... and I also had been a sports fan all my life, big Detroit Tigers fan. My mother listened to all the Tigers' games on the ... about it every morning over breakfast. And also to watch Tigers games and Michigan football games, to do the sports thing read more...

... a complement to our conduct. John Fetzer owned the Detroit Tigers but, as he would say, he was the guardian of a team, not ... the owner. He believed that the Tigers embodied what people can do in a competitive way, without read more...

... are given of Anabaptist families, including the Wengers, Reutigers and Ebys who were among the first arrivals. We believe ... Joseph (A22269) wanted to join his cronies in the afternoon games of checkers that were an Ohio pastime. With the proposed read more...

... himself to the presidency and ownership of the Detroit Tigers in the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. I ... my love for baseball, and more particularly the Detroit Tigers. Amateur radio station constructed by John E. Fetzer in read more...

... end effect of truth. Saved his life not to own the Detroit Tigers and not to become a multi-zillionaire, but saved his life ... for people to see. Everyone in Lafayette was a Detroit Tigers fan. Pelletier (1989). (put in childhood, and in 1989) His read more...

Tom Beaver Oral History 1 of 9 December 10, 2017

... There was a Muskegon, Michigan, station that carried the Tigers that was a lot better broadcast but not for night games. At ... we would listen to KZO. So we would listen to the Tiger games on KZO. And so, uh, I just thought, okay, they're calling read more...

Tom Beaver Oral History 2 of 9 December 10, 2017

... day went, plus we watched University of Michigan football games. Lots of Tigers games, of course. And while Rhea was alive ... down with pneumonia in, uh, late summer of '89, when the Tigers put on a softball benefit game at Western Michigan, Waldo read more...

Tom Beaver Oral History 3 of 9 December 10, 2017

... for a slugger named Rocky Colavito. Colavito came to the Tigers, played a few years, and did fairly well, but Bunning went ... on to win more games for the Phillies than he did for the Tigers even. [0:41:44] So, anyway, here's the quote. Um, uh, John read more...

... Fetzer’s radio station WKZO, was coverage of the Detroit Tigers baseball games. In 1956, John organized an eleven-man ... syndicate and purchased the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club, retaining a one-third ownership. Over the read more...

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