Archive for the 'Blast from the Past' Category

October 12, 2011

Blast from the Past: The Tigers’ 2001 Draft

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 [...]

September 16, 2011

Getting Ready, Part 3 | Ernie Calls Tigers’ 1972 A.L. East Clincher

September 15, 2011

Getting Ready, Part 2 | Ernie Calls 1984 A.L. East Clincher

Listen to Ernie Harwell’s call of the Tigers clinching the American League East title in 1984.

September 14, 2011

Video: Get Ready, Part 1 | Tigers’ 1987 A.L. East Clincher

Listen to George Kell call the Tigers’ last division-clinching win.

September 12, 2011

A Look Back on Tigers’ Last 10-Game Winning Streak (Actually 11)

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. [...]

September 9, 2011

The End of Denny McLain’s Career Began in 1966

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 [...]

September 4, 2011

A Look at Tigers’ Big Comebacks

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, [...]