James Mungro Memorial Award
Your bi-weekly Jose Alvarez Update: As the Detroit Tigers begin, it begins
It’s Opening Day. Get Excited! After today, there’s only 161 games left in the playoff stretch. This Tigers-Twins game could have some serious Wildcard implications. Yet, the Tigers’ most dangerous weapon remains in the minors. Your James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by (sponsor pending) winner, Jose Alvarez, has been banished to AAA, a.k.a ‘Where JMMA […]
James Mungro Memorial Award Update (2013 Detroit Tigers edition): A winner is crowned
The plan was to cut the field in half, bring the competition down to the final two and have some sort of Bachelor-style rose ceremony to name our third James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by Sony’s MLB The Show 13.* But we’re all veterans of competition. We know the JMMA isn’t simply handed out when […]
James Mungro Memorial Award (2013 Tigers Edition) Update: The field losses one member, gets a lot more interesting
(Previously: The Season 3 opening, Update No. 1 where we cut Ryan Robowski. Profiles: Jose Alvarez, Trevor Bell, Brad Davis, Dixon Machado, Kevin Russo) When we presented our second ever James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by (Tosti—no, still no sponsor) to Jacques McClendon this fall during the Lions’ preseason, we gave it to a guy who […]
Know your JMMA (Detroit Tigers Edition) Nominees: Goodbye Michael Morrison, Hello Kevin Russo
We’re doubling up today, knocking out the final two profiles of James Mungro Memorial Award nominees in one post. Why? Because in the process of researching Michael Morrison, I realized he needed to go. Morrison may be the most uninteresting man ever nominated for the James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by (sponsor pending). He doesn’t […]
Know your James Mungro Memorial Award (Detroit Tigers edition) nominee: Dixon Machado, the rule bender
I have mixed feelings regarding Dixon Machado. Technically he’s not a big-time prospect which makes him technically eligible, but he’s actually on people’s radars, which you can’t say for the other nominees. He’s on the outside rung, but he’s on the radar. Machado just narrowly avoids violating the provision in Rule No. 3 stating that he […]
Know your James Mungro Memorial Award Nominee: Brad Davis, future Detroit Tigers bullpen catcher?
If Brad Davis was a collection of all the Brad Davis’ in the world, he would be pretty one pretty cool actor/soccer player/basketball player/high school girls basketball coach/baseball player/other things. Unfortunately, he’s only one of those things and he’s not particularly good at it. Davis is a catcher for the Tigers, and he’s on dangerously […]
James Mungro Memorial Award (2013 Tigers Edition) Update: Ryan Robowski pulls a reverse Dennis Quaid
You know in sports movies where there’s that one scene when the protagonist and/or his buddies/spouse/kids/moral compass is all like, ‘This is it. This is your only shot,’ even though it’s highly unlikely some major league team is going to watch a player throw five pitches and sign him to a contract let alone send […]
Know your James Mungro Memorial Award Nominee: Trevor Bell, a new Chris Bootcheck?
With only seven nominees fighting for this year’s James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by Kia, (hoping if I keep putting a company’s name there they’ll actually sponsor the award), we can get to know our brave competitors on a closer level before cuts are made. In the coming weeks, we’ll profile each one, going in […]
