When Baseball Was Fun

I was checking through my 1945 Tiger scrapbook when I found myself
looking at a miracle. I was stunned to say the least. For there before
my eyes was a pitching feat that I could hardly believe. Other MLB
individual pitching masterpieces came to my mind, such as:
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Don’t look now Tiger Fans, but the TIGERS are loaded with young talent!!!
Here’s what JIM LEYLAND has to figure out by opening day. WHAT TO DO WITH:
CLETE THOMAS? He has it all. Tough left handed out. Fast. excellent defense in
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Yesterday four Tiger pitchers had the following lines:
WILLIS….3ip 4h 1r 1bb no so
BONDERMAN 3ip 4h [...]

ONE) Concerning the young Tiger 18 year old Tiger pitching phenom, JACOB
TURNER, Dave Dombrowski told a salivating Jim Leyland: ” NO YOU CAN’T HAVE
HIM.”
However, that was before the rotation started to go into reverse. SCHERZER,
BONDERMAN and ROBERTSON can’t get anyone out and GALARAGA and MINOR
are driving their manager up the wall with [...]

Jim Leyland and I agree that TED WILLIAMS was the greatest hitter of all
time bar none! Think about this fact: his career was interupted TWICE by
serving his country and he lost FIVE SEASONS OF PRIME TIME in his baseball
life!! He still managed to hit over .400 and set many records. Just imagine
what his [...]

On Wednesday the Tigers beat the Jays 7-6 in what seemed like a typical
ho-hum spring training game…HOWEVER, THREE SIGNIFICANT HAPPENINGS
TOOK PLACE. And here they are:
a) JEREMY BONDERMAN, whom our inside Tiger source has told us is the key
to the Tiger’s braintrust major spring training plans, took the mound after only
pitching 81 1/2 [...]

Once again FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE provided the opening opponent for the good
guys down in Lakeland and the results once more were the same as the Tigers
trounced the college kids 13-1.
What we found significant were the two gigantic taters hit into the wind by
CASPER WELLS & RYAN STRIEBY. Wells is an outfield candidate with lots [...]