February 8, 2010

One is the Loneliest Number: Tigers Announce 2010 TV Sked

Old-TV.jpgIf you like watching the Tigers on TV, you’re in luck. The club today announced its television schedule. From the press release:

Currently, 156 games are scheduled on FOX Sports Detroit, one on FOX Sports Detroit Plus and four selected for the FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week.

FOX Sports Detroit’s regular-season coverage begins with the April 5 season opener at Kansas City, preceded by four spring training telecasts (March 15, 18, 21, 25).

The vast majority of the telecast schedule is also available in high-definition on FOX Sports Detroit HD (the HD games to be announced at a later date). All games are slated to receive a same-day, late-night replay, typically at midnight.

The lone regular-season game without firm television plans is April 7 at Kansas City, a date on which the Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons are in action at the same time. Telecast schedules set several months ago have the Red Wings game on FOX Sports Detroit and the Pistons airing on FOX Sports Detroit Plus. The network is working to determine if it can also distribute that night’s Tigers game.

Life is good, baby.

February 8, 2010

Today’s Daily Fungo Twitter Updates

  • #yankees sign marcus thames, si.com has learned. (via @SI_JonHeyman) #
  • Happy 51st Birthday, Steve Dillard. http://bit.ly/c4d8j9 #
  • #Tigers on the tube in 2010: 156 games on FOX Sports Detroit, one on FSD Plus and 4 selected for the FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week. #
  • Five years ago today Magglio Ordonez signed w/ the #Tigers for 5 years/$75 mill + 2 option years that could make it $105 million over 7 yrs. #
  • Adios, football. In 11 days, hello, Spring Training. #Tigers #mlb #springtraining #

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February 7, 2010

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February 4, 2010

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  • 20 years ago Steve Kemp's homer helped the St. Pete Pelicans rout the W. Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 for the Sr. Pro Baseball Association title. #
  • There's no "I" in team? “I have one goal and that’s to make it to the Hall of Fame,” Verlander said. How about a World Series first. #Tigers #
  • Happy Birthday, Stan Papi (59) http://bit.ly/aDQjze Rusty Kuntz (55) http://bit.ly/boicde and Chris Bando (54) http://bit.ly/9OBVwu #Tigers #

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February 4, 2010

Three for Thursday: Verlander, Branyan and Birthdays

FireballXSmall.jpgWho needs a groundhog? Two weeks until pitchers and catchers arrive in Lakeland for Spring Training.

  1. I never doubted for a minute that the Tigers would sign Justin Verlander to a long-term contact, did you? Given the questionable extensions of recent years — Dontrelle Willis and Nate Robertson to name two — the Tigers were due for a wise contractual decision.

  2. Last year at the trading deadline I thought the Tigers might make a move for the Mariners’ Russell Branyan. Instead they went after Aubrey Huff. Bygones. Today, Branyan is still looking for work. Should the Tigers be interested? Not at the three years, $20 million he had in mind, according to ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick. ESPN Rumor Central spells out the risks of Branyan for any team:

    Branyan hit 22 homers and posted a .956 OPS before the All-Star break last season, but his OPS dipped to .688 after the break and he was forced to shut it down in late August with a herniated disc in his back.

    So, the question then is, “Is Branyan essentially Carlos Guillen?” Probably.

  3. Happy Birthday today to: Stan Papi (59), Rusty Kuntz (55), Chris Bando (54) and the late Joe Sparma. If you want to hear an interview I did with Rusty Kuntz, you can find it here.
February 3, 2010

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January 29, 2010

A Friday Freehans Two-Pack

Here are a couple of random items to round out the week:

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  1. The Detroit NewsLynn Henning hosted an online chat this afternoon and I was able to sneak in a question:

    Me: Lynn, recent injuries notwithstanding, how did Jeff Larish’s star plummet so dramatically? He was viewed as a home-grown power bat until last year. Does he have a future in Detroit?

    Henning: Ah, the Larish mystery. That one’s got everyone puzzled. A year ago, he was a hot ticket. The Mariners wanted him in that Putz deal and the Tigers thought Larish and Joyce were too much to give up. He just fell off a cliff. But it was a cliff some scouts saw coming.

  2. Twenty-two years ago today Kirk Gibson left the Tigers and signed a three-year contract worth $4.5 million with the Dodgers. Even though he’d return to Detroit at the end of his career, that day still stings.

Have a great weekend.