December 6, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 24 comments
The other day I received a nasty-gram from a reader taking me to task for not covering the Winter Meetings with more gusto. I suppose that’s fair. Though, there’s not much going on as far as the Tigers are concerned and there are enough outlets reporting it. Nevertheless, it got me thinking. As you’ve no [...]
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November 25, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 2 comments
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend. I hope you and your family had a terrific day yesterday. After a month of self-imposed baseball exile, I’ve returned to the keyboard while watching the Red Wings game and chowing on green-bean casserole leftovers. Verlander’s Hardware Store. The Cy Young Award was no surprise, of course, but the Tigers’ ace winning [...]
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October 23, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
It’s taken me almost a week to recover from the fan fatigue that overcame me during the ALCS. Truth is, there wasn’t much time for recovery after the ALDS so what could one reasonably expect? Come to think of it, I’m fairly certain I haven’t completely bounced back. After watching the Rangers bludgeon the Tigers [...]
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October 6, 2011
By Mike McClary in 2011 Postseason,Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
Here we are, a couple of hours from the most nerve-wracking Tigers game since Game 163 and the club’s first winner-take-all game since the 1972 ALCS, as Lee Panas pointed out after Game 4. Let’s see what happens. (Not unlike to my approach to this post.) Jim Leyland this afternoon explained why we’ll see Max [...]
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September 30, 2011
By Mike McClary in 2011 Postseason,Fungoes | 1 comment
Predictions are such a cliche, aren’t they? But, hey, the Tigers are in the postseason and in the spirit of supporting the home team, here’s a rundown of predictions for the Tigers/Yankees series from across the baseball galaxy: Local Writers Tom Gage: Tigers in five Lynn Henning: Tigers in five Tony Paul: Tigers in five [...]
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September 27, 2011
By Mike McClary in 2011 Postseason,Featured,Fungoes | 7 comments
Remember in 2009 when Ozzie Guillen held back Jake Peavy so the righthander could face the Tigers in the final weekend? I was livid … because Guillen was making the Tigers’ road to a division title that much harder. But, as much as it pains me to admit this, I respected him for putting his [...]
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