Tom Gage The Detroit News Comments Detroit To get dressed for his first game as a Tiger, Al Kaline didnt have a locker. He had a nail. A nail on the door of the bathroom. It was 1953 60 years ago Tuesday night and Kaline had just arrived on the train from his home in Baltimore to Tigers hotel in Philadelphia, where the Tigers were playing the As. All the players took the bus back then, Kaline said. They didnt have the money for cabs, but the bus always left on time and I was running late. Our manager, Fred Hutchinson, saw me checking in and told me theyd hold the bus for me. So I made some of my teammates angry right away. The series was being played in Shibe Park, known...
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