The backstory of a photograph of a baby tiger taken during Detroit Tigers spring training in 1984. Well known then, it pretty ...

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 ...

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 ...