When Baseball Was Fun

ONE) Concerning the young Tiger 18 year old Tiger pitching phenom, JACOB
TURNER, Dave Dombrowski told a salivating Jim Leyland: ” NO YOU CAN’T HAVE
HIM.”
However, that was before the rotation started to go into reverse. SCHERZER,
BONDERMAN and ROBERTSON can’t get anyone out and GALARAGA and MINOR
are driving their manager up the wall with [...]

Jim Leyland and I agree that TED WILLIAMS was the greatest hitter of all
time bar none! Think about this fact: his career was interupted TWICE by
serving his country and he lost FIVE SEASONS OF PRIME TIME in his baseball
life!! He still managed to hit over .400 and set many records. Just imagine
what his [...]

On Wednesday the Tigers beat the Jays 7-6 in what seemed like a typical
ho-hum spring training game…HOWEVER, THREE SIGNIFICANT HAPPENINGS
TOOK PLACE. And here they are:
a) JEREMY BONDERMAN, whom our inside Tiger source has told us is the key
to the Tiger’s braintrust major spring training plans, took the mound after only
pitching 81 1/2 [...]

Once again FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE provided the opening opponent for the good
guys down in Lakeland and the results once more were the same as the Tigers
trounced the college kids 13-1.
What we found significant were the two gigantic taters hit into the wind by
CASPER WELLS & RYAN STRIEBY. Wells is an outfield candidate with lots [...]

THE SPRING QUARTERLY IS READY FOR MAILING WITH THE FOLLOWING SCOOPS:
A) An inside look at SCOTT SIZEMORE as told by his Chesapeake pal and our
son: BOBBY HOEFT II;
B) BILLY HERMAN writes about what it was like being a CUB against the Tigers
in the 1935 World Series;
C) ERNIE [...]

Just when you think the pranks of the GAS HOUSE GANG are LONG GONE, a story
from an old schooler pops up. To prove it I received this hand written letter
from VIRGIL TRUCKS a few days ago. We will reproduce it exactly the way VIRGIL
wrote it for your good old fashioned baseball laughter.
“AS YOU [...]

Spring training is closing in and the Detroit baseball media is busy looking
helter & skelter for some Tiger tid bit to write about. So we’ve
been over loaded with stories about what the Tigers need to win the central
division and what they don’t need. Recently one Tiger beat writer went
so far as to [...]

Well, wadaya’ know. Johnny Damon in a Tiger uniform? This morning’s
Detroit FREEP says that Damon’s agent, Scott Boras, is telling the Tigers
that Damon likes Detroit and would welcome the chance to play at the
COPA.
WBWF says that the fit would be just about perfect. Here’s why:
1) He would be [...]

Our source inside the Tiger’s clubhouse tells us that:
JUSTIN VERLANDER will sign an extended contract for six years worth 88 million
dollars with the last year gauranteed. When? Within a few weeks;
And that although the media is predicting great things for CURTIS GRANDERSON
in a Yankee uniform the Tigers are not believing it for one minute. [...]

MANUEL “MIKE” PAPISTA left us the other day on Saturday, January 23, 2010.
He was our legal advisor for the WBWF, but more than that he’s been a dear
friend ever since I met him on the campus of Southeastern High School in the
Fall of 1944. His smile was infectious and his person was brimming with enthusiasm
and [...]