Cooperstown, N.Y. — One of the game's biggest-game pitchers delivered one last gem.
Jack Morris, 18 years after first appearing on the ballot, 24 years after last throwing a major-league pitch, and 41 after throwing his first, finally was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame early Sunday evening.
He went in about a half-hour after Alan Trammell, giving Tigers fans the best double-play they've seen in years.
"I had no idea how much I would come to appreciate and love the hardworking people of Michigan and Detroit," Morris said during a speech that he paused several times as tears welled up.