October 7, 2009
By Mike McClary in Tweets | 0 comments
Optimist or masochist? I've added a #Tigers 2010 Spring Training Countdown to The Daily Fungo. http://bit.ly/2plHEo # Former #Tigers pitcher Brian Powell dies at 35: http://bit.ly/4w9O4 # Happy 41st Birthday, Milt Cuyler. http://bit.ly/26uNwR #Tigers # Not feeling even a smidge better about the #Tigers this morning. #bummed # How the #Tigers went from a ballyhooed, [...]
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October 7, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
Not sure when the last time (if ever) the Detroit Tigers appeared in anything related to The New Yorker, but Tuesday’s game was fascinating enough to earn a blog post from veteran baseball writer Roger Angell. Here’s a taste: The only complaint anyone could mount against last night’s one-game playoff victory by the Minnesota Twins, [...]
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October 6, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Game Recaps | 2 comments
ESPN highlights available here. The Score: Twins 6 – Tigers 5, 12 innings The Gist: The Tigers and Twins played a game for the ages and both teams followed the respective scripts of the past three weeks. For the Tigers, that meant squandering countless opportunities and watching a division lead evaporate. For the Twins: everything [...]
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October 6, 2009
By Mike McClary in Tweets | 0 comments
Not over. #tigers # Orlando Cabrera is loathsome. #tigers # I said this last week and it's worth repeating: at 20, Porcello has a better playoff beard than 40-ish Nick Lidstrom. #Tigers #redwings # This not the piling-on approach I'd hoped for. #Tigers #impatient # Wonder what blend of coffee their serving in the #Tigers' [...]
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October 6, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Postseason | 1 comment
On Oct. 6, 2006, Kenny Rogers began etching himself into the Tigers’ postseason lore with 7.2 innings of five-hit mastery of the Yankees at Comerica Park. (As if you’ve forgotten.) He walked just two and struck out eight as the Tigers beat the Yankees 5-0 — and Rogers slew a personal postseason dragon — to [...]
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October 5, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 7 comments
It took three days for the truth to emerge about Miguel Cabrera’s utter lack of…self-control, discipline, judgment, spousal respect — you name it — as Friday night became Saturday morning, so I needed at least a few hours to mull it over before posting something. As it gets close to midnight in the East, I’ve [...]
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October 5, 2009
By Mike McClary in Tweets | 0 comments
Great column about Kirk Gibson in today's Arizona Republic. I'm a huge Gibby fan. #Tigers #Dbacks http://bit.ly/dBfaj # Keeps getting worse for Miguel Cabrera: http://bit.ly/NerWE # Happy 50th Birthday, Rod Allen! http://bit.ly/IXlAt # Nothing — not a word — about Miguel Cabrera's situation on the official #Tigers Web site. # In case you were wondering, [...]
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