September 25, 2010
By Mike McClary in Tigers Today | 0 comments
Tigers’ Record: 78-75, 3rd Place; 14 GB Today’s Game Tigers vs. Twins | 7:05 p.m. ET – Comerica Park | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Jeremy Bonderman (8-9, 4.92 ERA) vs. Carl Pavano (17-11, 3.60 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 10 – Twins 1 W: Justin Verlander (18-8) L: Francisco Liriano [...]
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May 27, 2010
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Fungo Flashback | 2 comments
Thirty years ago today the Tigers traded my favorite player, Jason Thompson, to the Angels for Al Cowens. Here’s a piece I wrote two years ago about the deal. Get a load of my thoughts on Miguel Cabrera who had recently been moved to first base. Another gleaming example of why I’m not fit to [...]
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April 7, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Tigers Today | 0 comments
5:44 p.m. ET: Updated with Tigers lineup Tigers’ Record: 1-0; Tied for 1st Today’s Game Tigers @ Royals | 8:10 ET — Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City | On the air: FSD (Joined in Progress at 10 p.m.)/AM 1270 Pitching Matchup Max Scherzer, 0-0 0.00 ERA vs. Luke Hochevar, 0-0 0.00 ERA From the Game Notes: [...]
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March 25, 2010
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Three for Thursday | 0 comments
How’s this for a grab bag of Tigers-related goodness? Want to go fishing with Jack Morris? World Fishing Network and Comcast Michigan will offer one lucky angler and his or her favorite fishing buddy the opportunity to spend the day fishing with former Tiger Jack Morris in the “WFN’s Fishing with Jack Morris presented by [...]
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January 25, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Monday Mankowskis | 4 comments
We survived Stormageddon in Arizona and are delighting in the prospect of Cactus League games in five weeks. In the meantime … I was looking at my notebook of random Tigers thoughts and here’s one leftover from the fall. The 2007 Padres lost a Game 163 and began a downward spiral that’s still in motion, [...]
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January 5, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 3 comments
On Wednesday we’re likely to find out again that Jack Morris and Alan Trammell will not be enshrined in Cooperstown this summer. We’re used to it, right? I still hold out hope that these two Tigers legends make it into the Hall of Fame — especially Morris, who was my favorite player. Meanwhile, former Blue [...]
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October 4, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
This is the final installment in our series that looked back on the Tigers’ and Blue Jays’ epic fight for the 1987 American League East title. American League East Standings: October 4, 1987 Team Record Pct. GB Detroit 97-64 .619 – Toronto 96-65 .596 1 In the first six games one thing was constant: the [...]
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