They weren't Tigers but had a Detroit Baseball connection
https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2026/02/clinton-tiny-forge-former-negro-leagues-catcher-from-birmingham-dead-at-age-90/
Ron "Schoolboy" Teasley
https://www.mlb.com/news/former-negro-leaguer-ron-schoolboy-teasley-dies-at-99?adobe_mc=TS%3D1770246785|MCMID%3D75703849256014150018988617340891444480|MCORGID%3DA65F776A5245B01B0A490D44@AdobeOrg&affiliateId=mlbapp-ios_webview_news-index&rsid=mlbios.at.bat.new.implementation
They broke ground here a couple weeks back for a company to build guided missiles and some people went berserk. Didn't matter that the missiles were not armed and there is a big Navy weapons depot about 15 miles down the road...
Until I asked if they preferred an ICE holding facility
When Obama roasted him at the Press Club Dinner back in 2011, he really went off the rails. He had already fallen into his conspiracy theories then. But a black man with a funny name winning the White House....
The same with most of the party...
He doesn't have to be smart, thats a feature in the Oligarchy Party. He's the pitch man, the guy in front of the camera for a manufactured game show. They tell him what to do and he does it. If he takes the fall so much better. Next patsy (JD) up,,,
Waiting to see if my TMobile deal will be around again this Spring. It won't help those in the Detroit Market, but with the exception of the O's and the Nat's its good here.
Taking it a step further, teams that paid "big money" for high school, college, players (around $7500-$10,000 in the late 50s and pre draft were required to keep the player on the big league roster.
Teams also claimed territorial rights to players leading up to the draft. Basically it was the Wild West