Detroit — The sour taste sure didn't last long for Sweet Lou.
Less than two weeks after he again was passed over for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Tigers informed him they would ditch team protocol and retire his No. 1 anyway. The ceremony will take place Aug. 29.
The announcement came Tuesday afternoon, in a Twitter post from the team, saying, simply, "It's time." For many fans, it more appropriately would've said, "It's past time."
His number will be side by side with, who else, Alan Trammell's No.