August 9, 2011
Fungo Flash Poll: Jim Leyland’s one-year extension: For or Against?
By Mike McClary in Fungo Flash Polls | 3 comments
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Archive for August, 2011
August 9, 2011
A Few Thoughts on Leyland and Dombrowski
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 11 comments
From what I can gather on the web and on Twitter, the local reaction to the extensions of Jim Leyland and Dave Dombrowski has not been broadly positive. Nationally, it’s another story. If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you know that I’ve been a Leyland backer — and one of Dombrowski, too. Fifty-one [...]
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August 6, 2011
The Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Welcome to the weekend. Leading Off: The Royals or the Tigers’ bullpen, depending on your point of view, did their best to ruin another terrific outing by Rick Porcello – but neither was up to the task. The Tigers came back, after leading 3-0, to win 4-3 in 10 innings. Daniel Schlereth (1-1) earned the [...]
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August 6, 2011
Cameron Maybin Emerges at Last
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
Perhaps “at last” is a skosh strong. After all, Cameron Maybin is still just 24. But as Jerry Crasnick writes today, in San Diego the former Tigers top pick is starting to reach the level of performance Detroit (and the Marlins) had expected: … Maybin is Exhibit A of the wonders that result from talent [...]
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August 4, 2011
The Daily Breakfast: Aug. 4, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Good Thursday morning. The Tigers are in position to sweep a series for the first time since June 8, also against the Rangers. They lost that series finale 7-3. Leading Off: Clutch homers, this one from Alex Avila, gave the Tigers and Doug Fister a 5-4 win over the Rangers. Fister pitched seven innings, scattered [...]
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August 3, 2011
Lukewarm Reviews of Tigers’ Deadline Deal
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 3 comments
Our latest Fungo Flash poll asks for your opinion on the Tigers/Mariners trade over the weekend. Based on his article on Grantland — Headline: “Trade Deadline Power Rankings: Part 1, the Vanquished” with the subhead: “Find your team on this list and hang your head in shame” — I’d guess Jonah Keri would vote “Wait [...]
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August 3, 2011
The Daily Breakfast: Aug. 3, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Good Wednesday morning, afternoon or evening. Thanks to everyone who passed along birthday wishes to yours truly yesterday. It was a great day, capped by a soggy Tigers win. The photo here is the cake a friend of mine made for me. It tasted as good as it looks. Leading Off: The Tigers failed to [...]
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