April 17, 2009

The Curious Case of June 2, 1980: Tigers and Mariners Play to a Tie

In case you were wondering, here’s how the Tigers have fared against the Mariners since Seattle joined the American League in 1977:

All-Time Record: 185-152-1

All-Time at Home: 104-64-1

All-Time at Comerica Park: 22-18

All-Time at Seattle: 81-88

Wait a second. The Tigers and Mariners played to a tie? In the 20th century?
This little item sent me scrambling to my [...]

January 23, 2009

Friday Fungoes: Inauguration Week Edition

Clearing out a mental notebook — and a paper-based one, too — on a dreary Friday afternoon:

Morris Left Out Again: Our most recent poll question, Does Jack Morris deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?, pulled in 57 responses, 61 percent (35 votes) said yes; 39 percent (22 votes) said nay. Early on, [...]

December 1, 2008

The Monday Report

We waited and waited and waited for news about the Tigers’ shortstop. And after all that waiting, all we get is who the shortstop won’t be next year? Oy vey. Take heart. There’s more to talk about this week:

On this date in 1961, the Tigers made the only Dec. 1-trade in their history by trading [...]

November 26, 2008

Wednesday Walewanders

For the first time in three months (no joke), it’s raining here. We’ll stay warm and dry as we rollout another set of Walewanders:

Remember when the Tigers announced that one of the coaches hadn’t decided to return for 2009? Whatever happened with that?

Almost a year ago, the Tigers acquired Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera [...]

August 6, 2008

Talking with Johnny Grubb, Part II

This is the second and final installment of my conversation with former Tigers outfielder and pinch-hitter extraordinaire, Johnny Grubb. You can find the first installment here.

Mike McClary: Heading into the 1984 season, was it a long off-season? It would seem like you would be chomping at the bit to get back on the field shortly [...]

June 29, 2008

Birthdays! (And some history)

Bruce Kimm, Mark Fidrych’s personal catcher, turns 57 today.

Eddie Miller played 14 games for the 1982 Tigers and got one hit in 25 at bats; that’s an .040 average, folks. He turns 51 today.

Dizzy Trout was born on this date in 1915. The righty pitcher won 27 games for the Tigers in the 1944 season [...]

January 8, 2008

SI’s Hall of Fame Primary

If you believe the voters in Sports Illustrated’s online mock voting, today we find out that Travis Fryman’s Hall of Fame candidacy comes to a quick and painless end. (He’s not alone; get a load of Brady Anderson, Shawon Dunston and Todd Stottlemyre’s, ahem, support.)

There are, of course, two former Tigers on the ballot [...]