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Bill Freehan

Lest we forget: Bill Freehan

August 20, 2021

The 12-time All-Star catcher for the Detroit Tigers of the 60s and 70s passed away earlier this week at the age of 79. Here’s the obit from the Detroit Free Press. Freehan finished in the top three for the AL MVP vote in 1967 and 1968. He took advantage of his fame by publishing Behind […]

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Literary birthday greetings

November 29, 2010

Catching up after the holidays, we have: Bill Freehan turns 65 today. The backbone of the Detroit Tigers, Freehan published Behind the Mask; an Inside Baseball Diary in 1970. Minnie Minoso, aka The Cuban Comet, turns 85. He published Extra Innings: My Life in Baseball in 1983 and followed it up 11 years later with […]

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