FILE - This is a 1972 file photo showing Detroitn Tigers baseball player Bill Freehan. Freehan, an 11-time All-Star catcher with the Detroit Tigers and key player on the 1968 World Series championship team, has died at age 79. “It’s with a heavy heart that all of us with the Detroit Tigers extend our condolences to the friends and family of Bill Freehan,” the team said Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Preston Stroup, File)