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 4, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Postseason | 1 comment
Not sure if this makes the postseason more or less interesting to you, but if you watch each league’s division series you’ll likely to see lots of former Tigers: Yankees Curtis Granderson Marcus Thames Rays Carlos Pena Matt Joyce Gabe Kapler Rangers Matt Treanor Colby Lewis Giants Aubrey Huff Edgar Renteria Cody Ross Andres Torres [...]
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October 26, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Postseason | 3 comments
I’ve made the conscious choice. For the first time in my life I’m choosing not to watch the World Series this year, and here are five reasons why: 5. The Announcers. Enough has been written about the pathetic quality of baseball’s play-by-play crews this postseason so I won’t waste your time. I think, however, that [...]
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October 13, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes,Postseason | 4 comments
If someone with a stopwatch had timed my lightning-quick zap of the TV last Tuesday evening after Game 163, my guess is that the stopwatch would’ve read less than three seconds. I couldn’t watch the Twins celebrate, again, on their turf. (Still can’t.) Think about it: the last time the Tigers were a division champion, [...]
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October 6, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Postseason | 1 comment
On Oct. 6, 2006, Kenny Rogers began etching himself into the Tigers’ postseason lore with 7.2 innings of five-hit mastery of the Yankees at Comerica Park. (As if you’ve forgotten.) He walked just two and struck out eight as the Tigers beat the Yankees 5-0 — and Rogers slew a personal postseason dragon — to [...]
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September 26, 2009
By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Postseason | 0 comments
Seven days from now — hopefully sooner — we’ll know the Tigers’ postseason fate. Over the past week or so, the latest Fungo Pulse Check has collected your thoughts on the Pennant Fever situation. Here’s how 43 readers responded: The Question: Pennant Fever! Rate your symptoms as they relate to the Tigers’ playoff chances: They’re [...]
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October 23, 2008
By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Postseason | 2 comments
In this AP story, Bud Selig describes how he wants to shorten the postseason next year by eliminating off days (gee, ya’ think?) — MLB added four extra days off in the postseason last year when it shifted to a Wednesday start for the World Series. What struck me in this piece was a nugget [...]
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