25 years ago, the Tigers won the world series, Bless You Boys. Has it really been that long? Watching the video and seeing Jack Morris, Lance Parrish, Alan Trammell, Sparky, Willie Hernandez, etc. brought back a lot of memories of when they won, hearing the horns blasting in the streets, wearing the Bless You Boys t-shirts for a special spirit day at school, just having some enthusiasm in Detroit at one of the city's many low points, the infamous Devil's Night fires.
I'm not as much as into baseball anymore, but that was such a special year as a Detroiter. One of the few times you were so proud of your city, your team. You can remember those players names and positions so clearly so many years later, and there hasn't been a team since as special.
Now these guys are about 50, with grown children and they are scattered across the country.
Sparky said, "You tell children in the third grade that they'll wake someday and be out of college. I don't know how. It just happens." I was in third grade that year, and he's totally right.
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