January 9, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Doug's Dispatches,Featured,Fungoes | 3 comments
It’s not often I go a full week without posting something here at the The Daily Fungo but there were circumstances beyond my control, namely my computer. It went kaput in December and only after the most drastic of all measures — erasing the hard drive and starting over — was I able to resuscitate [...]
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January 2, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 2 comments
Shortly before Thanksgiving I was re-reading* Peter Walsh’s book “It’s All Too Much“, a treatise on de-cluttering home, office and life. (*Actually, I was re-listening to it as an audiobook. Nevertheless…) Walsh, who is a regular on Oprah, TLC and other TV shows, made one particular point in this reading that hit home: If something [...]
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January 1, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 1 comment
Nappy New Year to you and Happy 56th Birthday to former Tigers outfielder Lynn Jones. The Tigers selected Jones from the Reds in the 1978 Rule 5 Draft. He played for the Tigers from 1979 through 1983 and was a part-timer’s part-timer. He appeared in an average of 61 games for the Tigers in those [...]
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