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

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

Chad Patterson, Michael Dominguez. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 28, 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.)

Tigers at Orioles 4/28/18

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.)

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.

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

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

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

Hemmanuel Rosario. Gulf Coast League Tigers East v Gulf Coast League Yankees East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. Aug. 6, 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.)

To Tigers! I love this logo.

Michigan Army National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Christopher Nowicki delivers the game-ball to start off game 5 as the Detroit Tigers take on the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series at Comerica Park in Detroit, on October 17, 2013. Nowicki is a member of the 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment based in Lansing, Mich., deployed with the 119th to Kuwait in 2010 as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense. (Michigan National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Denice Rankin/Released).

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

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

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

Go Detroit

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

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.)

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

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

Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago White Sox 04-24-2014

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

Cesar Rodriguez, Brenden Kudlinski. Gulf Coast League Tigers West v Gulf Coast League Phillies East. Tigertown. Lakeland, Fla. July 30, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty.)