A look back at the life of Al Kaline, the Detroit Tigers great, who died on April 6, 2020, at age 85. Detroit Free Press
It was a routine January morning in 1980 when the phone rang. It was Free Press sports editor Tom Hennessey.
“We got a tip,” Hennessey told me. “We think Al Kaline is going to make it into the Hall of Fame today.”
I was thrilled for Kaline, who died Monday at the age of 85, especially since the only other job I had had was the six years working concessions for Sportservice at Tiger Stadium, where I learned to appreciate Kaline’s brilliance.