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Virgil Trucks: former Tiger Pitcher recalls his two no-hit games in 1952.(Turn Back The Clock)
HE'S ONE OF FOUR PITCHERS to throw two no-hitters in a single season, and at age 86, Virgil Trucks still receives stacks of fan mail requesting autographed photos and baseballs.
The letters often evoke bittersweet memories of a strange season more than 50 years ago, when Trucks accomplished a rare feat in one of the Tigers' worst seasons ever.
"I don't charge for my autograph," Trucks said, "and I answer every request I receive."
And if folks ask him about the no-hitters, he will modestly oblige and tell them what he remembers, and what he would like to forget.
"When I was called up to the Tigers at the end of the 1941 season, it was ...
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