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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #4, a 30-minute podcast about the American League Champion Detroit Tigers recorded live from Swifton, Arkansas, and Scottsdale, Arizona U.S.A.

In this episode we talk with Hall of Famer and former Tigers TV and radio voice George Kell. We spoke to Mr. Kell from his home in Swifton, Arkansas.

Here are some of the numbers from George Kell’s 15-year career (1943 to 1957):

• Played for Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles
• Career .306 hitter
• Won the 1949 American League Batting Crown by less than two ten-thousandths of a point over Ted Williams. Kell batted .34291 to Williams’ .34276
• A 10-time All Star including eight straight between 1947 and 1954. He missed the game in 1955 but was an All Star his final two seasons.
• Lowest batting average was in his rookie year when he batted .262

Mr. Kell also broadcast Tigers games on radio and TV from 1959 to 1996. He sat out one year, 1964, before returning to the booth.

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 The Detroit Tigers Podcast #3 [63:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (45)

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #3, a 1 hour, 3-minute podcast about the American League Champion Detroit Tigers recorded live from St. Simons Island, Georgia and Scottsdale, Arizona U.S.A.

In this episode we talk with Lynn Henning from The Detroit News. We spoke to Lynn a few days before he arrived in Lakeland to cover Spring Training 2007.

In addition to covering the Tigers and other pro and college sports, Lynn is the author of several popular sports books including:

• Spartan Seasons II: More Triumphs and Turmoil of Michigan State Sports
• Bottom of the Ninth, which he authored with Kirk Gibson, is a fun, coffee-table style book that was published in 1997.
• Spartan Seasons: The Triumphs and Turmoil of Michigan State Sports

Download the audio file or grab the RSS feed here. Once I have the first episode posted I’ll publish it to iTunes and the other popular and unpopular podcast directories.

Comments? Leave a message on the listener line, (480) 383-6350, or leave a comment here!

Talk to you next time…on The Detroit Tigers Podcast.

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The Detroit Tigers Podcast is not affiliated in any way with the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club or Major League Baseball.

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #2.

In this episode we talk with Detroit resident and prolific baseball author Gary Gillette of ESPN.com. We spoke to Gary in his Detroit office shortly before pitchers and catchers arrived in Lakeland.

Gary is the author of several popular sports books including:

• The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
• The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia

Plus two new Detroit Tigers books:

• Tigers Corner 2007: An Annual Guide to Detroit Tigers Baseball
• The Ultimate Tigers Companion: A Complete Statistical and Reference Guide

Download the audio file or grab the RSS feed here. Once I have the first episode posted I’ll publish it to iTunes and the other popular and unpopular podcast directories.

Comments? Leave a message on the listener line, (480) 383-6350, or leave a comment here!

Talk to you next time…on The Detroit Tigers Podcast.

Be sure to check out The Daily Fungo, my Tigers blog, for more conversations about the team. To stay current with the blog, use this RSS feed.

The Detroit Tigers Podcast is not affiliated in any way with the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club or Major League Baseball.

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 The DTP #1 [35:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (52)

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #1.

In this inaugural episode we talk with Detroit-area native and president of The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Dale Petroskey. Also, Dale and his brother founded The Mayo Smith Society, a worldwide organization of Detroit Tigers fans.

We caught up with Dale in his Cooperstown, N.Y. office a few days after Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken were elected to the Hall of Fame.

Grab the RSS feed here. Once I have the first episode posted I’ll publish it to iTunes and the other popular and unpopular podcast directories.

Comments? Leave a message on the listener line, (480) 383-6350, or leave a comment here!

Talk to you next time…on The Detroit Tigers Podcast.

Be sure to check out The Daily Fungo, my Tigers blog, for more conversations about the team. To stay current with the blog, use this RSS feed.

The Detroit Tigers Podcast is not affiliated in any way with the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club or Major League Baseball.