Read an excerpt from Tom Gage’s The Big 50

This excerpt from The Big 50: Detroit Tigers: The Men and Moments that Made the Detroit Tigers by Tom Gage is printed with the permission of Triumph Books. For more information and to order a copy, please visit www.triumphbooks.com/big50tigers.

“I’m going back in. We’re in trouble, and there’s only one thing to do—return to the service.” —Hank Greenberg, December 9, 1941

He was a true star. He hit home runs. He drove in runs.