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So, are we thinking good things about Gary Sheffield these days? Methinks yes.
In his first three games back, he’s hitting .462 (6 for 13) with two homers - including today’s ninth-inning game tying shot - and four huge RBI. And, his slugging percentage is a hefty .769.
I shall not jinx the future.

CLEVELAND — For the first time since game four of the 2006 ALCS, I attended a game at Comerica Park last night. One never tires of paying three-times the amount for a Hot ‘n Ready Little Caesars pizza.

Talk about a memorable game. Running on just three hours of sleep — mainly because of this — [...]

I’ve never won a big prize in my life but it didn’t stop me from entering the Call Your Shot promotion MLB.com is running leading up to the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.
If you haven’t checked it out, here’s the deal:
The grand prize winner will also get the chance to pick a spot to which [...]

The Tigers’ recent uptick in performance helped the Detroit fans breathe a bit easier about the 2008 season. So how does Gary Sheffield’s return make you feel?
I, for one, think Sheff’s layoff will only help him and the Tigers entire lineup.
Imagine if he gets rolling — starting tonight as the DH, hitting seventh. The [...]

Let’s peer into the wayback machine and see what happened on this date in Tigers history (from Baseball-Reference.com, of course):

1950 - Eleven home runs - a ML record - drive in all the runs scored in a 10-9 Tiger win over the Yankees before 51,000 Detroit fans. Detroit has four home runs in the 4th [...]

The Score: Padres 6 - Tigers 2
The Gist: The Tigers bullpen — prime ingredient Fernando Rodney, a tablespoon of Fossum with a dash of Zumaya — wasted Eddie Bonine’s gem, extinguished the momentum from Placido Polanco’s clutch, game-tying homer in the eighth, and blew the Tigers chances to take the first game against a Padres [...]

1. Joel Zumaya returns to the Tigers in time for a return to his hometown. Results of our highly unscientific Fungo Pulse Check poll show that Daily Fungo readers overwhelmingly believe that Zumaya’s future with the Tigers is in the bullpen. Eighty percent, in fact. A few of the comments centered around Zumaya’s violent delivery [...]

The Score: Tigers 7 - Giants 2
The Gist: Armando Galarraga turned in his usual stellar performance and the Tigers pounced on a wildly ineffective Barry Zito to win the game and series from the Giants. Detroit chased the fading Zito with five runs in the first two innings and — surprise! — tacked on a [...]

I’m just saying: if Barry Zito is anywhere near as, ahem, ineffective early as Dontrelle Willis was last week against the Indians, the Tigers better beat him to a pulp. No more leaving the bases loaded in the first inning with only a single run on the board.
Carry on.

I certainly expected to get some work done while up north this week but I didn’t expect to get this much work done. It’s been cold and rainy since I got here. The weather conditions require me to serve up The Walewanders from a study room here in the Charlevoix Public Library.

So Aquilino Lopez is [...]