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Auburn?fans havent had many opportunities to roll the new oak trees at Toomers Corner after big wins. Wholesale Nike Shoes China . They didnt let a little fire stop them on Saturday after an 18-13 upset of No. 18 LSU.Auburns win on Saturday was its first in its past eight home games against Power 5 opposition, and Tigers fans took to the historic corner in force to enjoy one of the schools most celebrated traditions. However, a fire broke out after fans had covered the oak trees at the downtown corner of College Street and Magnolia Avenue with rolls of toilet paper.Video footage of the corner appeared to show a fan setting the toilet paper on one of the trees on fire, and the city fire department responded to it just after midnight. Firefighters extinguished the burning tree, and Auburn fans later re-rolled it once the flames had been doused.Rolling the trees at Toomers Corner had only recently returned as a postgame tradition at Auburn after a three-year hiatus. An?Alabama?fan infamously poisoned the?trees in 2011, leading to their removal in the spring of 2013.Auburn installed new oaks on the refurbished corner last year, and school specialists finally cleared the way for rolling at Toomers to continue in August, just before the start of the 2016 season.Tigers fans had rolled the new trees just once, after a Sept. 10 win over Arkansas State, before Saturdays victory over LSU. Cheap Nike Shoes Online . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. Cheap Nike Shoes China . Olli Jokinen, Mark Scheifele, and Bryan Little each had a goal and an assist as Winnipeg won 5-2, handing Calgary its record-setting seventh consecutive loss on home ice. http://www.wholesalenikeshoesfreeshipping.com/ . 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Before this season, they hadnt even made it to the World Series since 1945 , when Mierkowicz was on the field for the final outs. His only appearance of that series came at the end of Game 7.Chicago had tied the series with a 12-inning victory in Game 6, but the Tigers scored five runs in the top of the first in Game 7 and never looked back. Mierkowicz admits he doesnt remember a lot of the details from games over seven decades ago, but the play-by-play at Baseball-Reference.com helps fill in the gaps.With the Tigers up 9-3, a nervous Mierkowicz entered to start the bottom of the ninth, replacing Detroit star Hank Greenberg in left field.If I took my pants off, my knees would be shaking, he said. I just went along with the flow.Mierkowicz was a 21-year-old rookie who had appeared in only 10 games during the regular season.It was exciting, he said. In fact, it was so exciting, I dont know what the hell was going on -- all the people going crazy.The first batter singled his way, but the final three outs came quickly after that, and the Tigers were champions. Mierkowicz said there was no wild, bubbly-filled celebration the way there would be these days.They couldnt afford it, he said. They probablyy had a little drink or something like that, but it wasnt like now. Authentic Wholesale Nike Shoes. Mierkowicz recalls throngs of fans waiting when the team took the train back to the Detroit area. He said there was a party at a hotel -- and he won a car in a raffle.He also speaks highly of Greenberg.I was a rookie. The other guys sort of shunned the rookies, Mierkowicz said. He was good to me. I didnt know him that well, but he was a great guy, great ballplayer.Mierkowicz was born in Wyandotte, which is just south of Detroit. Hes friends with Bob Kuzava, the Wyandotte native whose big league pitching career spanned over a decade. Kuzava was the man on the mound when the New York Yankees closed out World Series championships in 1951 and 1952.Mierkowicz ended up playing only 35 major league games over four different seasons with the Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. He said it was like a cup of coffee -- but no cream.Still, not many players can say they were in the game when their team won a World Series, and Mierkowicz enjoys talking about his career.At his home in a senior living community in suburban Detroit, he has a team picture of the 1945 Tigers.God gave me the ability to play ball, he said. Made a pretty good living. We didnt make a lot of money, but it was a lot of fun.The game has changed a lot since then, needless to say.Theyve got better equipment, and theyre staying healthy because theyre making big money. Equipment is so much different than we used to have, he said. We used to have to buy our glove and shoes. We have to buy it. Now, they give them 25 pairs of shoes. Its like everything else. 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