September 21, 2011
By Mike McClary in Wednesday Walewanders | 0 comments
The Wednesday Rundown The Tigers are in first place for good, 12.5 games ahead of the Indians. Today’s Game: Tigers @ Royals Max Scherzer (14-9, 4.39 ERA) vs. Felipe Paulino (3-6, 4.12 ERA) | 8:10 p.m. – FSD/1270 AM and 97.1 FM Notes on Scherzer Lifetime against the Royals Scherzer’s 4-4 with a 3.93 ERA. This season: 2-2, 5.66 [...]
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September 5, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
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 [...]
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September 2, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 0 comments
It’s Friday. It’s Labor Day Weekend. It’s the White Sox and Tigers at Comerica Park. What’s not to like? Besides the White Sox, of course. Leading Off: The Royals continued their irritating ways yesterday, out-slugging the Tigers 11-8, to earn a split of the four-game series. Let’s face it, Kansas City could’ve very easily swept [...]
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August 22, 2011
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Video | 3 comments
I’ve decided that yesterday’s play by Austin Jackson and Alex Avila was the most exciting defensive play to end a Tigers game since July 24, 1983 when Chet Lemon stole a homer from Rod Carew at the Big A. The catch gave the Tigers 4-3, 12-inning win and kept them just a half-game out of [...]
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August 22, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast,The Monday Report | 0 comments
Welcome to the last full week of August. The Tigers enjoy a 4.5-game lead on the Indians today. The last time they led the A.L. Central by that many games was Sept. 16, 2009. Leading Off: I’ve watched a lot of Tigers baseball in my time but I can’t recall a more exciting final out [...]
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August 3, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 0 comments
Good Wednesday morning, afternoon or evening. Thanks to everyone who passed along birthday wishes to yours truly yesterday. It was a great day, capped by a soggy Tigers win. The photo here is the cake a friend of mine made for me. It tasted as good as it looks. Leading Off: The Tigers failed to [...]
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July 17, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Daily Breakfast | 2 comments
Good Sunday Morning. How are you enjoying the growing number of Tigers trade rumors? First Ubaldo Jimenez, now Derek Lowe. In this update on the ESPN.com Rumors blog, they float Magglio Ordonez or Casper Wells as pieces going to Atlanta in a potential deal. Leading Off: What’s the worst part of the Tigers two-game skid? A) It [...]
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