Wire to Wire: Inside the 1984 Detroit Tigers Championship Season

(Hardback)

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Award-winning Detroit columnist George Cantor revisits the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers with unparalleled insight into what the season meant to a reeling city filled with delirious fans. The book delves into the details of a year when fantasy became realitythe Tigers chewed up their opponents, spit them out, and catapulted to the top without looking backand provides fans with the opportunity to relive a season in history that baseball aficionados won't soon forget.

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George Cantor has been a writer for Detroit newspapers for more than 40 years. He was on the baseball beat when the Tigers won the 1968 World Series, chronicled the feats of the 1984 Tigers as a news columnist, and was given the honor of throwing out the first pitch in one of the last games played at historic Tiger Stadium. He has written more than a dozen books on sports, history, and travel, as well as appearing frequently on local radio and television. He lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Chet Lemon is a former MLB outfielder, a three-time All-Star, and a member of the World Series champion 1984 Detroit Tigers.