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 [...]

I’m down to my last box of Girl Scout Cookies — Thin Mints, don’t you know — but despite this unfortunate circumstance, I present the Wednesday Walewanders. Rob Neyer yesterday linked to this list of The Worst Contracts in Baseball and, no, the entire Tigers roster does not appear. But there is some significant Detroit [...]

In the spirit of the holidays, we’re giving away a couple of nifty baseball books to two lucky Fungo readers. Send an email with your name and contact information and we’ll throw your name in a Tigers hat and select the winner of one of these two: An original copy of The Detroit Tigers by [...]

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 [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (10.8MB)

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #49, a 23-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Portland, Ore. In this episode we’re joined by Rob Neyer of ESPN.com, and the author of six books, including his latest “Rob Neyer’s Big [...]

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, [...]

About three hours before the Mitchell Report was released today, I updated Twitter with this tongue-in-cheek ditty: Is today the day we find out Nook Logan was on steroids? Little did I know that his name would appear in the report (on page 277). Two bits of interest for me related to Logan: First, didn’t [...]