 MAY 21 • 2020 | 7

CORRECTION
The column “Pizza! Pizza!” (May 7, pg. 45) incorrectly stated 
that Ilitch Holdings Inc. CEO Chris Ilitch was a Detroit Jewish 
News Athlete of the Year as a high school hockey player. In 
fact, Ilitch, who is not Jewish, was selected as the Alvin Foon 
Humanitarian Award recipient at the 2019 Michigan Jewish 
Sports Hall of Fame ceremony.

Memories of Kaline
I enjoyed Alan Muskovitz’
s 
column regarding Al Kaline 
immensely (May 7, page 5), 
having been to a number of 
the Tiger Fantasy Camps and 
actually knowing Mr. Tiger. 
He was put in a very high 
regard and very comfortable 
talking with the campers.
One of my fonder memories 
is when I was sitting on the 
camper’
s bench during a game 
against the Tiger alumni. The 
camp director, Jerry Lewis, 
came over to me and asked me 
to be a last-minute replace-
ment as the real Tiger players’
 
manager. I said, “What are you 
talking about? I can’
t manage 
the team.
” He convinced me to 
do it and told 
 me if I had any 
problem, just tell the players 
that he sent me over. 
So I go over to the Tiger 
bench, and as soon as I walk 
in the players say, “What are 
you doing here? You belong 

over there with the phony 
players! There’
s only real ball-
players over here.
” 
Al Kaline, seeing the mess I 
was in, stands up off the bench 
and says, “Harv, is it OK if I 
go in the next inning and play 
shortstop?” 
And I’
m looking at him like, 
hey, I’
m the manager and I’
ve 
got to tell Al Kaline, no, you 
can’
t? I said, “Of course, Al, 
you go ahead and do what you 
want; that’
s fine.
”
Turns out, Al made two 
great plays at shortstop the 
next inning, and as he came 
back into the dugout, he 
looked at me to make me 
feel better and said for all the 
players to hear, “Nice job of 
managing, Harv!”
Al Kaline was a super gen-
tlemen, kind and cordial, even 
with all the demands put on 
him daily.

— Harvey Saperstein, DPM

West Bloomfield

letters

Dr. Saperstein treats Al Kaline back in 1988.

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