I invoke the power of Michigan’s greatest poet, Philip Levine, whose “A Walk With Tom Jefferson” alludes to the Detroit Tigers and Tiger Stadium.  I have just now lit the candle at the Shrine of the Tiger. It’s heavenly light shines upon Mark Fidrych, Alan Trammell, Sparky Anderson, Al Kaline, Norm Cash and current Tigers Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Brandon Inge, Austin Jackson and our man in cigarettes, Jim Leyland. Read more →