Larkin went on to talk about the identity of this year\u2019s roster, comparing them to the Tigers team he was watching at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cYoung,\u201d he said. \u201cSimilar to these guys out here (the Tigers). Especially last year where they kind of came out of nowhere and made that run. \u2026 We\u2019re going to have some guys who are going to come up and impress and hopefully solidify themselves as roster players for a bright future for their careers and our team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Growing up just outside of Detroit, Larkin has always been a Tigers and Red Wings fan and said on the broadcast he cherishes that connection with the area and teams.<\/p>\n
Larkin isn\u2019t the only Red Wings player with Michigan ties; seven players, including the captain, were born in Michigan.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very cool with the ties,\u201d Larkin said. \u201cWe all talk about it. Another cool thing is the guys from Europe and we bring them to Tigers games or Lions games and now they\u2019re fans and they support it. They might not know what\u2019s going on in a baseball game but they wear their Tigers gear and they\u2019re proud. It\u2019s very special to have ties here.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the highlights of the offseason for Larkin was the birth of his first daughter, Lennyn Marie Larkin, at the end of May.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been awesome,\u201d Larkin said of becoming a father. \u201cI\u2019ve been home a lot. Perfect timing; end of May our season was over. It\u2019s been truly amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Larkin went on to talk about the identity of this year\u2019s roster, comparing them to the Tigers team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-118660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}