Roger Martin: The late ’90s were a dark time for Detroit Tigers baseball. I watched the players I loved leave, like Cecil Fielder, David Wells, Tony Phillips, and Mike Henneman. I knew it was a part of the business and I accepted it but, it was tough at times when you thought in your own mind that the Tigers were close to winning and they need to do one or two more things. That fall of 1999, after I graduated high school, I watched the “future” players Matt Anderson, among others, carry over home plate to the construction site at Comerica Park on UPN Channel 50.
Detroit Tigers: Thank You Curtis Granderson
