‘Where did it start?’: A Tigers coach inspires players by charting their baseball beginnings
Anthony Iapoce loves to read biographies, at least for a while.
“After the beginning or middle of the book, I’m good because I already know the rest of the story,” said Iapoce, the first-base coach for the Detroit Tigers. “I want to know where did it start and how did they get there?”
Iapoce, a former minor-league outfielder, has spent two decades coaching, including stints in the majors with the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Tigers. Players, he finds, can always pinpoint the start: the precise location where they fell in love with baseball.