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For more than a half century, as a superstar ballplayer, television
broadcaster, and front office executive, Al Kaline has personified
the Detroit Tigers like no one else. In the Tigers' clubhouse of
today, stars such as Miguel Cabrera and Justin Verlander--neither
of whom were even born when he played in the major
leagues--respectfully address him as "Mr. Kaline." Tigers fans
around the country of every generation refer to him simply as "Mr.
Tiger." Now, for the first time, the life and career of this
remarkable individual are presented in this compelling new
biography. Learn how the skinny, shy youngster with a deformed foot
and an undying love for the game of baseball went straight from
high school and the sandlots of Baltimore to the big leagues where,
at the age of 20, he became the youngest batting champion in
baseball history. That achievement marked the start of a
first-ballot Hall of Fame career that would carry him to 3,000 hits
and a plaque on the hallowed wall at Cooperstown.
"Dogs bark at those with whom we are angry, show their teeth to
those whom we hate, and hump themselves on those that we desire. In
short they display that which we are not permitted to display by
the rules of the veil that calls itself polite society." "The child
can take two paths to creating the adult. The first is the path of
Pygmalion. He carved from ivory a statue that he loved. He made
offerings and sacrifices and his statue was granted life by
Aphrodite. Was the statue granted life because Pygmalion's
diligence and sculpting skill pleased his patron? Or was it the
beauty of the statue that pleased her? No, it was the sacrifices.
The child must sacrifice much before the gods allow him to become a
fully living adult. Pygmalion's statue aged and died with him. The
child is cruelly denied this experience. The child must also give
up its own life for the adult to live. Sometimes one or both of its
parents must do the same. The second path that the child may take
is that of Hephaestus."
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