Believe it or not, the Tigers won the 1984 World Series by the skin of their teeth. Forget the historic 35-5 start. Forget the wire-to-wire American League East championship. Forget the playoff sweep ...

In 1984, Detroit Tigers pitcher Milt Wilcox put his pitching hand in the mouth of a baby tiger during a photoshoot. The shoot was for a Detroit Free Press season preview story about the strength of ...