Archive for April, 2009

April 15, 2009

The DTP #77: Armando to the Rescue

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #77, an 7-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers. In each daily episode this season we cover: The previous day’s game; Look ahead to the next game; Look back on Tigers history; and, Check in on what the 1984 [...]

April 15, 2009

Remembering The Bird Across Michigan, from Grand Rapids to The D

Friend of the Fungo Justin Weeks (a.k.a. “Justin in Grand Rapids” on the podcast) sent along these two photos taken near Comerica Park and Grand Rapids, respectively. Thanks, Justin!

April 14, 2009

The DTP #76: A Timely Rainout

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #76, a 6-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers. In each daily episode this season we cover: The previous day’s game; Look ahead to the next game; Look back on Tigers history; and, Check in on what the 1984 [...]

April 14, 2009

One More on The Bird. For Now.

I once had a Mark “The Bird” Fidrych mood ring. For the life of me, I can’t find it and I’ve also scoured my parents’ house for it. (Even an eBay search came up empty.) The only living proof that I have of it is a photo from my oldest sister’s wedding in which I [...]

April 13, 2009

The DTP #75: Here We Go Again

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #75, an 7-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers. In each daily episode this season we cover: The previous day’s game; Look ahead to the next game; Look back on Tigers history; and, Check in on what the 1984 [...]

April 13, 2009

YouTube Clip: Mark Fidrych on “Once A Star”, circa 1985

A 1985 interview with Mark Fidrych on the TV show “Once a Star”, hosted by Jack Brickhouse, Steve Stone and former Pistons guard and TV color analyst John “Crash” Mengelt.

April 13, 2009

Fidrych Obituaries and Stuff

An Appreciation of The Bird from former Free Press Writer Joe Lapointe in The New York Times. Obits: The New York Times (with quotes by Ernie Harwell). The Boston Globe The Los Angeles Times (with quotes from former Tigers’ second baseman Gary Sutherland) — and a JPEG of a 1976 Times article on The Bird. [...]