Orlando, Fla. — Al Kaline told the story Sunday afternoon, hours before the news was released that former Tigers Alan Trammell and Jack Morris were selected for induction in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Kaline doesn’t ask for autographs. He gives them out constantly, almost non-stop when he’s in public. But he rarely, if ever, asks for one of somebody else. On Nov. 30, after the 25th anniversary dinner for Angel’s Place in Detroit, he presented Trammell with a ball and a Sharpie pen.
“Sign it, Alan Trammell, Hall of Fame,” Kaline asked.