memories of the 1984 World Series (Detroit, Wayne: house, schools, live)

[sross1800]

Hi there! My name's Sean! I'm 21 years old, and I've got autism. Even though I wasn't born until 1991, and even though I'm a Cardinals fan, but since I like the nostalgia of the 1980's, and since they made it to the World Series this year playing against the Giants, what memories do you have from the 1984 World Series when the Tigers won against the Padres, with manager Sparky Anderson, and players like Jack Morris, Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammell, Willie Hernandez, Larry Herndon, Marty Castillo, Milt Wilcox, and Rusty Kuntz?

Thanks!
Sean

[zthatzmanz28]

BUBBA and the burning cars....

[Retroit]

Originally Posted by zthatzmanz28

BUBBA and the burning cars....

Yeah, same here! There was a wave of arson after they won. The Devil's Night fires were numerous that year. I don't remember the games at all, to be honest. Watching grown men in skin tight pants throw a ball around while spitting and grabbing their crotches never appealed to me.

[mike0618]

35-5. Morris no hitter. Bless you boys. Gibbys 2 hr game. Trammells 2 hr game.

[Coldjensens]

Odd. I was a senior at Wayne State, so, I was right in the middle of it, but I do not remember it at all. I probably finageled my way into a game, but I am not sure. I do remember a squad fo fully armed riot police with clear plastic shields charging through campus on two occaisions and wondering what was going on, I never found out, maybe it was related to the games.

It is weird, I just cannot remember anything at all about that year except a few picture memories. I do not think I was sleeping much. I was in school full time and working several jobs as many hours as I could get, I thik I too the LSAT and applied to 20 or so schools about then as well. It was really busy but you would think I woudl remember the world series.

I do remember the players. I got to meet Sparky Andersona and Kurt Gibson once, but I cannot rememebr where it was - a bar I think. They were surprisingly pleasant.

Maybe I should go to a game and take pictures so I will remember this one.

[unicane]

Earlier that spring I had put a pre EGR pontiac 350 on a motor stand and my brothers and I spent the summer in the garage rebuilding that motor while listening to Ernie Harwell call the Tiger games

"He stood there like the house by the side of the road"

The motor absolutey snorted when I finally put it into a 68 Firebird, never miss fired once.

The world series that year went like the regular season, a foregone conclusion. They destroyed the Padres like they destroyed everything that got in their way. The thing I remember most about that season was Hernandezes absolutlely sick split finger fastball. He would bring a little heat and set a batter up and then that split finger stike out pitch either froze the batter or made him look stoopid trying to hit it. Never heard about Willie Guermillio Hernandez before or since

The team was a Sparky Anderson master piece that was a mirror image of his Reds from the 70s. Awesome season but the series was a bore because it wasnt really competative. I didnt get to enjoy the riots in Detroit because I lived in the UP at the time.

[YAZ]

Michigan had a Tiger buzz all summer long.

I worked nights in a stamping plant in 1984, and everyone had their radios tuned to the game.

Ernie & Paul were my best friends that summer.

I still have my autographed screen printed baseball that my dad gave me for Christmas a couple of months later.

Remember Sid Monge?

How 'bout Senor Smoke?

HoJo was traded to the Mets the year before.....he went on to tear up the National League.

Tram & Lou were considered the best DP combo in baseball.

During the regular season, Darrell Evans had made an error at 1st base, costing the Tigers one of their few losses.

He received a standing ovation the next day at Tiger Stadium.