- 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.
![It’s the one missing item from his résumé. It’s the only box not checked on his list of career accomplishments. What’s particularly disappointing is that Isiah Thomas didn’t even get […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/isiah-thomas-michael-jordan-115x115.png "The story behind Isiah Thomas being left off the Dream Team")
![How do you rank uniforms? Test the strength of the belts and wash the socks? I don’t know how you rank uniforms, but I know how I do it. I […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ranking-the-best-nfl-uniforms-115x115.png "Ranking every NFL uniform from best to worst")
![The love affair between the Tigers, their fans, and Miguel Cabrera has been a baseball romance. That relationship is built on the four batting titles, two MVP awards, baseball’s first […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/miguel-cabrera-detroit-tigers-3000-hits-115x115.jpg "Will the Tigers dump Miggy?")
![Rolling Stone magazine rated it the fourth greatest song of all-time. Metro Times ranked it as the best “Detroit song” ever. Countless millions have enjoyed this famous ballad that shed […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/marvin-gaye-detroit-lions-115x115.png "Two members of the Detroit Lions sang on one of the greatest songs of all-time")
![The dome was never silver, it was white. But why should facts get in the way of a good name? The birth of the Pontiac Silverdome is an unusual story […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pontiac-silverdome-115x115.jpg "The Birth of the Silverdome")
![The Detroit Tigers will enter year three of the Great Rebuild in 2019, which means winning games will be less important than showing off the kids. Right fielder Nick Castellanos […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nick-castellanos-traded-115x115.png "Will the Tigers trade Nick Castellanos now?")
![In 2008, before a game in Detroit, Tigers’ second baseman Placido Polanco became an American citizen during a ceremony on the field at Comerica Park. Polanco will never forget a […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/placido-polanco-detroit-tigers-second-baseman-115x115.png "Former infielder Polanco debuts on Hall of Fame ballot")
![Jose Iglesias played four full seasons for the Detroit Tigers, but it seems like he was here for a decade. This offseason the enigmatic shortstop will change uniforms, exercising his […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/jose-iglesias-detroit-shortstop-115x115.jpg "Iglesias never seemed interested in being a ballplayer we could celebrate")
![It’s all the rage now to use a starting pitcher out of the bullpen, to pull a starting pitcher from the game after only five innings (or less), to use […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sparky-anderson-johnny-bench-cincinnati-reds-115x115.png "Sparky Anderson was ahead of his time in the use of his pitching staff")
![Ernie Harwell is a beloved figure in Detroit, in the entire state of Michigan for that matter. As well as being respected by baseball fans everywhere for his talents, good […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jose-feliciano-1968-world-series-national-anthem-controversy-115x115.png "When Ernie Harwell made America very mad")