March 16, 2009
Bizarro Trifecta: Grandy’s Birthday, Charles Hudson and Jose Capellan
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes, Tigers Birthdays | 3 comments
- Happy 28th Birthday, Curtis Granderson. The sooner you get back to Lakeland, the better.
- Today is also the birthday of Charles Hudson. His only distinction in Tigers lore is that he’s the guy for whom Detroit traded Tom Brookens 19 years and 51 weeks ago today. Hudson appeared in 18 games during the slog that was 1989 and posted a 1-5 record with a plump 6.35 ERA.
- Jose Capellan? For real?
- Finally, in our most recent Daily Fungo Pulse Check, we asked Who should get the Opening Day start in Toronto for the Tigers? The choices were Justin Verlander and Jeremy Bonderman. Talk about a landslide: Verlander 31 of 35 votes (89%) to Bondo’s 11%.
For those of you wondering if I’d lost my mind by even considering Bonderman an Opening Day option, keep in mind I posted the survey before his setbacks, trip to the doctor in Detroit, etc.
Speaking of Fungo Pulse Checks, weigh in on the latest one, won’t you?
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Tommy | Mar 18, 2009 | Reply
I’m embarrassed to ask, but why isn’t Grandy in Lakeland? Is he playing in the WBC?
Dave | Mar 18, 2009 | Reply
Yes sir. He’s playing in the WBC. Unfortunately he’s only got like 14 at-bats so far. He didn’t do so well at first with little playing time but on Wed. night he went 2-for-3 and played the whole game for once. Grandy is 4-14 with 5 strikeouts, 2 rbi, and 2 walks. I hope USA gets eliminated so we can get him back in Lakeland. I think if he spends more time with the team it could be beneficiary, but It’d be nice to see USA win it all. If Venezuela gets knocked out, we would get Maggs,Miggy,Guillen, and Galarraga back which would also help.
Jim Craddock | Mar 23, 2009 | Reply
The way Johnson was using Granderson, I’m glad the USA lost….I only wish it had been sooner.