Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Category: Fungoes
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On this date in 1984, the Tigers clinched the American League East title, beating the Brewers 3-0. Randy O’Neal pitched seven shutout innings, allowing four hits, one walk and striking out six. As he often did, Willie Hernandez earned a two-inning save, his 30th of the year. Tom Brookens hit a solo homer off Brewers’ starter…
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There’s always an interesting story about the Tigers birthdays. Take, for example, Jim Proctor, who was born on this date in 1935. He debuted at age 23 for the Tigers on Sept. 14, 1959 against the Senators in Washington, pitching in relief of starter Ray Narleski. In the bottom of the sixth, he allowed one…
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So perhaps we haven’t seen the last of Jose Valverde in a Tigers uniform after all. Chris Iott reports Valverde signed a minor-league deal … with no major-league commitment from the Detroit Tigers — general manager Dave Dombrowski announced late this morning. Valverde will report to extended spring training in Lakeland and face some hitters…
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How thick is the lens in a pair of Oakley sunglasses? I don’t own the instruments to determine the precise measurement but I think it’s safe to say thick enough to not only protect Miguel Cabrera‘s eye but sturdy enough to save his season, possibly his career, and almost assuredly make a Triple Crown season…
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Given how the Tigers’ 2012 season went, months of frustration and a division title that came at the 11th hour, a trip to the World Series was far from assured. Far. As dominoes fell late in the year, the Tigers ALDS opponent depended on which team, the A’s or Rangers, won the A.L. West. They…
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Three years ago, the Tigers acquired Max Scherzer in a megatrade and the club envisioned him as part of a high-octane one-two punch with Justin Verlander. Scherzer displayed flashes of his potential with the Diamondbacks in 2008 and ’09 and observers in the desert thought that Scherzer would be part of a lethal rotation combo,…
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While Tigers fans were reeling from the news of Victor Martinez‘s season-ending knee injury, owner Mike Ilitch (likely to the dismay of Dave Dombrowski) was having back-channel conversations with agent Scott Boras. As we’d soon find out, those conversations centered on the last remaining free-agent slugger that could soothe the wounds of losing Martinez and…
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Here’s the WDIV “Tigers ’84” segment with Eli Zaret from April 8, 1984, the day after Jack Morris‘s no-hitter against the White Sox.
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About four weeks before the Tigers convened in Lakeland for spring training, the club’s outlook instantly went from brimming with confidence and optimism to soaked in despair and gloom. That’s when Dave Dombrowski received word from Florida that Victor Martinez suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and would eventually be lost for the…
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