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
Al Kaline was never in a hurry. That’s how it is when you know where you’re going, whether chasing a line drive in the outfield of Tiger Stadium, or a slider as it dips and veers across the plate, or a prospect on the backfields at Tiger Town in Lakeland, Florida.
And if you move at your own pace in life, you tend to see more of it than most. That’s what Jim Leyland remembers about the Tigers’ legendary outfielder who died Monday at age 85.