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1955 Virgil Trucks returns to the Tigers in a trade for White Sox's third baseman, Bubba Phillips. The 38-year-old right-handed 'Fire's fastball has lost its blaze, and the right-hander will post a 6-5 record in his one-year return engagement with Detroit.
1983

"You're sitting behind home and first. We'll be between first and third." - LOU WHITAKER, telling Magnum and double-play partner Alan Trammell where they'll be located at tomorrow's Tigers game.

Playing themselves, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker make a cameo appearance on the hit show Magnum PI. After the private detective, portrayed by Tom Sellack, complains at a bar about missing the homestand's last game, the team's double-play tandem, whom he doesn't recognize, gives him a business card, which are tickets for the sold-out game.


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