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Month: March 2024

  • 🐇 The Sunday Fungo

    The Tigers on Easter Sunday Happy Easter! Here’s a rundown of the Tigers’ performance on Easter Sunday in games from 1977 through ’94. They appeared in nine games, winning three: April 10, 1977: Royals 5 – Tigers 0 | W: Colborn – L: Ruhle – Save: GuraApril 15, 1979: Tigers 11 – Rangers 6 |…

  • The Saturday Fungo

    Larry Sheets – #9 After the misery of the 1989 season, Bill Lajoie got to work in the offseason adding hitters to a lousy roster. Cecil Fielder, Tony Phillips and Lloyd Moseby were the headliners, but an under-the-radar guy was lefthanded-hitting outfielder Larry Sheets. After six years in Baltimore, Sheets was dealt to Detroit for…

  • The Friday Fungo

    Lynn Jones – #35 The Tigers selected Lynn Jones from the Reds in the December 1978 Rule 5 Draft, and he made some noise in his major-league debut on April 13, 1979. In the 5-4 Tigers loss to the Rangers, Jones started in centerfield, batting eighth, and went two for three with a walk, a run scored…

  • The Thursday Fungo

    Tigers’ Opening Day Record, 1977-1994 The wheelhouse of The Daily Fungo is the Ralph Houk, Les Moss and Sparky Anderson years. So, through that narrow lens in the Tigers’ much broader history, let’s look at how the teams from 1977 through 1994 opened their respective seasons. * Indicates I was at the game. Year Opening…

  • The Wednesday Fungo

    Mike Dalton – #42 Mike Dalton had a micro-career in the majors, appearing in four games — all with the 1991 Tigers in a span of two weeks. Here are 10 things to know about the lefty reliever: Birthdays Mike Dalton! Today’s Grid ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 360 9/9 – Rarity: 28 See you tomorrow.

  • The Tuesday Fungo

    Shawn Hare – #25 and #10 Shawn Hare was one of the more highly anticipated Tigers prospects in the late 1980s and early ‘9os. We fans waited for the next group of young talent to take over for the aging crew from the mid ’70s* and Hare, a first baseman and outfielder, was in the mix…

  • The Monday Fungo

    Today’s Game: July 20, 1985 Tigers 6 – Rangers 5, 15 Innings W: Bill Scherrer (1-1) – L: Greg Harris (2-3) | Boxscore A routine Saturday evening game at Tiger Stadium, with Jack Morris pitching a typical eight and two thirds, and Willie Hernandez entering in relief of a 3-3 tie in the ninth got…

  • The Sunday Fungo

    40 Years Ago: The Trade Forty years ago today, March 24, 1984, the Tigers acquired relief pitcher Willie Hernandez and first baseman Dave Bergman from the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher John Wockenfuss and outfielder Glenn Wilson.  And the insanity that was the Summer of ’84 began. As if you need a refresher: Here’s a longer…

  • The Saturday Fungo

    My Top-5 Tigers Lately I’ve been giving a lot of thought to who my all-time favorite Tigers are and who would make a tidy list. Putting together my top 10 would be easy. Narrowing it to just five would be tough but I wanted to give it a shot. What’s the criteria for this list?…

  • The Friday Fungo

    Rich Monteleone – #36 Before the names of Kyle Sleeth, Kenny Baugh, Justin Thompson and even Scott Aldred and Steve Searcy evoked images of a star-studded starting rotation for the Tigers, there was one name* that personified unfulfilled promise for Tiger fans: Rich Monteleone. Anyone who has followed the Tigers at least since the late 1970s…