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, they [...]
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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 — [...]
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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 in. (33 [...]
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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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October 22, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Postseason | 1 comment
In Charlie Manuel’s press conference after the Phillies’ Game One victory Wednesday night, a reporter asked him if he talked to Jim Leyland (or Clint Hurdle) about the effects of long layoffs after the LCS.
Manuel’s long answer eventually landed with “no” but the most damning part of his response was, and I’m paraphrasing: I know [...]
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