June 27, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
For a two unfortunate years, I was a resident of the greater Houston metroplex. In fact, it’ll be 10 years this December that I moved there (and it was seven years ago this week that I escaped). My stay in Houston coincided with the April 2000 opening of a new baseball stadium, then Enron Field, [...]
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June 24, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
CARLSBAD, Calif. — I think I survived LegoLand and, with any luck, will never need to return. …A five-game lead? The 2009 Tigers continue to confound. How this team has managed to pad its lead in the Central is nothing short of baffling. But we shall take it. Fact is, they could pile-up the Ws [...]
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June 23, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 2 comments
The Diamondbacks are looking at a fire sale here soon. Would the Tigers have any interest in free-agents-to-be Doug Davis or Jon Garland? Who knows what Arizona would want in return, but methinks it’s prospects galore. In that case, Detroit should pass. I wouldn’t mind seeing Conor Jackson in left for the Tigers but he’s [...]
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June 22, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Monday Report | 1 comment
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Checking in from the land of Google and Apple, on the border of Mountain View and Cupertino, Calif.: It’s a shame that I read the USA Today only when I’m traveling, as I am today. There’s usually one or two outstanding pieces in each edition and this morning proved it: a [...]
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June 21, 2009
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 1 comment
Find out here. Did they burn cars in ’68 too, or is Bobby mixing his championship metaphors?
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June 21, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
Brandon Inge, after today’s game: “Right now, Verlander and [Edwin] Jackson have been carrying us, and there will be a time where we carry them.”
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June 21, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 1 comment
To steal a line from Fungo contributor Doug Hill, it’s time to clear out a cluttered mental notebook: The Tigers were so bad for so long in the ’90s and early ’00s that it’s hard for me to believe they managed to sustain a winning record against any club. But, after today’s win against the [...]
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