March 28, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured | 0 comments
In case you’d forgotten, it was 24 years ago this week that the Tigers swung a deal with the Phillies that changed the 1984 season for the Tigers dramatically — and instantly.
On March 27, 1984, the Tigers acquired lefty reliever Willie Hernandez and first baseman Dave Bergman from Philadelphia in exchange for OF Glenn Wilson [...]
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January 14, 2008
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past, Fungoes | 0 comments
It’s hard to tell whether former Tigers general manager Randy Smith liked catcher Brad Ausmus or had it in for him. After all, Smith dealt for or dealt away Ausmus five times in seven years.
The first time was in 1993 when Smith was an assistant GM with the Rockies. Ausmus went to the Padres [...]
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December 16, 2007
By Doug Hill in Doug's Dispatches | 1 comment
There have been lots of thoughts percolating around my head lately. Now that I’ve cleared my driveway of snow for the third time today, it’s time to get those thoughts out to the masses.
Brandon Inge
If you recall prior to the 2004 season Mr. Inge acted like a petulant little child when the Tigers signed Pudge [...]
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November 1, 2007
By Mike McClary in Fungoes, Hot Stove | 5 comments
So Joel Zumaya’s out until…well, who knows? Not to worry, the Tigers might have a fall-back position in the person of Todd Jones. Unless he signs with the Braves or some other team in the southeast.Worried? Me too.I wonder if the Tigers front office is mulling a call to Mariano Rivera’s agent. He could be [...]
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August 21, 2007
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 0 comments
From my vantage point, tonight’s game at Comerica Park had the look and feel of a playoff game. Two good teams, a cool, overcast evening, and a sellout-plus crowd.More importantly for Tigers fans, the game had the look and feel of a Tigers game from June or early July - from 2006 or 2007, [...]
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July 19, 2007
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 0 comments
The beauty of being self-employed: watching a Tigers matinee game on my office TV while working away. I don’t do this very often but he are my thoughts updated throughout the game.Jeremy Bonderman clearly has the slider going today.Wow, Timo Perez. As I’ve mentioned before, never in their history have the Tigers had a [...]
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June 28, 2007
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 4 comments
After reading Doug’s pithy and spot-on assessment of Todd Jones — heretofore known by me as the Tigers “opener”, not “closer” — I decided not to waste my or your time with a vitriolic post about him. What more is there to say? For me, nuttin’. For Jim Leyland and Dave Dombrowski, lots apparently.According [...]
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