When that season ended, Short dealt his best starting pitcher and the left side of his infield to the Detroit Tigers for erstwhile 30-game-winner Denny McLain, who had spent most of the 1970 campaign suspended because of gambling allegations.

When the Tigers began the 1968 season in first place, winning nine consecutive games after losing the season opening game, McLain made controversial statements in early May by criticizing Detroit fans for being, " the biggest front-running fans in the world.

When Mantle came to bat in the eighth inning with McLain and the Tigers holding a 6-1 lead, McLain intentionally threw a soft pitch directly over home plate.

When the Vernon Tigers abandoned Los Angeles after the 1925 season, it was suggested to Lane that he would do well to transfer his team to southern California.

In particular, the song " When the Tigers Broke Free " ( featured in the soundtrack to the film of The Wall, and later added to The Final Cut ) recounts the events at Anzio.

* This battle inspired the Pink Floyd song " When the Tigers Broke Free ".

* When the Tigers Broke Free

When the Massillon Tigers arrived on the scene and went professional, Canton, as an amateur team, was no longer competitive.

When Brooklyn Tigers owner Dan Topping announced his intentions to join the All-America Football Conference in 1946, his NFL franchise was revoked and all of its players were assigned to the Yanks.

When Thorpe returned to action in a postseason game against the New York Brickley Giants in December, the Tigers were again victorious.

When the newspapers reported about " the Tigers " it was usually in reference to the amateurs.

When they beat Waterloo on the last day of the 1987 / 88 season, the Tigers became England ’ s first official champions.

When it was initially ( and erroneously ) reported that Nap Lajoie had won the batting title, Crawford was alleged to have been one of several Tigers who sent a telegram to Lajoie congratulating him on beating Cobb.

Echoes is the first album released on Compact Disc that includes " When the Tigers Broke Free ", which appeared in the film version of Pink Floyd — The Wall ( the song later appeared on the 2004 re-release of The Final Cut in a slightly re-mixed form ).

When Doolittle arrived in Chongqing, he told Colonel Claire Chennault, leader of the Flying Tigers, about Birch and his help.

When the 2004 Major League Baseball season opened in Japan, the Tigers played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees at the Tokyo Dome on March 29.

" When paired with Larry Osterman on Tigers telecasts in the late 1960s and early ' 70s, the opening was often " Thank you, Larry, and good afternoon.

When the novelist threw out the first pitch at a June 15, 1999 Tigers game, Leonard wore a No. 21 jersey that was presented to him by the Tigers in an homage to Kell.

When his playing career ended after stints with the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres, Podres served as the pitching coach for the Padres, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies for 13 seasons between and.

When Tigers pitcher Bill James agreed that his team would go easy, the Tigers lost all four games, allowing the White Sox to win the American League pennant.

His brother Mike McTernan was the singer for Damnation A. D., and currently sings for When Tigers Fight.

* When Tigers Fight

When one of the two programmers left CompuNet, the remaining programmer, Alan Lenton, decided to rewrite the game from scratch and named it Federation II ( at the time no Federation I existed ).

* When a Man Loves ( 1927 ), directed by Alan Crosland, with John Barrymore and Dolores Costello

When Prince Alexander died on 28 January 1284, leaving only the king's granddaughter Margaret living out of his descendants, Alexander III summoned all thirteen Earls of Scotland, twenty-four barons and the heads of the three main Gaelic kindreds of the West, Alexander of Argyll, Aonghas Mór of Islay and Alan MacRuari of Garmoran.

When the character returned for the 1968 film Inspector Clouseau, he was portrayed by American actor Alan Arkin ; Edwards was not involved in this production.

When Cain was returned with a small but workable majority, Kennett was again criticised within his own party, and in 1989 he was deposed as leader and replaced by Alan Brown, a little-known rural Member of the Legislative Assembly.

When Pasko had to give up work on the title due to increasing television commitments, editor Len Wein assigned the title to British writer Alan Moore.

When Alan J. W. Bell took over as producer, the plots of Last of the Summer Wine moved away from the original dialogue-packed scenes in the pub and the library ; guest actors were brought in to interact with the trio in new situations.

* When the Russian film Jack Frost was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, one of the first comments on the credits was " These names are Russian for Alan Smithee!

" When the Assets Recovery Agency won a High Court order to seize luxury homes belonging to ex-policeman Colin Robert Armstrong and his partner Geraldine Mallon in 2005, Alan McQuillan said " We have further alleged Armstrong has had links with the UVF and then the LVF following the split between those organisations.

When England manager Glenn Hoddle took the Captain's armband from Adams and gave it to Alan Shearer it was a bitter pill for Adams to swallow.

When invited to deliver the Ford Lectures, he was initially at a loss for a topic, and it was his friend Alan Bullock who suggested the topic of foreign policy dissent.

** Alan Jackson's performance of " Where Were You ( When the World Stopped Turning )"

" Series 5, Episode 8-Guest Host: Rupert Everett " ( 2007 ): Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr take Rupert Everett to a When The Music Stops speed dating event in a London bar.

When Alan was 10, the family moved to Dallas, where John Lomax took a job selling bonds in a bank.

When Alan asks Cesare how long he will live, Cesare bluntly replies that Alan will die before dawn tomorrow — a prophecy which is fulfilled.

When Lerner attacked seminaries for being " more interested in producing organizational men for Jewish life than spiritual leaders connected to the deepest spiritual and social-justice minds ", Rabbi Alan Lew said " That is arrogant nonsense ...

When he returns home, Alan learns that Roger has died.

** Alan Jackson ( songwriter ) for " Where Were You ( When the World Stopped Turning )"

When Rodney met Cassandra, her parents Alan and Pamela ( Denis Lill and Wanda Ventham ) became casually recurring characters.

When the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine delivered its recommendations for the partition of Palestine, the High Commissioner of Palestine, Alan Cunningham sent emissaries to Cairo to sound out the Mufti, though transferring any power of state to him was unthinkable.

When Meredith discovers that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Jos Jones ( Alan Bates ), they get married.

When she meets and falls in love with Alan Merrick, a lawyer, she suggests they live together without getting married.

When discussing the concept of the show, creator Alan Ball elaborates on the foremost questions the show ’ s pilot targeted:

When he does realize this thanks to Alan, Big Bird.