June 22, 2009

Monday Night Lite

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Checking in from the land of Google and Apple, on the border of Mountain View and Cupertino, Calif.:

It’s a shame that I read the USA Today only when I’m traveling, as I am today. There’s usually one or two outstanding pieces in each edition and this morning proved it: a feature [...]

April 13, 2009

Must-See TV: Sheff in the Field on Wednesday

If you have a curiosity about how Gary Sheffield will fare as an outfielder with the Mets, you’ll have to wait until Wednesday to see Sheff patrolling right at Citi Field, so says ESPN.com’s Rumor Central [$]:
For the second time this week, coaches hit fly balls to Sheffield in the early afternoon to get him [...]

April 11, 2009

Oh-for-Sheff

In case you were wondering, Gary Sheffield hasn’t gotten a hit yet this season.
Even if you aren’t interested in the Sheff Saga, click the link to see some lackluster Photoshopping by Mets.com designers.

March 31, 2009

Tigers Tighten “Letting Another Player Wear Alan Trammell’s #3″ Policy

Last July 9 I attend a Tigers/Indians game at Comerica Park — the one when the Tigers came back from six runs down to win it in the ninth on a Miguel Cabrera line-drive homer — and found myself utterly transfixed on the father and son duo sitting in front of me.
The dad, possibly [...]

March 2, 2009

2009 Player Profile: Gary Sheffield

Gary Sheffield #3

Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 215
2008 Stats: .225 – 19 HR – 57 RBI

Gary Sheffield entered the 2008 season looking to improve on a sub-par debut campaign in Detroit. A shoulder injury sustained in an outfield collision in ’07 required surgery and off-season rehab, and it slowed Sheffield at the plate during the [...]

February 25, 2009

The Non Sequiturs Return: “Play Ball!” Edition

If you’ve been a long-time Daily Fungo reader, you know that I’ve posted a semi-regular series called The Non Sequiturs. More recently I’ve posted similar items under the Wednesday Walewanders banner (or Friday Fungoes, Three for Thursday, etc.). You may ask: What’s the difference? Truth is, there isn’t any. Just thought I’d come clean on [...]

January 9, 2009

Friday Fungoes: New Year’s Style

It’s not often I go a full week without posting something here at the The Daily Fungo but there were circumstances beyond my control, namely my computer. It went kaput in December and only after the most drastic of all measures — erasing the hard drive and starting over — was I able to resuscitate [...]