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Detroit Tigers: Justin Verlander and the one-day retirement package

Justin Verlander in action on June 14, 2011. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

There’s one common, looming bucket list item of the Detroit Tigers fanbase: seeing fan favorite Justin Verlander don the Olde English D once more.

One request I have for when Verlander starts discussing retirement is to offer him a one-day contract so that he can end his career wearing a Detroit Tigers uniform.

Few have done this before, but one player that stands out to me is Roy “Doc” Halladay.

Doc became a household name and pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, the same team that drafted him in 1995.