They talked Friday the way they played baseball for the Tigers. With passion and with a zeal for detail two Hall of Fame-bound celebrities brought to Tiger Stadium throughout their big-league days in Detroit.
Jack Morris was first, Alan Trammell second, during a teleconference with national media as each took breaks from speeches set to be shared with a July 29 crowd when they are commended to the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.
“I wanted it to be an impactful speech, something that has meaning,” said Morris, the powerhouse right-handed ace who won 254 games in his big-league years, 14 of which were spent with the Tigers.