DETROIT -- The stories were flowing. A half-century after the Tigers' 1968 World Series title, Al Kaline, Willie Horton and Jim Price had memories clear enough that it sounded like last season.
Though Monday's news conference at Comerica Park was mainly about the 50th anniversary celebration, the real event was the gathering of Kaline, Horton and Price and the storytelling between the trio, bringing to life a season that many current fans know only from grainy highlight films or archives.
There was the story about the disappointment of the previous season, falling just shy of the 1967 American League pennant in a season that ended with back-to-back doubleheaders thanks to postponements.