When Baseball Was Fun

GEORGE KELL SPEAKING A FEW YEARS AGO SAID THIS ABOUT OUR QUARTERLY:
“WBWF IS OLD SCHOOL TIGER BASEBALL AT IT’S BEST”
ERNIE HARWELL WRITING SIX YEARS AGO:
“IF YOU LOVE BASEBALL YOU’LL LOVE WBWF.”
THANK YOU GEORGE & ERNIE!!
WEEKEND TIGER NOTES.
Casey Blake killed us in the American League and now he’s doing it against us in
the [...]

On page 72 of this week’s SPORTS ILLUSTRATED publication you will find an
article entitled: “NOLAN RYAN’S CRUSADE” where he joins WBWF in our outcry
against the fallacy of the PITCH COUNT.
He denounces it as a false concept which is turning our young strong MLB
pitchers into coddled and spoiled wimpering babies.
The baseball writers and announcers use this [...]

For a fact WBWF has found out through our Tiger scource that certain
members of the Tiger’s management team are still seething over the
arguably worst trade in Tiger history. It happened on JULY 30, 2008 when
we traded hall-of-fame catcher “PUDGE” RODRIGUEZ to the Bronx money
changers for KYLE FARNSWORTH, who at one time was a Tiger [...]

In a shift that no one saw coming the Tiger’s have announced a huge
season changing move of CARLOS GUILLEN to second base!!
As we disected this change it became very apparent to us that this
action might be just what the doctor ordered for Jim Leyland’s lineup.
At the present time they have solid starters at the one [...]

What would you say about four of Detroit’s budding stars: AUSTIN JACKSON,
ALEX AVILA, BRENNAN BOESCH and SCOTT SIZEMORE making only $400,000
each?? $1,600,000 for all four. You gotta’ be kidding? Right?
WRONG! Actually that’s what they really are being paid. In today’s bludgeioning
salaries what a breath of fresh air these four rookies bring to [...]

Our space ship is sputtering because ENGINE’S B & S are mal-functioning. They
were tested earlier for defects and they were ok, but now our ship is in danger
of sinking off into space unless steps are taken immediately.
BONDERMAN & SCHERZER must not be allowed to continue in the starting
rotation. Their ERA’s are embarrasing and [...]

The following is the last part of an inside & personal look at the Tiger’s rookie second sacker,
SCOTT SIZEMORE, as written by his good friend, BOBBY HOEFT II, owner and manager of THE
GRAND SLAM BATTING CAGES in Chesapeake, where both SCOTT & BOBBY make there home.
“SCOTT went off to college at VCU. The same school [...]

In April of 2004 ERNIE wrote in his distinctive long hand our PR giant that we have
proudly used extensively:
“IF YOU LOVE BASEBALL, YOU’LL LOVE WBWF.”
On May 9, 1979, he typed:
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written by bobby hoeft II, owner & manager of the “GRAND SLAM HITTING CAGES” in CHESAPEAKE, VA.
“His father TERRY was his coach for many years while SCOTT played summer travel ball.
SCOTT would do his best to live up to his father’s expectations but even more so try
to fill the huge shoes of his big brother [...]

It should be pointed out that our son BOBBY HOEFT II is a very close friend of SCOTT SIZEMORE down in
Chesapeake, Virginia. BOBBY owns and operates the GRAND SLAM BATTING CAGES where they first met many
years ago when SCOTT was knee-high-to-a-grasshopper. Here’s BOBBY’S inside story on SCOTT SIZEMORE.
“If you are anything like me, a [...]