July 30, 2008
By Mike McClary in Fungoes, Trades & Rumors | 0 comments
Watching ESPN’s report about the Pudge trade to the Yankees. Peter Gammons says:
The Tigers-Pudge relationship “had run its course.”
Jim Leyland told him that the Tigers can’t run Zumaya and Rodney out there every night and the team needed bullpen depth.
The Tigers believe Brandon Inge is ready to take over behind the plate.
“On that stage in [...]
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July 29, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Game Recaps | 1 comment
The Score: Tigers 8 – Indians 5
The Gist: Armando Galarraga is to the Indians as Paul Byrd is to the Tigers. Well, not quite, but Galarraga beat the Tribe for the third time this year, Tigers hitters were spared batting practice and turned it on, you know, during a game. But back to Galarraga: three [...]
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July 20, 2008
By Mike McClary in Game Recaps | 0 comments
The Score: Orioles 11 – Tigers 10
The Gist: The Tigers were up 6-0. Again they couldn’t hold pile on until it was too late. Not sure if tacking on three runs counts as “piling on”, though. Nate Robertson was awful — 2.1 IP, 8 hits, 7 ER (but no walks) — and Placido Polanco had [...]
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July 11, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Game Recaps | 4 comments
I’m breaking from the usual game recap format tonight to reluctantly raise a white flag on the 2008 season.
In fact, indulge me while I use a line from my favorite movie, “Midnight Run“, in which Robert DeNiro tells Charles Grodin:
“You’re in this mess because you’re in this mess. I didn’t put you in this [...]
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May 19, 2008
By Mike McClary in Fungoes, Tigers Birthdays | 0 comments
Like Nuke LaLoosh, summer is announcing its presence with authority.
Triple digits returned to the desert on Sunday — a mere 104. Today the temps approached 110.
Big whoop. If you can’t handle the heat, don’t dish out The Non Sequiturs.
Or something like that.
Charley Steiner spoke with national baseball writer Phil Rogers of the Chicago [...]
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May 9, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Game Recaps | 0 comments
ESPN highlights available here.
The Gist: Game #37 featured a terrific outing from #37 Kenny Rogers, three hits from Pudge Rodriguez and ridiculous ninth inning from Todd Jones. Luckily, and most importantly, it all added up to a Tigers’ 6-5 win over the Yankees. Rogers gave the Tigers a quality start — 6 IP, 9 H, [...]
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March 21, 2008
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 0 comments
Okay, we get it. The Tigers bullpen is to the team’s championship aspirations as an anvil is to a skydiver.
But what, pray tell, if it’s not?
I, for one, refuse to buy into the bullpen as Achilles’ heel conspiracy theory, and here are three reasons why:
Healthy starters
Dave Dombrowski
Zach Miner
1. Healthy starters. Among the many problems last [...]
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March 18, 2008
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 0 comments
Happy 31st Birthday, Fernando Rodney. You’re going on the DL.
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August 21, 2007
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 0 comments
From my vantage point, tonight’s game at Comerica Park had the look and feel of a playoff game. Two good teams, a cool, overcast evening, and a sellout-plus crowd.More importantly for Tigers fans, the game had the look and feel of a Tigers game from June or early July – from 2006 or 2007, [...]
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July 31, 2007
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 0 comments
Those of us old enough to remember when Pat Gillick was general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays (before moving on to similar roles with the Orioles, Mariners and his current employer, the Phillies), may be thinking of him today when pondering the Tigers approach to the non-waiver trade deadline.In the late 1980s, Gillick earned [...]
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