The Tigers of '68: Baseball's Last Real Champions is the uproarious, stirring tale of this team, a group of hell-raisers that brawled on the field and partied hard afterwards. This book revisits the main performers of this illustrious team and weaves their stories into a cohesive narrative that captures all the drama and color of Detroit's 1968 season.
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The Detroit Tigers of 1968 were the last American League champions before major league baseball instituted divisional playoffs. Led by Denny McLain's 31 wins, they won the pennant by 12 games and went on to beat the formidable 1967 world champion Cardinals in seven games. Detroit reporter Cantor, who covered the team during the glory years, writes an intimate account of its triumph. He profiles the career and later life of the self-centered McLain, star pitcher Mickey Lolich, all-Star Al Kaline, "Mad Dog" Dick McAuliffe, and many others. This sparkling saga is recommended for most sport shelves, particularly those in the Detroit area.?Morey Berger, St. Joseph's Hosp. Medical Lib., Tucson, Ariz.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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All hell broke loose in baseball after 1968--free agency, labor strikes, World Series games at night. Journalist Cantor, who covered the Detroit Tigers during their championship season in 1968, relives that glory year and sheds new perspective on the team and the times. He recalls the memorable season as the year of the pitcher, when Tiger Denny McClain won 31 games, teammate Mickey Lolich 22, and hitters struggled throughout the sport. He also notes that, at a time of racial unrest, the Tigers and their black stars--Willie Horton, Earl Wilson, and Gates Brown--promoted a sense of racial cohesiveness in the city. Profiles of numerous team members, including fun-loving slugger Norm Cash and future Hall-of-Famer Al Kaline, round out this solid choice for most baseball collections. Wes Lukowsky
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A Wonderful Look-Back,
By Rockman "lespaul" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Tigers of '68: Baseball's Last Real Champions (Honoring a Detroit Legend) (Hardcover)
Cantor does an admirable job of recapturing the spirit and excitement of the '68 Tigers. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who spent any amount of time at Michigan and Trumbull in 1968. What a season! What a team! What a wealth of memories!
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recaptures the magic of 1968,
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This review is from: The Tigers of '68: Baseball's Last Real Champions (Honoring a Detroit Legend) (Hardcover)
This is truly an enjoyable book- especially for those who lived it in the city...it was a chance to be there again. This mentions all the big plays, players and events during this wonderful, healing summer in Motown. Lolich, Cash, Kaline, the Gator, Denny and the rest of the cast bring back all those happy emotions and feelings. If you were there in '68 then buy this one to read, keep it and then pass it on to your grandkids when you die.
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good read,
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This review is from: The Tigers of '68: Baseball's Last Real Champions (Honoring a Detroit Legend) (Hardcover)
For someone who grew up in Detroit, and was totally immersed in the '68 season, this was a worthy read. The author talks a bit about the season, from start to finish, and mixes in the interviews he has had with the players recently. It works, but I, personally, would have liked a bit more about the '68 season. As an example, Chapter 5, "A Matter of Race" talks about the racial things going on in Detroit, in baseball, and on the Tigers in 1968. Chapter 6, "The Duke of Earl" is the result of the interview the author had with Earl Wilson recently, discussing certain things about that season. The whole book is like that. I would have liked more input from the players about points in the season--what was going on, what they were going through at pre- and postgame, etc. As one reviewer noted, it's hard for the book to really take you back to that season, when it's broken up in this manner. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it, and I forced myself to only read a few pages at a time so I could savor it. (We don't win that many championships in Detroit!) Unless you were there and remember that season, it might be hard to fully appreciate the book.
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