Detroit Tigers Vintage World Series Films

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Future Hall of Famers record-setters and Motor City heroes fill the World Series rosters of the three Detroit Tigers championship teams celebrated on this official DVD. In 1945 the end of World War II led to the return of many Americans to their pre-war livelihoodsincluding Detroit Tigers starter Virgil Trucks. Aided by Trucks along with the 1945 American League MVP Hal Newhouser and Hank Greenberg the Tigers won in seven games. In 1968 the Tigers 1968 season was dominated by pitching and the World Series showcased three of the best; 30-game winner Denny McClain faced the Cardinals Bob Gibson in Game 1 as Gibson struck out a record seventeen Tigers. From there Mickey Lolich took control with three complete-game wins. In 1984 Coach Sparky Anderson led the Tigers to a record-setting start of the 1984 season culminating with 104 regular season wins a sweep of the ALCS and a World Series win. Jack Morris Alan Trammell and Kirk Gibson set the pace as the Tigers became only the third MLB club to go wire-to-wire.

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