By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 5 comments
If you need a little Tigers fix this afternoon, tune into the MLB Network at 1:30 ET for Game 4 of the 2006 World Series. Personally, I can’t bear to watch it again.
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes,Tigers Birthdays,Wednesday Walewanders | 4 comments
First, let’s raise a glass — or mug of hot chocolate — in celebration of Magglio Ordonez‘s 35th birthday. ¡FelÃz Cumpleanos, amigo! I wonder what was going through Tigers’ owner Mike Ilitch head today when Lynn Henning of the News asked him about the team’s off season progress — at a press conference in which [...]
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By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 0 comments
Meacham had one, short tour of duty with the 1991 Tigers: 2-1, 5.20 in 10 appearances (four starts). Still, he managed to eek out an eight-year career. If you think Justin Verlander is a beanpole, you should’ve seen Meacham: 6′ 2″ tall, 175 pounds. He’s 41 today.
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
Remember when Virgil Vasquez was a rising star in the Tigers farm system? A great showing in the 2006 Arizona Fall League seemed to put him on the fast track. Not so much. After some unremarkable appearances in 2007 with the big club he seemed to have fallen out of favor. At Toledo in 2008 [...]
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By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Hot Stove | 0 comments
Whenever I watched Brandon Lyon pitch for the Diamondbacks the past couple of seasons, my immediate reaction was always he’s a younger Todd Jones. Fact is, he throws harder than Jones — which can’t hurt — but no one is going to confuse him with Joe Nathan. Last season wasn’t a pleasant one for the [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 1 comment
Clearing out a mental notebook — and a paper-based one, too — on a dreary Friday afternoon: Morris Left Out Again: Our most recent poll question, Does Jack Morris deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?, pulled in 57 responses, 61 percent (35 votes) said yes; 39 percent (22 votes) said nay. Early on, [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,The Podcast | 0 comments
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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #63, a 53-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Ann Arbor, Mich. In this episode we’re joined by Ian Casselberry, of BlessYouBoys.com. We look back on an underwhelming Hot Stove campaign, review recent [...]
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