Not on a winning streak now. None of the teams they beat this year have a record better than .500 so I am not too excited yet.
When I was a kid I used to ride my bicycle across lakeland to go to the games and even when I couldn't get in I would go just to try to get autos after the game and I got to meet Cecil Fielder my all time favorite, Sweet lou, Tramell parish, Morris, Tony, Gibson, Sparky and tons of others and still have all their autos, unfortunately my Cecil auto is so faded I almost can't see it at all. I even got to meet Al Kaline at a golf course my dad worked at and got his auto on a ball, sold it and have regretted it for approximately 30 years now.
Those were the guys from my childhood that will always be "The Tigers" in my mind. I have the starting lineup in my head forever. Whitaker, Trammell, Gibson, Parrish; then it could go a few ways but usually DH Darrell Evans or Marty Castillo then Chet Lemon, Larry Herndon, and Tom Brookens. Later we'd see Dave Bergman at first for defense (remember odd batting stance, real closed stance). Those were the days!
My dad would drive me to Dodgertown in Vero Beach because that was the closest spring training site and a great one to see a game. You could get up close to the players and I got Sparky's autograph along with Lou and Alan. Such good times.
