Comments on: On this Date in Tigers History… http://www.dailyfungo.com/2006/12/28/on-this-date-in-tigers-history/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:33:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Casselberry http://www.dailyfungo.com/2006/12/28/on-this-date-in-tigers-history/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Ian Casselberry Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:53:22 +0000 http://www.dailyfungo.com/2006/12/28/on-this-date-in-tigers-history/#comment-17 At the time, Gonzalez looked like a good placeholder for the phenom-to-be, Juan Encarnacion. Of course, that didn't work out, and now Sister Encarnacion from "Nacho Libre" is far better known among the general populace. I also wonder if Tiger Stadium messed up Gonzalez's swing. Rather than "staying within himself" (I hate that phrase) as a line-drive hitter, maybe he tried too hard to jack baseballs into that short right field porch. On a personal note: Years ago (about a decade, as it turns out), I used to write a weekly update for the Detroit Tigers page at RealFans on AOL, and Luis Gonzalez answered a couple of questions I asked him at TigerFest. And at the time, that was just the coolest thing ever and he earned a permanent place in the "Dudes I Like" category. At the time, Gonzalez looked like a good placeholder for the phenom-to-be, Juan Encarnacion. Of course, that didn’t work out, and now Sister Encarnacion from “Nacho Libre” is far better known among the general populace.

I also wonder if Tiger Stadium messed up Gonzalez’s swing. Rather than “staying within himself” (I hate that phrase) as a line-drive hitter, maybe he tried too hard to jack baseballs into that short right field porch.

On a personal note: Years ago (about a decade, as it turns out), I used to write a weekly update for the Detroit Tigers page at RealFans on AOL, and Luis Gonzalez answered a couple of questions I asked him at TigerFest. And at the time, that was just the coolest thing ever and he earned a permanent place in the “Dudes I Like” category.

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