- 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 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-115x115.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-115x115.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-115x115.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-115x115.jpg "Why the Tigers will trade Michael Fulmer")
![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-115x115.png "Verlander proving his greatness in Houston")
![Can we lay off Miguel Cabrera? Last week Miggy was in the news because of comments he made in an interview about playing hurt. Cabrera, who’s currently on the disabled […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/miguel-cabrera-unappreciated-detroit-tigers-115x115.png "It’s time to lay off Miguel Cabrera")
![Next month the 30 Major League Baseball teams will gather for the annual MLB Amateur Draft. The Detroit Tigers, by virtue of the worst record in 2017, will make the […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/jack-morris-alan-trammell-1976-amateur-mlb-draft-115x115.png "Morris, Trammell were part of greatest MLB draft haul ever")
![On his first day as business manager of the Thomasville Tigers, 25-year old Jimmy Campbell was nervous and excited. He personally sold tickets at the gate and greeted customers as […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/jim-campbell-detroit-tigers-115x115.png "Jim Campbell’s career with Tigers started with a ballpark fire")
![Gerard Gallant was an undersized power forward during his NHL playing career. At a shade over 5’10 and barely 180 pounds, the former Red Wing had to tussle with players […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gerard-gallant-vegas-golden-knights-playoffs-115x115.png "Gallant has Golden Knights doing things an expansion team has never done")
![Seven men have played more than 1,000 games for the Detroit Red Wings. Most of them are household names. That list includes Gordie Howe, Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom, Alex Delvecchio, […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kris-draper-one-dollar-man-red-wings-115x115.png "The best dollar ever spent: How the Red Wings got Kris Draper")