Rally Cry
"Go Get 'Em, Tigers" (1968), "Bless You Boys" (1984), "Gum Time", "Eat 'Em Up Tigers!" and the Rally Goose.
During the 1968 season, the Tigers were cheered on by the phrase "Go Get 'Em, Tigers", made popular by a song of the same name written and recorded by Artie Fields; "Sock it to 'em, Tigers!" was also a popular phrase that year. During the 1984 World Series championship run, the team was cheered on to the cry "Bless You Boys", a phrase coined by sportscaster Al Ackerman.
Background
In 2005 the team began using the phrase "Who's Your Tiger?" as its slogan, switched to "Always a Tiger" in 2009, and back to "Who's Your Tiger?" in 2011. During the 2006 season a rally cry caught on in the dugout: in a June game against the New York Yankees, pitcher Nate Robertson stuffed Big League Chew bubble gum into his mouth during an in-game interview with FSN Detroit, the Tigers rallied to tie the game, and "Gum Time" became popular. The chant of a local man, the late James Van Horn, who patrolled the streets around Comerica Park yelling "Eat 'Em Up Tigers! Eat 'Em Up!", was also very popular.
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