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The tiger didn't make it. Detroit Tiger infielder Lou Whitaker reaches for home plate in attempt to score against Blue Jays in yesterday' home opener (...)
The tiger didn't make it. Detroit Tiger infielder Lou Whitaker reaches for home plate in attempt to score against Blue Jays in yesterday' home opener (...)

The tiger didn't make it. Detroit Tiger infielder Lou Whitaker reaches for home plate in attempt to score against Blue Jays in yesterday' home opener (...)

Date4/14/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: The tiger didn't make it. Detroit Tiger infielder Lou Whitaker reaches for home plate in attempt to score against Blue Jays in yesterday' home opener for Toronto club. Blue Jay catcher Alan Ashby tagged the Detroit runner out. Watching the action is Tim Corcoran next batt for Tigers. Toronto fell behind early in test at Exhibition Stadium but rallied with six runs in their sixth inning to win, 10-8. Relief pitcher on Kirkwood got victory in his first appearance.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0091645F
Nearly had it. Al Greene of Detroit Tigers tried for a shoestring catch while playing leftfield against BLue Jays yesterday at Exhibition Stadium. but(...)
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When the umpire stepped away from the plate for a seventh-inning stretch, an over-exuberant fan dashed out to replace him at the Blue Jays home opener(...)
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4/7/1978
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A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. president Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
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