Marty Budner, award-winning sports writer for the Observer-Eccentric has made his choice. I'll share with you his thoughts.
Gregorio:
Nice talking to ya last night…the familiar voice at the other end of the phone brought back some nice memories…like our many ventures to Tiger Stadium, especially the wonderfully exciting and memorable ‘68 season. The game I remember most that we attended was Denny McLain’s 30th victory…what a great atmosphere…they won in their last at-bat, and, if I recall correctly, the game-winning hit in that historic contest was delivered by none other than Willie Horton…thus, I vote for him a Detroit’s All-Time Leftfielder…now only did he enjoy a grand career as one of the Bengals’ most feared and respected power hitters, he’s left his legacy as a native Detroiter. He still calls the Motor City his home and he continues to wear the old English D proudly...Indeed, the best left fielder in Detroit Tigers history..
Keep in touch, my friend…
Marty b.
Nice talking to ya last night…the familiar voice at the other end of the phone brought back some nice memories…like our many ventures to Tiger Stadium, especially the wonderfully exciting and memorable ‘68 season. The game I remember most that we attended was Denny McLain’s 30th victory…what a great atmosphere…they won in their last at-bat, and, if I recall correctly, the game-winning hit in that historic contest was delivered by none other than Willie Horton…thus, I vote for him a Detroit’s All-Time Leftfielder…now only did he enjoy a grand career as one of the Bengals’ most feared and respected power hitters, he’s left his legacy as a native Detroiter. He still calls the Motor City his home and he continues to wear the old English D proudly...Indeed, the best left fielder in Detroit Tigers history..
Keep in touch, my friend…
Marty b.
There really was no other left fielder for the Tigers. Willie had it all, and he also had a pretty good club on Livernois that I played softball for, Club 23.
ReplyDeleteHis nephew also played softball with us. Here is a hint: He was one of the leading rushers in history for Eastern Michigan and went on to have a great career in the CFL. The first one to guess it right gets the first beer in Lakeland this spring.