Tag Archive | James Mungro Memorial Award
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 […]
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 […]
The James Mungro Memorial Award seeks it’s third champion: The initial Detroit Tigers nominees
Sports has fallen into its February lull. We’re pre-NCAA Tournament, pre-baseball, post-all star break and slightly pre-playoff stretch in both basketball and hockey. Luckily, one thing will save us all. The James Mungro Memorial Award, sponsored by (sponsor pending). That’s right. Players have reported to spring training, workouts are in full bloom down in Lakeland, […]
Packing for non-existent Spring Training and dominating teens in Jeopardy: Catching up with our two James Mungro Memorial Award winners
As February meanders along, somebody is mere weeks away from what will likely to be the defining moment of his career. One baseball player, unknown to even the best pundits and in some cases his own family, will see his name go up in lights possibly one light. He will be presented with a fictional […]
Jacques McClendon: Winner of the James Mungro Memorial Award, Football Edition
Heading into Thursday’s game with Buffalo, the pending cuts had to be on Nate Hughes’ mind. Perhaps he thought a couple of catches, maybe a solid return or two and a touchdown would make the team. Perhaps he didn’t think he had a chance. What he knew, what we all knew, was that the James […]
The James Mungro Memorial Award, Lions Edition: Preseason Week 3
The James Mungro Memorial Award presented by (you know the deal) was supposed to have its man by now. Somebody was supposed to take after the award’s namesake and reanimate the half-asleep on souls on their couch and the clearly delusional fans still in the stands. Just one big play a game would have been […]
The James Mungro Memorial Award, Lions Edition: Preseason Week 2
(Part 1) After an absolutely thrilling Week One of competition for the James Mungro Memorial Award presented by (seriously, somebody sponsor this thing) we had a slightly less exciting but certainly more surprising Week Two. Kellen Moore actually played OK! Offensive players make their appearance on the JMMA Watchlist! We cut Tracy Robertson! Things are […]
