{"id":3440,"date":"2022-07-13T00:55:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T00:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2022-07-13T00:55:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T00:55:59","slug":"tiger-great-willie-horton-to-serve-as-honorary-coach-for-american-league-all-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/13\/tiger-great-willie-horton-to-serve-as-honorary-coach-for-american-league-all-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger great Willie Horton to serve as Honorary Coach for American League All Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3441 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Willie-Horton-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Willie-Horton-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Willie-Horton.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>By Larry Arreguin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DETROIT, MI, July 4, 2022: When it comes to All Stars that wore the Old English D, there is no other like <em>William Wattison (Willie) Horton<\/em>.\u00a0 Last week Willie was asked by the <em>American League All Star Manager, Dusty Baker<\/em> to be one of his <em>Honorary Coaches<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Willie was a 4 time <em>All Star<\/em> during his <em>Tiger<\/em> playing years, playing in the <em>Midsummer Classic<\/em> in 1965, 1968, 1970 and 1973.\u00a0 During the 68 Season, he helped lead the team to a <em>World Series Championship<\/em> when he hit 36 home runs (career best) and knocked in 85 runs.<\/p>\n<p>A product of <em>Detroit Northwestern High School<\/em>, on June 9, 1959, Horton was put on a show during the <em>Public High School Championship<\/em> game, against <em>Cass Tech<\/em>.\u00a0 In the first inning, he hit a ball onto the right center field roof of <em>Briggs Stadium<\/em>\u2026.\u00a0 as a sophomore!\u00a0 He finished the game knocking in 3 of the 13 runs that defeated the Technicians, 13-10.\u00a0 Two years later, on August 6, 1961, Horton signed with the Tigers to play left field.\u00a0\u00a0 Forty-three years later to the day, Horton\u2019s alma mater named the new baseball and softball diamonds after him.<\/p>\n<p>At 79, the Tiger Great continues to serve as a special assistant to the organization where a majority of his career .273 batting average, 1993 hits, 325 home runs and 1163 runs batted in took place.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>All-Star Game<\/em> will be held on Tuesday, July 19<sup>th<\/sup> at <em>Dodger Stadium<\/em> in <em>Los Angeles<\/em>.\u00a0 The 7:30 p.m. EST game can be seen on <em>FOX Sports<\/em> and will be available in Spanish on <em>FOX Deportes<\/em> and <em>Univision Radio<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Arreguin DETROIT, MI, July 4, 2022: When it comes to All Stars that wore the Old English D, there is no other like William Wattison (Willie) Horton.\u00a0 Last week Willie was asked by the American League All Star Manager, Dusty Baker to be one of his Honorary Coaches. 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