By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 1 comment
That’s the chance the Tigers have at making the post season, at least according to Baseball Prospectus. The site gives them a 62.98823-percent chance of winning the division. Right now they have the Yankees and Dodgers each with a 99-percent shot at making the playoffs.
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By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past | 0 comments
… Jim Northrup goes 6-for-6, the first six-hit game for the Tigers since June 24, 1962*, as the Tigers beat the A’s, 5-3. Northrup’s sixth hit is a homer over the roof in the bottom of the 13th to win the game. *In that game, left-fielder Rocky Colavito tagged seven hits in 10 at bats [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
If the thought of another series against an A.L. Central foe makes you nauseous, take heart! Here come the Tampa Bay Rays to break up the monotony that is the Major League Baseball unbalanced scheduled. So I got to thinking: except for 2006 and 2008 when the Tigers and Rays, respectively, made the World Series, [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Wednesday Walewanders | 3 comments
Celebrate Nate! I might be the only person in the Tigers Fan Universe looking forward to Robertson’s return to the rotation. Ian? Today’s Walewanders are fueled by Almighty Blend coffee from Ann Arbor’s Mighty Good Coffee Roasting Co., sent along by the aforementioned Mr. Casselberry.
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By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
Dan Dickerson was quick to point out that Justin Verlander’s shutout on Thursday was the first by a Tigers pitcher at Fenway Park since Doyle Alexander blanked the Red Sox in 1987. (Thanks to a tip from Fungo contributor Doug Hill, we went scrambling for the details.) The Tigers were a half-game out of first [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes,Three for Thursday | 0 comments
Fenway Park is inching its way toward Metrodome and U.S. Cellular Field status in the heart of this Tigers fan. Anyway… I’ve long been a fan of the Oakland A’s. Admittedly, it was because I loved their gold, green and white ensemble they wore in the 1970s, but also because of Billy Martin‘s Oakland clubs [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Wednesday Walewanders | 6 comments
So where does last night’s dust-up rank in the annals of Tigers bench clearers? Hmm. Well, it wasn’t as interesting as the 1980 Tigers/White Sox brawl (a.k.a. Cowens v. Farmer Grudge Match), nor as violent as Tigers/White Sox circa 2000. Here’s a refresher on that one: Sixteen players, coaches and managers suspended. Nine others fined. [...]
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