This is the second and final installment of my conversation with former Tigers outfielder and pinch-hitter extraordinaire, Johnny Grubb. You can find the first installment here.

Mike McClary: Heading into the 1984 season, was it a long off-season? It would seem like you would be chomping at the bit to get back on the field shortly [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]