Editor's note: This story is running in advance of this weekend, when the Detroit Tigers will honor their 1968 World Series team against the St. Louis Cardinals at Comerica Park:
When a large crowd senses its team is seconds away from a major championship, the noise can become almost scary, a deep, sustained roar that pulses through your body.
That’s the way it was in Tiger Stadium’s left-field stands on a warm September night in 1968, when the Tigers clinched the American League pennant by rallying in the ninth and beating the Yankees, 2-1.