March 14, 2007
Jim Price Already in Mid-Season Form on Today’s Broadcast
By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Media Rare | 2 comments
“John Schmoltz“.
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Archive for the 'Media Rare' Category
March 6, 2007
A Random Sampling of Half-Baked Thoughts to Start Your Day
By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Media Rare | 0 comments
It’s night-night time here in Arizona but I have a few Tigers-related thoughts rattling around inside my noggin this evening (actually morning). Here goes: Working from home has its advantages. Take, for example, the ability to watch an afternoon Spring Training game on ESPN. I only saw a couple of hitters before I had to [...]
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February 17, 2007
Hitter “Protection” and Other Baseball Myths
By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Media Rare | 0 comments
We at The Daily Fungo are nothing if not well-read. Rarely do I check my online subscription to The Wall Street Journal, but today I did — and I’m glad. I found this interesting piece titled “A New Study Shows How Baseball Myths Can Hurt the Game.” With pitchers and catchers reporting to the grapefruit and [...]
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February 17, 2007
Two Links, Over Easy
By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Media Rare | 3 comments
If you’ve ever wondered how much a writer can say about Tigers’ PFP on the first day of Spring Training, read Jayson Stark‘s amusing column on ESPN.com. Delicious. I noticed this photo of Jim Leyland this morning and my immediate thought was: Why is he wearing a white bandana under his lid? Thanks to Bilfer, [...]
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February 14, 2007
Some TSN Lovin’ on Valentine’s Day
By Doug Hill in Fungoes,Media Rare | 1 comment
Mike is quick to point out his disdain for The Sporting News, and I too must confess to being significantly disappointed in the product I recall quite lovingly from my youth. And yes, TSN thinks half the Tigers’ infield is basically a bag of garbage, but in the Spring Training Preview issue I received in [...]
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February 11, 2007
50% of Tigers Infield Stinks According to The Sporting News
By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Media Rare | 3 comments
As I’ve noted before in this space, The Sporting News is a dreadful publication. You have to dig deep into an otherwise shallow magazine to find worthwhile bits of information that aren’t some lame attempt to be funny. (You may wonder why, if I loathe TSN so much, I continue to subscribe. Legitimate question. Trust [...]
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February 3, 2007
Super Sunday Breakfast Buffet
By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Media Rare | 0 comments
Have you noticed that a lot of ads that refer to the Super Bowl don’t use the words “Super Bowlâ€? Instead it’s “the big game.†I noticed the same thing for the BCS Championship game. Are we to infer that the NFL doesn’t allow Super Bowl non-sponsors (nonsors?) or advertisers to actually use the words? [...]
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