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Baseball legends remember Detroit Tigers' Al Kaline: 'He saved my ass a few times'

A look back at the life of Al Kaline, the Detroit Tigers great, who died on April 6, 2020, at age 85. Detroit Free Press

The 1968 Detroit Tigers and the rest of the baseball world are mourning the death of Tigers legend Al Kaline, who died Monday at his home in Bloomfield Hills. Here's some of the reaction, as told to Free Press special writer Bill Dow:

Mickey Lolich, Tigers teammate 1963-74:

“Al was the best player I ever saw and was picture perfect. He wasn’t a rah, rah guy in the locker room but was the team leader by example.