Detroit Tigers Quotes

I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning moment because not only were the Tigers winning a world championship that meant so much to an entire city, they were beating the best pitcher I ever saw-Bob Gibson.

I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I was ready to start for the Indians just two days later, against the Tigers.

I like Detroit.

I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.

I've said it, I'll keep saying it, I want to be in Detroit. I've really enjoyed my time here. I really enjoy the clubhouse and everyone that's involved.

Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.

[The World Series] introduced me for the first time to a team with a lot of black players. Detroit had about three of them: I think it was Willie Horton, Gates Brown, and Earl Wilson - might have been one or two more in '68.

I'm so much of a proud Detroiter.

We have the great fans in Detroit. We've got a great ballpark, great stadium.

When my grandfather was a journalist for the Detroit Tigers, he dressed the part. I mention it always to our local media: sport coat, tie, very professional and a nice cap on his head. And they also developed very close friendships with the players and staff traveling.

I love to play in Detroit.

I'm a Detroit Tigers fan through and through.

I literally love Justin Verlander.

I'll never forget that first night with the team. Going to the ballpark on the bus was the hardest 30 minutes of my life. I had to walk down that aisle between all the players. I really didn't know too much about the Detroit Tigers at that time.

The city of Detroit is always home, and I'm very proud of where I'm from.

Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.

By 1968, I had lived 10 years in Michigan. Gradually, I had come to love watching Detroit's baseball club in its small, beautiful, antiquated Tiger Stadium - a baseball park as fine as Fenway Park or Wrigley Field, though it never got the adulatory press.

We want to win a World Series for Detroit. That's our goal.