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 [...]

January 2, 2008

The 20-year career: it’s the new 10!

You want some spirited debate (of the non-Iowa Caucus variety, that is)? Try the Internet. More specifically, browse the comments of any Rob Neyer piece on ESPN.com — especially when he’s writing about the Hall of Fame.
Today Rob raised a terrific Tigers-related question in his column titled: Trammell being unfairly judged? (Insider only).
Actually, he [...]

November 28, 2007

The Non-Sequiturs: Holiday Edition

Let’s get right to the question of the day: You did send along birthday wishes today to Nook Logan, right? Tsk, tsk.
 
The Twins are quite a busy bunch this week with the Johan Santana discussions and the three-for-three trade with the Devil Rays. I read in the New York Daily News on Tuesday that the [...]

September 6, 2007

A Matinee Mixed Bag

As the Tigers’ slide (and the Indians’ surge) gathered velocity over the past week or so, I realized how it pushed me farther away from the baseball/information complex.I’ve stopped watching Baseball Tonight, skipped over the Baseball Today podcast each morning, and avoided the various Power Rankings. It ain’t been easy.Rogers’ Roost Even though the Tigers, [...]