Thursday, November 26, 2020

#Freehan79 ...Day 8

                     Happy Thanksgiving! 


Hoping all of you are enjoying this day of thanks with loved ones while watching football. 




Today is Day #8 in my 11 Day Countdown to the Happy Baseball Birthday! of my favorite All-Time ballplayer, Bill Freehan, on November 29th. 

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As the Tigers played baseball in 1969, defending their American League Championship and World Series Title, Bill Freehan was a writing a book about the '69 season.


Behind the Mask would become the title of the book, a unique perspective on the view of a big league catcher throughout a 162 game marathon.



In 1969  the Tigers were 90-72, finishing in 2nd behind the eventual A.L. Champion Baltimore Orioles in the first year of Divisional play in the big leagues. 

🐯 Bill batted .262, collecting 128 base hits, w/ 14 HRs and 49 RBI in 153 games.


📘 I read the book over and over as a young kid, and probably even wrote a book report in school about it.

⚾ lost my original copy some 40 years ago, and finally got another copy of it a few years back.

It's definitely worth reading, especially if your a Tigers fan, or a fan of big league catchers. 



🦃🏈 Have a terrific day of family, football, as you and yours feast on that table of turkey, and all the fixings. 


Play BALL! 🦃🦃🦃









2 comments:

  1. Looks like the Lions didn't do so well today, hopefully their loss didn't mar your day too much, if at all.

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  2. It's a good read! You've been a fan for so long. wish I'd grown up watching those Tigers play. what a team they were in those days.

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