Tigers players react to new City Connect uniforms [Video]

DETROIT — The design of the Detroit Tigers’ new City Connect jerseys was unveiled publicly on Monday, but Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson have known about it for a while.

They were whisked to the Michigan Building downtown a couple of weeks ago where they spent three hours filming a promotional video for the launch.

Greene has one of the starring roles, “driving” a classic car through the city and then pulling up dramatically into the ornately decorated building where one of the key battles in the movie 8 Mile took place. He then doffs his new City Connect hat.

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Greene said he has no plans to pursue acting or modeling. He’s not pursuing a Screen Actor’s Guild card.

“Don’t tell anyone this: I did not drive the car,” he said.

Greene said he can’t drive a stick “and even if I could, I wouldn’t want …