Tag: Detroit Tigers
The Prince has a new Kingdom and Giants on the Brink.
New York, NY – The big baseball news this week is the Detroit Tigers landing all-star first baseman, Prince Fielder for $214 million over nine years. Fielder will try to hit homeruns out of the cavernous Comerica Park for the better part of the next decade as the Tigers first baseman. The only problem is [...]
Autumnal Geography: Tigers/Rangers, Brewers/Cards, Giants & Packers
Everywhere and Nowhere- Let’s hammer out some autumnual geography, shall we? Detroit: Yes. I lived in Michigan from 1985-1992. Spent some of the best years of my life there. Lost my virginity there (I was upholding the cherished MtM tradition of not getting laid in HS). Smoked my first cigarette there. Watched Bucky Dent’s first [...]
ANGRY WARD WEDNESDAY: KEY OFF-SEASON MOVES
NEW YORK, NY – It’s never too early to take a look around Major League Baseball and see what every team has been up to this winter. Sure there have been several high-profile trades and signings, but sometimes it’s those more subtle moves that can make or break a season. So, without further ado, here’s [...]
A PROPOSAL FOR JOHNNY DAMON
by West Coast Craig ONEONTA, NY – I figure it’s a good time to talk a little baseball. Let’s start with the in-the-news Johnny Damon. You think when Jumpin’ Johnny popped up at 2nd in Game 4 and then raced to 3rd he was thinking “Hey that worked out pretty well, I bet that’s at [...]
ZOMBIE ATTACK
TROMA STUDIOS – It’s another Monday holiday here at MTM, which has inspired me to flesh out an idea for a new horror film along the lines of My Bloody Valentine, Halloween, or Silent Night Deadly Night, only about the holiest of holidays on the Jewish calendar…Zom Kippur. It’s sundown, everybody inside, that’s when the [...]
WHO IS RUSTY STAUB???
by Sam’s-A-Fan NEW YORK, NY – Is Rusty Staub a former major league ball player once described by none other than Duke Snider as a “Pure hitter,” who broke into the major leagues as a teenager with the then Houston Colt .45s, who was later the first legitimate star for the expansion Montreal Expos, who [...]
LET'S MAKE A DEAL… OR NOT!
By Rex O’Rourke NEW YORK, NY – The Trade Deadline has come and gone with a flurry of last minute deals, as has been discussed, ad nauseam. here and elsewhere. Yet, I love trades and there were some big ones and some not so big – but all had impact, particularly in the AL Central, [...]
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