I had several jobs while I was in college. DJ, coach, camp counselor. But the one I kept going back to was my job as a banquet waiter in Detroit. The money was great. Anything over 4 hrs was overtime. And tips were automatically included. Yes, it was a union job. My mother got myself […]
Author Archives: Lee Patrick Sullivan
Prince – December 10th, 1981 at Detroit’s Cobo Arena: The First Time I Heard Music
Like most kids growing up in Suburban Detroit, I was first introduced to Prince by The Electrifying Mojo, the legendary underground DJ on WGPR. I was a card carrying member of the Midnight Funk Association. Mojo had been going on for hours about this 19year-old kid from Minneapolis who was going to take over the […]
Remembering Darrell Evans’ Worst Day as a Tiger
Game 5 of the 2015 American League Division Series will go down as one of the most memorable games in baseball history. The errors made by Elvis Andrus and the despicable display of sportsmanship by the Toronto fans made me think of Darrell Evans and the 1987 American League Champion Series. [Before all my Canadian […]
Why I Love Baseball – Remembering May 26th, 1995 at Tiger Stadium
Lee Patrick Sullivan is a Detroit native, and journalist living in Washington, DC. He has worked for CBS News, the BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg-TV and CNN. Despite his career taking him to London, New York and Washington, DC he has never wavered from his loyalty to his beloved Detroit Tigers. My love of the Detroit Tigers […]