tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post7880836515720035990..comments2023-10-20T10:53:46.272-04:00Comments on The Wayne Fontes Experience: Random thoughts after a Tigers splitBig Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08745424963722654158noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-25310324870179114802007-08-17T00:44:00.000-04:002007-08-17T00:44:00.000-04:00Ah, memories of 1987. Much of that season is burne...Ah, memories of 1987. Much of that season is burned into my memory too. And don't get me going about Bell winning the MVP. 20 years later, I still get furious thinking how Trammell was jobbed out of his rightful MVP award. Sometimes I wonder if Tram had won MVP, if that would had helped his HOF chances. And the asinine HOF voting when it comes to Trammell gets me furious as well...Big Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745424963722654158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-70588792601626779672007-08-16T22:07:00.000-04:002007-08-16T22:07:00.000-04:00I remember in May when the Tigers had a losing rec...I remember in May when the Tigers had a losing record Sparky went on the pre-game show on WDIV and predicted they'd win the division. My dad turned off the TV and refusd to allow any of us to watch the game. Five months later he was telling me how I was going to go to Detroit Catholic Central high school because Tanana went there.'Effhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403343749768331331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-77272162568051564052007-08-16T14:19:00.000-04:002007-08-16T14:19:00.000-04:00Ah, the '87 pennant race--The Tigers started that ...Ah, the '87 pennant race--The Tigers started that season 11-19 in the first 30 games and went on the greatest tear of sustained excellence until the Mariners a few years ago. Every morning you could turn to the standings and in the last ten games column the Tigers would be 7-3, or 8-2, or in a bad stretch, 6-4. In addition to Tanana's final game performance, I think that was the year that he struck out Tony Fernandez on a couple of 84 mph fast balls and a 65 mph slurve and as Tony walked back to the dugout he yelled at Frank "Pitch like a man." You could read his lips on TV. Frank just laughed at him.<BR/><BR/>That was also the year that George "Don't Call Me Jorge" Bell won the MVP by campaigning for it rather than playing for it. He hit about .125 in the final week as Tram hit about .375 and led the Tigers to the playoffs. Unfortunately, they ran out of gas as just the wrong moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20500414.post-27658154217662852122007-08-16T13:11:00.000-04:002007-08-16T13:11:00.000-04:00The first baseball season I remember was 1984 when...The first baseball season I remember was 1984 when the pennant race was over by May, so 1987 scared the holy shit out of me. I'll never forget Larry Herndon hitting the home run and Frank Tanana pitching a shutout to beat Toronto in game #162 to win the division.<BR/><BR/>And for the record, someonme ought to pull Doyle Alexander's stats from that pennant race to end the John Smoltz argument once and for all.'Effhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403343749768331331noreply@blogger.com