Quote Originally Posted by EastsideAl View Post
On a side note, I've often heard a story about how Willie [[my favorite Tiger in those days) went out on 12th St. on the first day of the riot, perhaps in his uniform, to try to calm things down. Anyone happen to know if there's any confirmation or evidence that this story is actually true?
I posed this same question at this site some time ago. If memory serves it wasn't received all that well, as in "How can you question Willie?" Alas, it seems Willie is the only "witness" to his being in the midst of the riots. I've yet to find an account from someone else that was there.