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.

Spring Training March 5, 2019. Toronto Blue Jays 5 - Detroit Tigers 2. Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, FL

Cristian Santana, Andre Lipcius. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. March 7, 2022. (© Tom Hagerty)

Edward Paredes. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 29, 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.)

Detroit Tigers v Washington Nationals. Joker Marchant Stadium.Lakeland, Fla. March 12, 2018. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

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

Gerson Moreno. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Tigers East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 17, 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.)

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

SND's Susan Santoro and Wanda Damian pause from logging winning entries to pretend to be Detroit Tigers -- and to pretend to be in Florida at spring training with the Tigers instead of in snowbound Syracuse, NY.

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

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

#9 Carlos Guillen warming up in front of us.

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

Mom's birthday cake -- the girl of October got a cake highlighting the boys of October.

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

Aleiman Cruz. Tigers v Blue Jays. Florida Complex League. Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. Lakeland, Fla. June 25, 2026. (©Tom Hagerty) 20260625M2856TH

Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Phillies. Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. Lakeland, Fla. March 6, 2020. (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.)

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

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

James McCann. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Feb. 17, 2018. (Photo by 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.

Kaleb Martin, Eduardo Valencia, Jose Quero. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Tigers West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 26, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

JHose Rivas. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 8, 2019. (Photo by 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.

Owen Hall. Tigers v Yankees. Florida Complex League. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. May 2, 2026. (©Tom Hagerty) 20260502M2687TH

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

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

Frank Veliz, Martin Olivas. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 22, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Detroit Tiger's Game. 2006.

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

Maikol Orozco. Tigers v Yankees. Florida Complex League. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. May 2, 2026. (©Tom Hagerty) 20260502M2687TH

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!

Angel Rojas. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 6, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

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.)