November 4, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungo Flashback | 1 comment
I can clearly remember the bright June day in 1979 when the Tigers fired their manager of only two months, Les Moss, and replaced him with Sparky Anderson, who was fired from the Reds the previous winter. Upon hearing the news on WJR I ran over to the playground where my brother was playing basketball [...]
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October 12, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungo Flashback,Postseason,Two for Tuesday | 0 comments
I sure didn’t like living in Texas for the three years I was there, but I’m a big Rangers fan for the next week or so. Sorry, Grandy. Hey, speaking of the postseason, here are a couple of Tigers October memories, courtesy of the fabulous Baseball-Reference.com: On this date in 1984, Padres pitchers tie a [...]
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October 5, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungo Flashback | 1 comment
Game 163 was one year ago today tomorrow. Here’s our recap … Not to bum you out or anything. 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 [...]
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September 21, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungo Flashback | 1 comment
This photo is from 1990. Could you find three more unlikely people to be in the same shot?
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August 3, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungo Flashback | 4 comments
Ralph Houk was the first Tigers manager I ever knew. I paid more attention to the players then — Jason Thompson, Steve Kemp and Aurelio Rodriguez — but I now wish I would have had the attention span to listen to his post-game interviews on Channel 4 or on WJR Alas, I was only nine [...]
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July 30, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungo Flashback | 0 comments
As the Tigers’ tumble from contender to irrelevant bystander accelerates, I’ve been thinking about other seasons that began with promise only to result in an unexpected death spiral. One that jumps to mind is 1982. You’re forgiven if that season brings back only memories of Harvey Kuenn’s Brewers — Harvey’s Wallbangers — which marched to [...]
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