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	<title>1984 Tigers Tribute Site</title>
	<link>http://www.1984tigers.com</link>
	<description>Paying Tribute to the Greatest Tiger Team of My Generation</description>
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		<title>Tickets to the Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an ongoing debate that MLB only wants people to buy their tickets from the box office and that baseball ticket brokers should be avoided.  The problem is, only the best tickets are available from brokers so if I want the best seats, that&#8217;s where I&#8217;ll have to keep going.
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		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/tickets-to-the-game/</link>
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		<title>Alan Trammell Hopes to Pick Up Ground When Hall Vote Is Revealed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s getting close to that time of the year when the Hall vote is revealed.  My guess is that Goose Gossage gets in with Bert Blyleven making a jump to where he finally gets his rightful place as an inductee.  Two 1984 Tigers are still on the ballot with Alan Trammell and Jack Morris staying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/alan-trammell-hopes-to-pick-up-ground-when-hall-vote-is-revealed/</link>
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		<title>Lance Parrish Hired as Coach of Great Lakes Loons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alan Trammell&#8217;s former staff is slowly finding its way back into baseball after they were all let go when Jim Leyland was brought on.  Lance Parrish was recently hired to become the manager of the Dodgers new Single-A affiliate, the Great Lakes Loons.  The Loons will be playing in a brand new stadium in Midland, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/lance-parrish-hired-as-coach-of-great-lakes-loons/</link>
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		<title>Alan Trammell Hired as Cubs Bench Coach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lou Pinella announced that Alan Trammell would be his bench coach for the Cubs next season.  I always thought Tram got a raw deal in Detroit and I&#8217;m glad he&#8217;s getting another chance, and this time in a major media market.  I know it&#8217;s not a head coaching job but I&#8217;d expect he&#8217;ll be back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/alan-trammell-hired-as-cubs-bench-coach/</link>
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		<title>Hall of Fame Thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hall of Fame voting results are announced this Tuesday. Once again, I&#8217;m fully expected to be disappointed over any gains Alan Trammell or Jack Morris might have made. Players need to be on 75% of the ballots and last year, Tram received 16.9% and Morris received 33.3%. This year, there&#8217;s really nobody new to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/hall-of-fame-thoughts/</link>
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		<title>Alan Trammell Fired as Tigers Manager</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The writing was on the wall, and it became official today. Alan Trammell was offered a job with the organization as Special Assistant to the GM, but he&#8217;ll no longer be the skipper of the Tigers.
I know I&#8217;ve taken some heat for defending Trammell. While I know at times his decision making has been questionable, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/alan-trammell-fired-as-tigers-manager/</link>
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		<title>More Alan Trammell and Some Good Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took some heat for my last post on Tram when I said he should be given one more year. First off, I apologize about the error. They were 26-26 in two runs games, not in games decided by less then two runs. All I was trying to show here was one of many indicators [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/more-alan-trammell-and-some-good-reading/</link>
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		<title>Alan Trammell and the Detroit Stars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the Tigers have now lost eight of their last ten and nine of their last twelve. It&#8217;s definitely been a rough week for the Tigers, and I have a feeling we&#8217;ll start hearing (again) fans call for Trammell&#8217;s job.
Personally, I&#8217;d like to see what Tram can do next year. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s a likely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/alan-trammell-and-the-detroit-stars/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Willie Hernandez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The trade seemed pretty innocent at the time. Near the end of spring training, the Tigers parted ways with Glenn Wilson and John Wockenfuss, and got in return Dave Bergman and Willie Hernandez. Bergman started more games at first base then any other Tiger, and we all know Hernandez went on to win the Cy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-willie-hernandez/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Aurelio Lopez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior Smoke had one of the more underappreciated careers of any Tiger in 1980s. He emerged as the Tigers&#8217; closer in the last 70s, and his best season might have been 1979, when he finished seventh in the Cy Young. By 1981, he had lost the closer job to Kevin Saucier, and later, Dave Tobik [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-aurelio-lopez/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Doug Bair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sparky loved his relievers. Throughout &#8220;Bless You Boys,&#8221; the one thing Sparky constantly talks about is how he needs Bill Lajoie to go out and get him another left handed reliever. And in my opinion, nobody knew how to utilize his bullpen better then Captain Hook.
Through the end of July, Doug Bair was right there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-doug-bair/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Juan Berenguer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A part of just about any championship team includes a career year or two. Juan Berenguer fell into that mix. Berenguer&#8217;s career spanned fifteen years and was pretty unspectacular. He played for seven different teams, and went from being a starter, to a spot starter/middle reliever, to a reliever, doing well but not exceptional everywhere [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-juan-berenguer/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Milt Wilcox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Championship teams usually consist of a convergance between an improving core of young players with a handful of career years from a couple of your veterans. Milt Wilcox had a 16 year career in baseball, and he never won three games more then he lost in a season. Had it not been for his 17-8 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-milt-wilcox/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Dan Petry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan Petry had one of those typical 1980s career. He pitched a ton of innings at an early age, and went from looking like an ace to someone who&#8217;s just a little overmatched. From 1982 through 1985, he pitched no less 233 innings and won no less then 15 games. After that, he never pitched [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-dan-petry/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Jack Morris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At this point, Jack Morris thrives and starves on reputation, and it shows when the voting for the Hall of Fame comes out. He&#8217;s heralded as a clutch pitcher mostly for his 1991 World Series Game Seven ten inning shutout. He had a 4-2 record in the World Series, but he was 4-0 until his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-starting-pitcher-jack-morris/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Kirk Gibson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kirk Gibson may not get into the Hall of Fame, but he definitely had some Hall of Fame moments. His monster three run shot in Game 5 of the 1984 World Series, and an equally impressive Game 1 walk off homer in the 1988 World Series are my two most memorable moments in all of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-rightfield/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Chet Lemon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If there was one player I most tried to mimic as a kid, it was Chet Lemon. The way he&#8217;d casually go back, stand under the ball, and just sort of hold his mitt under the ball, letting it fall into his glove was classic. Rarely did he catch anything two handed, and rarely did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-centerfield/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Larry Herndon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sparky Anderson loved to platoon. And left field was no exception in 1984. After coming off of back to back quality seasons in 1982 and 1983, Larry Herndon lost time to the recently acquired Ruppert Jones, who actually outplayed him in the time he got.
Herndon, as you&#8217;ll see, had a pretty mediocre season. He only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-left-field/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Alan Trammell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leave it up to Tram. Old reliable. He had a career OPS+ of only 110, and he had just as many seasons below 100 as he did above. But over almost 2,300 career games, he posted a batting average of .285, and an OBP of .352.
1983 was Alan Trammell&#8217;s breakout season. In fact it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-shortstop/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Howard Johnson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Howard Johnson was one of those Tigers who got away. The switch hitting rookie had a solid campaign his first season, hitting twelve homeruns and driving in fifty in 355 at bats. But for whatever reason, he never was on Sparky&#8217;s good side and during the offseason, he was traded to the Mets for Walt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-third-base/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Lou Whitaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lou Whitaker was always my favorite Tiger growing up. I think it was the way everyone chanted &#8220;Lou&#8221; at the games. Little did I know that this was common practice for any player with the first name Lou. Lou Piniella apparantly got the chant, as does Lou Merloni (at least he did when he played [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-second-base/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds vs. 1984 Tigers - Darrell Evans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the 1984 season, the Tigers made what, at the time, was the biggest free agent pickup in the history of the team. Signing Darrell Evans was a big deal, similar to the Tiger&#8217;s signing Pudge in 2004 was a big deal. And in 1984, Darrell Evans was a big bust. I won&#8217;t go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-first-base/</link>
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		<title>The Great Debate - 1975 Reds Vs. 1984 Tigers - Lance Parrish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the exception of the 1945 Team, the Detroit Tigers have had great catchers on each of their World Championship Teams. In 1935, player/manager Mickey Cochrane ended up number four among all catchers in Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. The 1968 team had Bill Freehan (ranked 12th), and of course 1984 sported Tiger great, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-great-debate-1975-reds-vs-1984-tigers-catcher/</link>
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		<title>The Detroit Tigers are World Champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1984 World Series Game 5 - October 14, 1984 
Tigers 8, Padres 4 
Tigers Win Best of Seven Series 4-1
The score looks like a blowout, but what a game. The Tigers took the series in five, and beat the Padres to win the World Series at Tiger Stadium. In all, they went 4-0 in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-detroit-tigers-are-world-champions/</link>
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		<title>Tigers Edge Padres, Now One Win Away From World Championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1984 World Series Game 4 - October 13, 1984 
Tigers 4, Padres 2 
Tigers Lead Best of Seven Series 3-1
Jack Morris had a an incredible first half in 1984. He had an equally poor second half as he got roughed up start after start. But once the playoffs started, Morris was rock solid, and definitely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/tigers-edge-padres-now-one-win-away-from-world-championship/</link>
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		<title>Tigers Get By Padres, Take 2-1 World Series Lead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1984 World Series Game 3 - October 12, 1984 
Tigers 5, Padres 2 
Tigers Lead Best of Seven Series 2-1
Milt Wilcox got the nod in game three after pitching an incredible game a week before in the ALCS. He started out this game on a decent note. He let a baserunner on in each of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/tigers-get-by-padres-take-2-1-world-series-lead/</link>
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		<title>Padres Even Series as Tigers Come Home to Detroit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1984 World Series Game 2 - October 10, 1984 
Padres 5, Tigers 3 
Best of Seven Series Tied 1-1
If there&#8217;s one thing the Tigers did well in this series, it was getting out to early leads and knocking out the starting pitcher. This game was no exception, as the Tigers got through Padres&#8217; starter Ed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/padres-even-series-as-tigers-come-home-to-detroit/</link>
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		<title>Tigers Take Game One, Extend Playoff Win Streak to Four</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1984 World Series - Game OneOctober 9, 1984 Tigers 3, Padres 2 Tigers Lead Best of Seven Series 1-0
For the third time in four playoff games, the Tigers put a run on the board in the first inning. Lou Whitaker led off with a single, and Alan Trammell drove him in with a double. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/tigers-take-game-one-extend-playoff-win-streak-to-four/</link>
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		<title>The Gem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1984 American League Championship SeriesOctober 5, 1984 Tigers 1, Royals 0 Tigers Win Best of Five Series 3-0
I really enjoy a good old pitching duel. One of my favorite games was Jack Morris&#8217; 10 inning shutout in the 1992 World Series. This one was just as good, and it send the Tigers to the World [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/the-gem/</link>
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		<title>Tigers Take Game Two in Eleven Innings, One Win Away From World Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American League Championship Series Game 2October 3, 1984 Tigers 5, Royals 3 Tigers Lead Best of Five Series 2-0
While the first game was over pretty much after the first inning, this game showed why the Kansas City Royals walked away with the AL West division title.
Like Game 1, the Tigers went up quickly in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1984tigers.com/tigers-take-game-two-in-eleven-innings-one-win-away-from-world-series/</link>
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