We unearthed thousands of Free Press photo negatives and one sports writer's score book to tell the tale of baseball's greats. "Bless you, boys." Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press
Former Detroit Tigers utility man Tony Phillips would have turned 60 on Thursday. He never quite mastered baseball. But he never quit trying.
Phillips died of an apparent heart attack a little over three years ago, in February 2016. That was a few months after he’d spent a short stint with the independent Pittsburg Diamonds baseball team in California. At 56.
"Am I gonna play?