October 12, 2011
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past | 1 comment
Over the weekend I came across a Tigers program, excuse me, magazine from 2001 with Steve Sparks on the cover. Inside there’s an article reviewing the Tigers’ draft from that year and it includes some notables: Fifth Round (147th overall pick): 3B Ryan Raburn, South Florida Junior College. Raburn is a 6-0, 185-pound third baseman [...]
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September 15, 2011
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 2 comments
Listen to Ernie Harwell’s call of the Tigers clinching the American League East title in 1984.
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September 14, 2011
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Video | 3 comments
Listen to George Kell call the Tigers’ last division-clinching win.
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September 12, 2011
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
The Tigers tonight notched the club’s longest winning streak since 1968 when the eventual World Series champs won 11 straight. Thanks to the wonder that is Baseball-Reference.com, here’s a game-by-game look at that ’68 string. Date Opp R RA Win Loss Save Monday, Sept. 9 boxscore @ CAL 6 0 Lolich Bennett Tuesday, Sept. [...]
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September 9, 2011
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
A couple weeks ago, friend of the Fungo Lynn Henning wrote why it made sense to give Justin Verlander an extra day of rest heading into the three-game weekend series against the Indians. In the column, Henning pointed to specific examples in Tigers history where heavy workloads resulted in truncated careers – among them Mark [...]
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September 4, 2011
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past | 0 comments
From Elias Sports Bureau: The White Sox led the Tigers, 8-1, in the fifth inning of Saturday’s game before Detroit came back to win, 9-8. It was the second-largest comeback win that the Tigers have ever had at Comerica Park; on Sept. 27, 2003, they rallied from eight runs down to defeat the Twins, 9-8, [...]
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