prison because he has a mental illness?")
![Miguel Cabrera is hurt. He’s been playing hurt since opening day. And the injury occurred while he was wearing a uniform other than that of the Detroit Tigers. Is that […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/migeul-cabrera-2017-detroit-tigers-115x115.png "Are players getting injured needlessly in the World Baseball Classic?")