RIP Al Kaline Topic

crazystengel
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Sad news. I started following baseball just after he retired, so never got to see him play. But for years he and George Kell were my favorite TV announcers. I loved watching the Tigers of the late 70's to early 90's, and Kaline and Kell were a big part of it. RIP.
4/6/2020 4:18 PM
italyprof
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Sad news. My condolences to all Tiger fans and all baseball lovers.
4/6/2020 5:10 PM
contrarian23
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The gentleman of his era...I always think of him and Stan Musial together.
4/6/2020 5:17 PM
contrarian23
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Roger Angell had a line about Kaline in one of his books...probably Five Seasons...in which he mentions that he (Angell) finally realized the uniqueness of Kaline's name, and wondered whether there was a Spanish player somewhere named A. Cid.

4/6/2020 5:19 PM
thunder1008
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Mr. Tiger. His greatness was matched only by his humility.
4/6/2020 5:48 PM
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Posted by contrarian23 on 4/6/2020 5:19:00 PM (view original):
Roger Angell had a line about Kaline in one of his books...probably Five Seasons...in which he mentions that he (Angell) finally realized the uniqueness of Kaline's name, and wondered whether there was a Spanish player somewhere named A. Cid.

i always thought his name was cool so i thought al kaline was cool...his name sounded catlike to me and as a detroit tiger that coincided with the name and i always thought after my home team that the tigers were one of great sounding franchises.
4/6/2020 6:18 PM
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