The 1984 Detroit Tigers were Motor City's last baseball champions. The city fell in love with their Tigers and backed the team all the way through October.
This OAL (Brown) baseball is signed by 28 members of the team in ballpoint ink. "1984" is written on the ball. This sphere is linked to '84 because it contains the signature of Scott Earl who only played in the big leagues in 1984.
Those who signed include: Sparky Anderson, Rusty Kuntz, Bill Scherrer, Dave Rozema, Doug Bair, Mike Laga, Sid Monge, Scott Earl, Gates Brown, Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, Larry Herndon, Barbaro Garbey, Kirk Gibson, Dan Petry, Dan Whitman, Ruppert Jones, Willie Hernandez, Dwight Lowry, Howard Johnson, Lance Parrish, Darrell Evans, Lou Whitaker and a few more.
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