Quite fitting for a batting champ

Magglio Ordonez warming up

Andy Van Slyke

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

On the scoreboard is the distance of a Curtis Granderson Home Run

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

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

Magglio sends one to right field

Gleyber Torres. Tigertown. Lakeland, Florida. Feb. 18, 2025. (© Tom Hagerty)

Check out the full size version. Thames hit the homer in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead for good.

A Joint Color Guard presents the colors during the Detroit Tigers Opening Day Ceremony at Comerica Park in Detroit, Mich. on April 3, 2026. Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers participated in the Detroit Tigers Opening Day Ceremony as a salute to service. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Benjamin Larson)

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

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

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Third Base dugout

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

Carlos Guillen knocks the crap outta the ball

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