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Book Signings and Events

May
16
Andy Van Slyke - "Tigers Confidential"
Andy Van Slyke
Barnes & Noble #2627
2800 S. Rochester Rd, Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (map it)
Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 1:00pm
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Tigers Confidential
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By Andy Van Slyke, By Jim Hawkins

Cloth

ISBN 9781600781681

Published Mar 2009

<DIV>Former MLB All-Star and Gold Glove winner Andy Van Slyke, now the first-base coach of the Detroit Tigers, takes you into the dugout, the clubhouse, and onto the field throughout the 2008 season to give you a rare inside look at the most highly anticipated season in the Tigers' storied 108-year history-day by day, game by game, as it actually unfolded. The book combines Van Slyke's insightful, introspective, sometimes humorous diary from the dugout and the playing field with veteran baseball writer Jim Hawkins' view from the press box in real time as the games actually occurred. Each entry is made without the benefit of hindsight, not knowing what the next game or the next day would bring. Stand beside Van Slyke in the first-base coach's box and sit beside him in the dugout to feel the emotions rise and fall with each win and each loss, as the Detroit Tigers, preseason favorites to win the 2008 American League pennant with their franchise-record $139 million payroll, deal with the daily grind of the 162-game season.</DIV>