Archive for the 'Fungoes' Category

September 12, 2011

Video: Chris Singleton Says ALCS Probably as Far as Tigers Will Go

September 8, 2011

Video: Tayshaun Prince’s First-Pitch Fail

We like to support Detroit’s pro sports teams whenever possible — even if it is the CBA-caliber Pistons. Get a load of forward Tayshaun Prince’s ceremonial first pitch at the Lexington Legends game last Friday night. The Legends are single-A, South Atlantic League affiliate of the Astros.

September 8, 2011

Rolling

When Victor Martinez crushed an offering from Tony Sipp on Wednesday for a grand slam, things seemed to change for a Tigers team that is on a remarkable roll. Up to that point, I was thinking (and maybe you were too), that you could see a loss coming in the finale against the Indians. As [...]

September 5, 2011

Labor Day Leftovers, SweetSpot Style

In case you missed it, ESPN.com’s SweetSpot blog has featured a nice collection of Tigers-focused posts over the past few days: Dave Schoenfield lists his unsung heroes, among them is Jhonny Peralta: I’ve sung Peralta’s praises on several occasions, but everyone just keeps talking about this Verlander guy. All Peralta has done is hit over [...]

September 5, 2011

Lost in Last Night’s Drubbing, Scherzer Dazzled

Buster Olney wrote a nice piece this morning on Miguel Cabrera and his ascendence from skinny kid in Venezuela to perennial MVP candidate. He also highlighted Max Scherzer’s terrific performance last night: Max Scherzer threw seven shutout innings, the 18th time in his 29 starts he’s allowed two earned runs or less. Also from ESPN [...]

September 4, 2011

Listen to Dan Dickerson’s Calls from Saturday’s Comeback Win

Listen below to Dan’s call of Ryan Raburn’s 2-run HR Listen below to Dan’s call of Miguel Cabrera’s walk off HR Courtesy of WXYT, of course.

September 4, 2011

Tigers Finish White Sox 9-8 in Dramatic Comeback

Saturday evening, Tigers utility man and fan base lightning rod Ryan Raburn helped almost mathematically eliminate the vaunted preseason AL Central favorite Chicago White Sox and did it in spectacularly dramatic fashion. It’s been quite some time (about four months) since anyone thought the White Sox were poised to make a run at taking this [...]