Tiger Cub Threatens Tigers' World Series
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How a real baby tiger nearly jeopardized Detroit's 1984 World Series season
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Detroit Tigers pitcher Milt Wilcox put his pitching hand in the mouth of a baby tiger during a photoshoot.
The shoot was for a Detroit Free Press season preview story about the strength of the Tigers up the middle.
Wilcox went on to have the best season of his career, helping the Tigers win the World Series .
Mary Schroeder was a pioneer in sports photojournalism.
She was the only woman on the field in an army of photographers.
She took iconic photo of a wild and crazed Gibson celebrating his Game 5 home run against the Padres at Tiger Stadium.
The NBC cameras missed it, showing Gibson from behind and from the waist up at the money moment.
It led to an unexpected friendship between Schroeder and Gibson .
The Fab Four up the middle were real tigers that season.
Milt Wilcox put his pitching hand into the mouth of the tiger.
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