Wire to Wire: Inside the 1984 Detroit Tigers Championship Season

by George Cantor, Chet Lemon (Foreword)

Award-winning Detroit columnist George Cantor revisits the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers with unparalleled insight into what the season meant to a reeling city filled with delirious fans. The book delves into the details of a year when fantasy became reality—the Tigers chewed up their opponents, spit them out, and catapulted to the top without looking back—and provides fans with the opportunity to relive a season in history that baseball aficionados won't soon forget.

Genres: Baseball, Sports

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Tom Gase · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book about the 1984 Detroit Tigers season by author George Cantor. At around 165 pages before the boxscores at the end, it's a real quick read, but it gets right to the point. Not extremely detailed but every chapter seems to not only tell a portion of the season going from March through October, but also talks about a player on the team such as Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammell, Jack Morris, Willie Hernandez, Lou Whitaker, Dan Petry, Darrell Evans, Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, Tom Brookens, Milt Wilcox, Larry Herndon, Aurelio Lopez, Sparky Anderson and others. Each chapter is also only about five pages and features a lot of full-page action photos. In reality I could have finished this book in a day, but it took me two. Still, good stuff. A must for Tiger fans.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable summer read and flashbacks to childhood memories

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I long for a season like this.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are a Tigers fan.

I was stationed in Germany with the Army during the '84 season. I only got to see the games on TV when they were part of the AFN broadcast. This book let me relive it. I saw this book behind Jack Morris in a Tigers pre-game show. Its last comments are after the 2003 season so it doesn't mention how great the Tigers became for the 10 years after that.

[Ken McGuire · Rating 3 out of 5]

I moved to Michigan while in grade school in 1980, and was in Junior High in 1984. And "Our" Tigers were certainly something special - something in which we could actually have some pride. We thought that it was the beginning of a baseball dynasty - not realizing how special it was.

Now it is 30 years later. The Tigers have had their ups and downs since then - mostly downs. This was especially the case ten years ago when this book was written.

It is hardly a classic - in just about any sense. But it is a decent record of that amazing season, with decent interviews throughout.

[Bearcatgary · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book brought back lots of memories of my most beloved baseball team ever. Growing up a Tigers fan, 1984 was a dream come true. Cantors book, however, does not do the team justice. Wire To Wire lacks the depth necessary to bring the season to life for those fans who didn't actually experience it firsthand. The chapters seem tho have been written independently and cause the book to have a lack of flow. Even considering these problems, I still enjoyed the book.

[Lance · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay for some parts but was hoping for better. Full review can be found here:

http://sportsbookguy.blogspot.com/201...

[Justin Schlehuber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chet Lemon is a top 5 name of all time.

[Danny Knobler · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good look back at a memorable team.