January 4, 2011

Same Time, Next Year for Me, Morris and the Hall of Fame

It’s early January which means I have to write a post about how I’ll hold out hope that Jack Morris will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Gobs of articles have been written in the past couple of weeks, the majority of which put The Cat squarely in the “great but not Hall-of-Fame [...]

November 9, 2010

Looking Back on Tigers Gold Glove Winners

Well, no Tigers player won a Gold Glove this season, though some held out hope that Austin Jackson might’ve come away with some hardware. His day will come, I’m sure. Let’s look back at the Gold Glove winners in franchise history: 1957 Al Kaline OF 1958 Frank Bolling 2B Al Kaline OF 1959 Al Kaline [...]

September 13, 2010

Tigers Today: September 13, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 72-72, 3rd Place; 13.5 GB Today’s Game Off Day Yesterday’s Results Tigers 6 – Orioles 2 W: Justin Verlander L: Mike Gonzalez (0-3) HR: Brandon Inge (11)

September 9, 2010

Tigers Today: September 9, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 71-70, 3rd Place; 12.5 GB Today’s Results Tigers 6 – White Sox 3 W: Rick Porcello (9-11) L: Gavin Floyd (10-12) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 5 – White Sox 1 W: Jeremy Bonderman (8-9) L: John Danks (13-10)

August 30, 2010

Tigers Today: August 30, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 65-66, 3rd Place; 10 GB Today’s Game Off Day Tomorrow @ Minnesota Yesterday’s Results Tigers 10 – Blue Jays 4 W: Rick Porcello (7-11) L: Marc Rzepczynski (1-2) HR: Ryan Raburn 2 (10), Brandon Inge (9)

May 27, 2010

Fungo Flashback: May 27, 1980: The Day the Tigers Traded Jason Thompson

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 [...]

January 27, 2010

Wednesday Walewanders: Late-night Mish Mash

Yes, I want an iPad, of course I do. I wonder if Dave Dombrowski thinks of Johnny Damon in Detroit and only sees Jacque Jones. I couldn’t see the Tigers making room for Jim Thome without eating another big contract — and we know that isn’t happening. Still, it would’ve been fun to see him [...]