A look back at the life of Al Kaline, the Detroit Tigers great, who died on April 6, 2020, at age 85. Detroit Free Press
Ask Jeff Daniels what it was about Al Kaline, why he was so drawn to him as a youngster in the mid-1960s and how the former Detroit Tigers great shaped his life, and he takes you to a television scene — Season 1, Episode 1 of HBO’s "The Newsroom" as his answer.
“That comes from that Midwestern work ethic,” Daniels said Wednesday afternoon from his home in Chelsea.