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

I didn't ride this.

Max Clark. Tigers v Yankees. Florida Complex League. Tigertown. Lakeland, Florida. July 29, 2023. (©Tom Hagerty)

On a radio in the background on a summer night. 1965 Zenith Trans-Oceanic.Go Tigers.

Cole Zabowski. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Tigers West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 24, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

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

The Tiger's ace, Justin Verlander, warming up on the mound.

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

Pavin Parks. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Phillies East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 30, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

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

For the blog. Yes, it's a terrible pun, no, I'm not sorry, not even a little bit.

The post.

Erick Mendez. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 29, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees. Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. Lakeland, Fla. March 5, 2020. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

I know this photo is out-of-focus but I couldn't bear deleting it because it was the only one that day with direct eye contact.

Jose Rivera. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Phillies West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 19, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros. Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. Lakeland, Fla. Feb. 24, 2020. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Ildemaro Escalona. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Phillies West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 19, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 20, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Mike Laga on deck

March 1986

Spring Training

Lakeland, FL

Instamatic HFS

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

Cole Zabowski. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Tigers West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 24, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Bryce Tassin. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 20, 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.)

Tiger's 2017 Caravan

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

Team 8x10 photos of the World Champion 1968 Detroit Tigers

Detroit, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2024

Miguel Cabrera. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Feb. 19, 2020. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 20, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees West. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 29, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)

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To Tigers! I love this logo.

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

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