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The Score: A’s 4 - Tigers 2
The Gist: Same old story.
The Quote: “This was a big relief, I think, for everybody.” — Oakland manager Bob Geren on his team’s first win since I was in my 30s.
The Stat: 47. The number of games left in this season.
Stat #2: 9. The number of runs the [...]

Here’s what we were talking about on The Fungo last August 8:

Free Press Boosts Tigers Coverage…Apparently
Bullpen still a problem
If you can’t stand the heat, turn off the Grilli

I’m not much for the Olympics nor the PGA, so I guess I’ll have to grit my teeth and watch the Tigers and A’s this weekend. In the meantime…

The Tigers have tumbled seven spots ESPN’s Power Rankings this week. Detroit is now #20. Quite honestly, I think the Worldwide Leader is being generous.
In last week’s [...]

Ol’ number 33 turns 54 today. You can read more about Steve Kemp — and the trade that sent him to the White Sox — in the Fungo archives.

The wrecking ball at Michigan and Trumbull has caused Tigers fans across the nation to freak out. Or, to be precise, to express a desire to find a pair of Tiger Stadium seats.
How do I know this? Because of a stream of comments, pleas and offers for seats on a post I wrote last October.
If [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday was Johnny Grubb’s 60th birthday. Yes, 60th. I recently had the pleasure of talking with him while doing research for SABR’s book on the 1984 Tigers. (I’ve written the biographies of both Grubb and outfielder Rusty Kuntz.) We spoke about his entire career and focused a lot, of course, on the ‘84 team.

In honor [...]

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #57, a 45-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Arizona, and Ann Arbor, Mich.
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In this episode we’re joined by Ian Casselberry, of BlessYouBoys.com. Ian and I discuss:

The [...]

Between Bill Freehan and Lance Parrish, the Tigers’ backstop bridge to the future was ol’ Milt May.
The Tigers picked up May in a Dec. 6, 1975 trade with the Astros. He came to Detroit with Jim Crawford and Dave Roberts for Leon Roberts, Terry Humphrey, Gene Pentz and Mark Lemongello.
May’s first season as a [...]

Welcome to August! In the Phoenix area we ring in the month with 113 degrees…but a mere 20 percent humidity. The poor Tigers head to Tampa where the temperature and humidity are 86. God bless Willis Carrier.

So how did July end up for the Tigers? Even. As in 13-13. Here are some other tidbits that [...]