OUR DETROIT TIGERS ARE BASEBALL’S WORLD CHAMPS!


 

CKLW 20/20 NEWS * Don Patrick * OCTOBER 10, 1968

 

Busch Stadium 4:06 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 1968 (Photo courtesy Associated Press)

Joy in Tiger Town 4:20 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 1968 (Photo courtesy Detroit Free Press archives)

Detroit Tigers fans revel through Detroit downtown streets over the Detroit Tigers 1968 World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, October 10, 1968. (Photo courtesy AP)

Jubilation! Detroiters celebrate through the night in series championship. Thursday, October 10, 1968 (Photo courtesy Detroit Free Press archives)

Detroit Free Press Friday, October 11, 1968

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

A special THANK YOU to CKLW’s Charlie OBrien for sharing this (10/10/1968) Don Patrick 20/20 News memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

 

THE 1968 WORLD SERIES on NBC RADIO

 

Motor City Radio Flashbacks featured the seven games of the 1968 World Series to commemorate the Detroit Tigers World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals —  fifty years ago — last year in October.

All seven games of the 1968 World Series broadcasts over the NBC Radio Network is archived on this site, HERE.

 

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Detroit Free Press Friday, October 11, 1968


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2 thoughts on “OUR DETROIT TIGERS ARE BASEBALL’S WORLD CHAMPS!”

    1. Thank you so kindly, Gary Hernbroth! Every effort put into this website is a labor of love — mostly happy ones (and there are some sad ones). This was just one of those happy, great memories, gladly having shared! 🙂

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