If you blinked during the summer of 2024, you might have missed it. But if you were paying close attention — or if you simply love the joyfully weird corners of Detroit Tigers lore — then you absolutely remember the Buddy Kennedy Era.
Yes. That Buddy Kennedy. Utility infielder. Brief Tiger. Surprise slugger. And now — improbably, yet undeniably — a World Series champion.
Kennedy, who somehow managed to wear both a Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers uniform during their runs to the 2025 Fall Classic, has signed a minor-league deal with the San Francisco Giants.