A sometimes-irreverent look at Detroit's Boys of Summer, the Tigers, as they try to return to the top of the American League Central.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Tigers fans send Ordonez off into retirement with their thanks
On Sunday, the Ilitch family and the Detroit Tigers gave longtime outfielder Magglio Ordonez the going-away ceremony he so richly deserved, honoring him before the Tigers played the Yankees at Comerica Park.
As much as anything, it was one last chance for the fans to see — and cheer — the guy who'd been the "quiet face" ... or maybe the hair ... of the franchise for the better part of seven years. Ordonez won a batting title, and launched the game-winning home run that sent the Tigers to the 2006 World Series, but what he may be remembered just as much for were his long flowing locks.
Here are some of the things fans were saying on social media:
Matthew B. Mowery formerly covered the Detroit Tigers for The Oakland Press. He has also been the college writer and lead sports copy editor for the paper. Prior to his arrival in Pontiac in 2006, Mowery previously worked at The Morning Sun in Mt. Pleasant, The Alpena News and the Midland Daily News. He's covered every possible corner of the sports world, from preps to pros, from tennis to Lions training camp for The Associated Press.
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