Detroit — They threw a princely party for some special guys Saturday at Comerica Park.
You might ask any of the 30,268 who turned out on a football Saturday why they showed up, expecting to be awed, like people revved to see Old Faithful or Niagara Falls.
It’s because the 1968 Tigers were, like nature’s treasures, a phenomenon you had to experience to fully appreciate.
If you’re looking for a parallel to baseball in Detroit and in Michigan to match 1968, forget it. The 1984 champion Tigers were a team of talent and dynamism so overwhelming they could start a season 35-5 and then wipe away the Padres in that autumn’s World Series.