Two Erie Seawolves bullpen pitchers use an umbrella for shade as they watch their teammate in a game on July 15, 2018 at UMPC Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Erie Seawolves are the double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. (For The Athletic)

Kyle Banks, leading scorer of the Motor City Hockey Club, poses for a portrait at the Troy Sports Center in Troy, Michigan on January 29, 2019. Despite the popularity of hockey in Detroit, nicknamed Hockeytown, the sport remains largely inaccessible for young Black players in the city. (For The Athletic)

Detroit Tigers infielder Ronny Rodríguez is doused with water during a postgame interview about his first major league home run at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on August 23, 2018. (For The Athletic)

Detroit Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris poses for portraits for the cover of SEEN Magazine.

Detroit Tigers catcher Bobby Wilson breaks his bat during a game at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on June 27, 2019. (For the Detroit Tigers)

Cleveland catcher Yan Gomes celebrates a walk-off home run with teammates Brandon Guyer, Jose Ramirez and Edwin Encarnacion through a spray of Gatorade and water on August 8, 2017 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. (For the Cleveland Indians)

Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera hits his 473rd career home run off of Kansas City Royals pitcher Kyle Zimmer at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on August 8, 2019. (For the Detroit Tigers)

Tigers pitcher Shane Greene poses for a portrait at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on May 15, 2018. (For The Athletic)

Michigan guard Zak Irvin celebrates a dunk against Villanova at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on November 25, 2014. (For The Michigan Daily)

Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander enters the dugout during a game at Comerica Park, home of his longtime former team, in Detroit, Michigan on May 15, 2019. (For the Detroit Tigers)

Des and Ryan Linden take a training run near their home in Washington, Michigan on August 29, 2018. Des won the Boston Marathon in April 2018, the first American woman to do so since 1985. (For SEEN Magazine)

Rosilyn Brown and Joyce Stearnes Thompson, daughters of Negro League player Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, pose for a portrait at Hamtramck Stadium, one of 12 remaining Negro League stadiums, in Hamtramck, Michigan on July 11, 2019. (For The Athletic)

Detroit Tigers pitcher Joe Jiménez poses for a portrait in the home dugout at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on July 21, 2018. (For The Athletic)

Hope College's sophomores compete in the 119th annual Pull in Holland, Michigan on October 1, 2016. (For The Grand Rapids Press)