“With two out in the bottom of the ninth, Al Kaline preserved the win with a diving catch of an Elston Howard line drive. Without the catch, Hector Lopez might have scored from first base to tie ...

Al Kaline hit line shots that routinely traveled some 500 or 600 feet past frozen outfielders and into ... Dick Lent, an outstanding catcher, would catch the 200-foot fastball with a ...

Detroit Tigers legend Al Kaline made fans out of many. But his game-saving catch against the New York Yankees made me a fan for life.

Hall of Fame outfielder Al Kaline, who played his entire 22-year career for Detroit and was known as "Mr. Tiger," died Monday at age 85. ... one-handed catch like the one he made on Mantle.

Maybe, though, the friendship was something more. Perhaps Al Kaline could sense something else in Connor Perry. ... “I think I’m the last person he ever played catch with in his life.

Al Kaline's death on Monday saddened the Detroit Tigers fan base, the region and the entire sports world. ... No frills. But that didn't catch our attention. ...

NORWICH – Despite some pregame jitters, Mr. Tiger had no problem finding the plate. Hall of Famer Al Kaline stepped to the mound at Dodd Stadium and, with an abbreviated windup, offered up a … ...

In this 1970 photo, the Detroit Tigers’ Al Kaline is shown at bat. Kaline spent his entire 22-season Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Tigers and was known affectionately as “Mr. Tiger ...

Al Kaline was prepping for his 22nd and final season as a Tiger. It was February 1974, when No. 6, as much as it pained him, agreed to put his glove away for good, nearly two months before the ...

Legendary Detroit columnist and longtime TSN contributor Joe Falls wrote about Motown icon Al Kaline in The Sporting News in 1968, ... "My dad was always there to play catch with me," said Kaline.

Al Kaline, Detroit Tigers legend, dies at 85 In 22 seasons with the Tigers, most of them as a marvelous right fielder, Kaline played in more games and hit more homers than anyone else in club ...

INCREDIBLE AS it seems to those of us who have followed his career from the beginning, Al Kaline turned 60 this past Monday. Most of us who knew him as a high school baseball phenomenon have a ...