July 1, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 4 comments
These Walenwanders come to you with visions of a Chipotle burrito dancing in my head. Meanwhile, the mercury rises in the desert.
Despite MLB’s efforts, I realized that I still hadn’t cast my All-Star ballot. Voting ends tomorrow night, so vote late and often.
As we watch Magglio Ordonez’s swing atrophy, I’m thinking that he might personify [...]
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June 22, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, The Monday Report | 1 comment
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Checking in from the land of Google and Apple, on the border of Mountain View and Cupertino, Calif.:
It’s a shame that I read the USA Today only when I’m traveling, as I am today. There’s usually one or two outstanding pieces in each edition and this morning proved it: a feature [...]
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April 4, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes, The Non-Sequiturs | 1 comment
Watching countless commercial breaks and a little Final Four hoops, I thought I’d finger-roll some non sequiturs:
There’s no place to put him, unfortunately, but I wish the Tigers could right and old wrong and bring back the now-available Frank Catalanotto.
In case you were wondering, with the Opening Day roster set, the Tigers have assigned official [...]
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April 4, 2009
By Mike McClary in Fungoes | 4 comments
My blogging rule #1 is “Don’t Blog Angry”, but today I can’t help it. Long-time readers of this site know that I’m a big Nate Robertson fan (much to the dismay of my pal Ian). This week, though, my bromance with Nater is on the rocks — if not over, period. He’s not happy to [...]
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February 21, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles, Featured | 0 comments
The results of our most recent poll indicate that loyal Daily Fungo readers would prefer Dontrelle Willis (43%), Zach Miner (38%) or perhaps even Felipe Lira as the Tigers’ fifth starter over Nate Robertson (19%).
Nevertheless, we want to continue our series of player profiles today with The Nater for two reasons — actually three, [...]
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January 9, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past, Doug's Dispatches, Featured, Fungoes | 3 comments
It’s not often I go a full week without posting something here at the The Daily Fungo but there were circumstances beyond my control, namely my computer. It went kaput in December and only after the most drastic of all measures — erasing the hard drive and starting over — was I able to resuscitate [...]
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December 31, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 0 comments
If we had to narrow the Tigers’ dismal 2008 to one culprit it would be the pitching. While Detroit’s offense had many fits and starts throughout the season, the pitching was pretty much the same from March 31 to Sept. 28: awful.
Whether it was Dontrelle Willis‘ sudden inability to throw strikes or Justin Verlander’s season [...]
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