Comments on: Bill Freehan

By: jstefanick

March 9, 2011, 5:27 pm

With the dizzying speed that these March days are going by, I dont want to see one of these fine essays go by without some commentary. Freehan was one of the very underrated catchers possibly in...

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By: pieman1121

March 10, 2011, 5:19 am

Freehan was Detroit, wasn’t he? I didn’t realize that he was born in Detroit, went to the University of Michigan and played his whole career with the Tigers. What’s he doing now?

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i read bill freehan’s autobiography, “behind the mask,” when i was a kid, marking my transition from scholastic quickie sports bios to the real deal, leading to such great books as “ball four,” “the...

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By: Josh Wilker

March 10, 2011, 8:36 am

My Bill James book is temporarily packed up in a box, but I believe Freehan was ranked up pretty near the top of the catchers, and just a shade ahead of fellow Tiger Lance Parrish. According to the...

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