For today's entry, I toyed with the idea of detailing the creation of the modern NFL. You know, the AFL-NFL merger, the defunct All American Football Conference (that's where the 49ers came from), all that. It's truly a fascinating story, but also a really long, in-depth one. So, we'll save that for another day.
For now, a short but important fact. Did you realize that every Lions and Tigers championship occured at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull?
How about the fact that Lou Gehrig played 2,130 straight games...the last of which was played at The Corner. Babe Ruth once hit a 600 foot home run there, along with the 700th of his career. It was truly a historic venue, one that was taken for granted by the city of Detroit. We have the money to tear down a place that brought joy, success and relationships to a war-torn city, but we don't have the money to tear down a small crack house on Warren Avenue.
One last Tiger question for the night: Who is the winningest Tiger pitcher in history? One might think McLain, Lolich, Morris or Newhouser. But in fact, Hooks Dauss won 222 games as a Tiger during the early 1920s. Jack Morris is a distant 5th with 182. McLain? Not in the top 5.
Thanks to Terry Foster's book, "100 Things Tigers Fans Should Know" for teaching me these trivia answers.
Tomorrow, we'll begin to dissect the importance of "The Greatest Game Ever Played," the 1958 NFL Championship between the Colts and the Giants. That one will teach you something about the NFL.
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