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The Tigers Lose One from the ’68 Team
The Tigers Lose One from the ’68 Team
The Tigers Lose One from the ’68 Team
The Tigers lost one of the heroes from the 1968 World Series winning team.  Jim Northrup, versatile outfielder with the Tigers for eleven seasons, died Wednesday after a lengthy illness.  He was 71.  Northrup is perhaps best known to Tiger fans for a two-out, bases-loaded triple in the top of the seventh off St...