Video: Damon Arrives
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By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 3 comments
We’re not one to hold a grudge — ahem — but after reading this about Giants’ shortstop Edgar Renteria …
… [He] played all last season with a bone spur in his right elbow, about the size of a piece of pea gravel.
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Renteria hit a career-low .250 with 19 doubles, five home runs and 48 RBIs in 124 games before the Giants turned to hot-hitting Juan Uribe as they fought for a playoff berth down the stretch. It was the fewest homers for Renteria since 1998 and resulted in a season that he called simply “embarrassing.”
… don’t you wonder how he would characterize his 2008 season with the Tigers?
In case he comes up short, here are a few suggestions: slothful, unprofessional, disrespectful, arrogant, dreadful.
Any I missed?
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By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes, Tigers Birthdays | 2 comments
Happy 61st to Julio Ruben (Torres) Morales, the light-hitting, basket-catch-making rightfielder of the 1979 Tigers.
Wearing number 27, he hit a wispy .211 in his only season in Detroit with 14 home runs and 23 doubles — just one fewer than Magglio Ordonez hit last year.
He wasn’t a total loss for the Tigers though. He came to Detroit along with Aurelio Lopez and was traded (with Phil Mankowski) to the Mets for one my all-time favorites, Richie Hebner.
Most of his success came with the Cubs. In seven seasons he batted .275 with 59 homers … for some really bad teams.
¡Feliz cumpleaños, Julio!
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If you were wondering, here are the uniform numbers for the newest Tigers:
For whatever reason, Daniel Schlereth hasn’t been tagged yet. But we’ll be sure to break into regular programming when it’s announced. I’m guessing it’s #36.
Update 11:19 a.m. ET: I was wrong; Schlereth will wear #55.
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By Mike McClary in Featured, Wednesday Walewanders | 2 comments
There are about 29 minutes left of Wednesday, so I can still file this collection of Tigers thoughts and make my self-imposed deadline.
Norman “Turkey” Stearnes could work for Walter Briggs. He just couldn’t play for him.
During the offseasons between leading the Negro League in home runsseven times, the Nashville native worked in a Detroit car factory owned by Briggs, who also owned the major league Detroit Tigers.could work for Walter Briggs. He just couldn’t play for him.
Stearnes hit .400+ three times and posted a .350 career batting average with the Stars, the Nashville Elite Giants, the Montgomery Grey Sox, and the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues.
Whew! I made it.
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