Before The Tigers' Birth, The Wolverines Made Detroit A Big League City

DETROIT (WWJ) - One hundred-thirty years ago, the up-and-coming" Paris of the West" burst with civic pride when its 1881 Wolverines Baseball Team took the field for the first time --  eventually destined to win a proto-World Series against what are now the St. Louis Cardinals before vanishing into the boneyard of the almost-forgotten.

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