This week we celebrate the 89th birthday posthumously, of the baseball icon, who went straight from Southern High School in Baltimore, to the Detroit Tigers, all the way to the Pantheon of immortals in Cooperstown, New York, without spending one day in the minor leagues. As the 2023 calendar melts away, we add Mr Tiger; Al Kaline to our collecrion of ballplayers and their stories. #AlKaline #NicolasKaline #DetroitTigers #SouthernHighSchool #EdKatalinas #SpikeBriggs #FredHutchinson #WillieHorton #DaveMcNally #HarveyKuenn #BillAnderson