February 22, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
Jeremy Bonderman #38 Height: 6′ 2″ | Weight: 220 2008 Stats: 3-4, 4.29 ERA It seems that every season baseball experts predict that it will be the year that Jeremy Bonderman finally emerges as an ace, discovers an effective third pitch, and challenges for the Cy Young Award. The 2008 season was no different but [...]
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February 21, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
The results of our most recent poll indicate that loyal Daily Fungo readers would prefer Dontrelle Willis (43%), Zach Miner (38%) or perhaps even Felipe Lira as the Tigers’ fifth starter over Nate Robertson (19%). Nevertheless, we want to continue our series of player profiles today with The Nater for two reasons — actually three, [...]
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February 21, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 1 comment
Happy 51st to perhaps the classiest guy ever to wear the D. Today’s also the birthday of two former Tigers pitchers: Bill Slayback, a member of the 1972 A.L. East Division champs, turns 61. A seventh-round pick in the 1968 draft, he pitched three years in Detroit posting a 6-9 record and 3.84 ERA in [...]
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February 20, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
This is the first in a series of player profiles of the 2009 Tigers. I’ve developed them for each of the position players and the starting rotation — at least some of the pitchers in contention for a rotation spot — and will roll them out over the next week. We kick things off with [...]
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February 12, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 3 comments
Forgot to mention that last week I appeared on the Baseball Digest Live program on Blog Talk Radio. You can catch the show here. My segment is at the top of hour two. If MLB or the players’ union or whoever released the 103 other names on the list, would it surprise anyone to see [...]
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February 11, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 0 comments
Happy 60th to Ben Oglivie who, after the Tigers inexplicably traded him for Jim Slaton and Rich Folkers, went on to hit 176 home runs for the Brewers over nine years. He retired after the 1986 season with a lifetime average of .273 and 235 career homers. Tom Veryzer turns 56 today. He played five [...]
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February 11, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Podcast | 1 comment
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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #64, a 21-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz. In this episode we’re joined by former Tigers outfielder and member of the 1984 World Series Champion Tigers, Rusty Kuntz. Today, he is the first [...]
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