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"So I wrote down an introduction, read it on radio, met Hoot Evers, and that was the first time I ever wrote anything." Although he describes himself as shy, Cohen ag- gressively pursued media op- portunities after discovering that he enjoyed writing. He telephoned Joe Falls, then a sports columnist for the Free Press, and asked for more baseball trivia in the newspaper. "He probably gave the stock answer," says Cohen, "what he told everybody else — 'Well, write it down and send it to me' — just to get rid of people. So I wrote it down, but instead of signing my name, I signed `Mr. Baseball.' I figure if he sees 'Mr. Baseball,' he would pay attention to that. So then I started sending more stuff under 'Mr. Baseball; and he put it in his column: 'Mr. Baseball says . . ! " Eventually, Falls allowed Cohen to write full columns, putting Cohen's picture by the headline. This led Cohen to another opportunity, writing columns for a short- lived, weekly TV guide which was published locally by ex- Tiger Denny McLain. He wrote at night, working for Wayne County during the day. In 1973, he and some friends started the Baseball Bulletin, a monthly tabloid- style paper which published 60 consecutive issues from 1973 to 1979, when Cohen tired of the work load and sold the paper. Cohen was editor, chief writer, photographer and basically put the paper together in his spare time. While he did not end up making money on the paper, "For five years in a row, I got to go to the World Series, the winter meetings, five all-star games. I got to know commis- sioners, players, everybody. And that's how I made my mark. Because you just can't walk into the Tigers and say, `Here I am, take me.' So I got to know them, and the people in the office here, Jim Camp- bell (Tiger president), whatever, from 1973 on." Cohen still writes, penning articles for one weekly paper (Sports Collector's Digest) and two monthlies (Sports Fans Journal and Baseball Cards magazine). The Tigers' job is like a dream come true for this long- time baseball fan. "A lot of times, everybody here takes what they do for granted. But I'm sure there's people out there who'd love to be doing what we do." Through his media work, Cohen can meet most of any baseball player he wants. His position with the Tigers also involves working with the players, so he gets to know many of them.. "I shmooze in the dugout with a lot of 'em. I was closest with Lance Parrish (who now plays for Philadelphia). But right now I'd say Matt Nokes, "Darrell Evans. Nokes is very interested in religion, he's a very religious fellow himself. A lot of the Tigers are — (Frank) Tanana, Nokes." None of the current Tigers are Jewish. "Nokes would ask me a lot of questions about Judaism. He told me his mother had cancer and she couldn't manuever around too well. So she went to Israel and never felt as good in her life, and walked all around and then she came back. She died within two weeks. He's very pro-Israel. "He feels he can ask me things and I'll ask him, just Continued on Page 82