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Tigers' Unofficial Cheerleader a Local Celebrity
by Quinn Klinefelter
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Day to Day, October 6, 2006 · Baseball's Detroit Tigers struggled in recent years as one of Major League Baseball's worst teams. But now
that the team is in the playoffs, a homeless man who has served as an unofficial Tigers cheerleader through all the bad seasons has
become a local celebrity.
Fans now show up to the stadium wearing T-shirts emblazoned with his likeness and catchphrase, "Eat 'Em Up Tigers, Eat 'Em Up!"
The Detroit News -
HOMELESS MAN EATS UP ATTENTION
October 28, 2006
DETROIT -- In this city, earning the title of "favorite panhandler" doesn't come without some effort. But years of chanting "Eat 'em up,
Tigers, eat 'em up!" outside Comerica Park -- beating time by clanging coins in a plastic cup -- have earned homeless man James Van
Horne a sort of local celebrity status. Van Horne's grinning face graces a T-shirt, he's got....
View the Detroit News Story, click here
James in Wikipedia
"Additionally, the chant of a local panhandler who patrols the streets around Comerica Park
yelling out "Eat 'Em Up Tigers! Eat 'Em Up!", has begun to make its way into the park. The chant
originated in 1968 when the Tigers won their third World Series, "Eat 'em Up" referring to the St.
Louis Cardinals. People have even been seen wearing homemade shirts with the cheer written on
the back as far away as Miller Park in Milwaukee." Clck here to see it on Wikipedia.
The Official James Van Horne Facebook Club
"Eat Em Up Tigers, Eat Em Up" Facebook Group (450+ Members)
"Eat Em Up Tigers" Facebook Group (250+ Members)
James Van Horne's fan-generated Myspace page (77 Friends)
by Quinn Klinefelter
Listen Now at NPR, it's fantastic-- click here
Day to Day, October 6, 2006 · Baseball's Detroit Tigers struggled in recent years as one of Major League Baseball's worst teams. But now
that the team is in the playoffs, a homeless man who has served as an unofficial Tigers cheerleader through all the bad seasons has
become a local celebrity.
Fans now show up to the stadium wearing T-shirts emblazoned with his likeness and catchphrase, "Eat 'Em Up Tigers, Eat 'Em Up!"
The Detroit News -
HOMELESS MAN EATS UP ATTENTION
October 28, 2006
DETROIT -- In this city, earning the title of "favorite panhandler" doesn't come without some effort. But years of chanting "Eat 'em up,
Tigers, eat 'em up!" outside Comerica Park -- beating time by clanging coins in a plastic cup -- have earned homeless man James Van
Horne a sort of local celebrity status. Van Horne's grinning face graces a T-shirt, he's got....
View the Detroit News Story, click here
James in Wikipedia
"Additionally, the chant of a local panhandler who patrols the streets around Comerica Park
yelling out "Eat 'Em Up Tigers! Eat 'Em Up!", has begun to make its way into the park. The chant
originated in 1968 when the Tigers won their third World Series, "Eat 'em Up" referring to the St.
Louis Cardinals. People have even been seen wearing homemade shirts with the cheer written on
the back as far away as Miller Park in Milwaukee." Clck here to see it on Wikipedia.
The Official James Van Horne Facebook Club
"Eat Em Up Tigers, Eat Em Up" Facebook Group (450+ Members)
"Eat Em Up Tigers" Facebook Group (250+ Members)
James Van Horne's fan-generated Myspace page (77 Friends)