Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: January 2024
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The Colt Keith extension got me wondering if 45 years ago, and these early extensions were a thing, the Tigers would have considered signing Kirk Gibson to a long-term extension. It’s hard to take this notion even half seriously given that Jim Campbell was the Tigers’ GM back then. But still. Today’s Random Nuggets On…
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Happy 70th Birthday, Dave Stegman. A University of Arizona alum, Dave Stegman was drafted by Detroit in the first round — second pick overall — of the 1976 amateur draft. Learn more about Stegman in the Fungo Archives. Also born on this date: The late Sandy Amoros and Walt Dropo. Today’s Nugget Did you know that long-time…
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Hey, and welcome back to The Daily Fungo. It’s been a while. If you’re new here, thanks for visiting. This blog launched in March 2006, which was about as good as it gets in terms of the Tigers’ renaissance converging with blogs becoming a viable thing. The blog kept chugging along, with varying degrees of…
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