Jack Flaherty. Tigertown. Lakeland, Florida. Feb. 13, 2025. (© Tom Hagerty)

Sanchez's Little Smiles provides families the opportunity to escape their daily hardships and enjoy an evening together while watching Tigers baseball at Comerica Park from inside the Sanchez family's suite! To help launch the program, The Anderson Family and Dr. Arlene Rozzelle from the Children's Hospital of Michigan Plastic Surgery Department took part in the celebration.

Bigger and readable.

Guarner Dipre. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Phillies East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

To commemorate Justin Verlander’s second no-hitter yesterday, I purchased this bobblehead today. It’s a limited edition, number 606 of 2,011. The best thing about it was on sale for $12.99! Woo hoo!

Joaquin Benoit Pitches in the 8th inning vs. the Royals

Kelvin Smith. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Phillies West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 10, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Yoandy Rea. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 8, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

May 29, 1999

Paul Richan. Tigers v Phillies. Fall Instructional League. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Sept. 19, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Alberto Rodriguez. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 28, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Rainer Nunez. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 24, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Phillies East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Jose Tortolero. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Phillies East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Wilfredo Flores. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Phillies East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Yhon Perez. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 8, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Tigers East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Gleyber Torres. Detroit Tigers. Spring Training. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Feb. 17, 2026. (© Tom Hagerty)

Kelvin Smith. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Phillies West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 10, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Alexander Vargas. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 22, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 27, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Tigertown. Lakeland, Florida. Feb. 14, 2025. (© Tom Hagerty)

Jose Quero. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Phillies West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 10, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Javier Baez. Detroit Tigers. Spring Training. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Feb. 17, 2026. (© Tom Hagerty)

Tigertown. Lakeland, Florida. Feb. 20, 2025. (© Tom Hagerty)

Tre Jester, Antonio Gomez, Jose Quero. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 6, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Ricardo Silva. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 12, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Jimmy Mojica, Orelvis Martinez. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 24, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Taken at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan.

Rainer Nunez. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 8, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Jose Rivas. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 24, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Tigertown. Lakeland, Florida. Feb. 12, 2025. (© Tom Hagerty) 20240918M2089TH

Joe Ruzicka, Martin Tamara. Tigers v Blue Jays. Florida Complex League. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. May 15, 2026. (©Tom Hagerty) 20260515M2727TH

Ronald Ramirez. Tigers v Blue Jays. Florida Complex League. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. May 15, 2026. (©Tom Hagerty) 20260515M2727TH

The Empire State Building is lit in Detroit Tigers colors in honor of the 2017 MLB season.

Rainer Nunez. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 28, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Frank Veliz. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Tigers East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

By the time I mentioned this game to my parents days later, I'd forgotten who the Tigers played (the Mariners). You can tell I was more there to take photos than watch a game, though I watched most of it. And flipped through my Detroit architecture guide...

Jose Rivas, Anthony Milton. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 8, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Antonio Gomez. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 22, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Jhoiner Rodriguez. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 22, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)