Ryan Raburn can’t get no respect. Raburn’s first home run of the year was the deadly blow in the Tiger’s 8-run, comeback 6th inning, which overcame a seemingly insurmountable lead built against Max Scherzer, jinxed by Kevin In Dallas. And yet, in the account of the three 6th inning home runs, Jackson “belted” his, Cabrera [...]
Game 2012.37: Twins at Tigers
Ryan Raburn can't get no respect. Raburn's first home run of the year was the deadly blow in the Tiger's 8-run, comeback 6th inning, which overcame a seemingly insurmountable lead built against Max Scherzer, jinxed by Kevin In Dallas. And yet, in the account of the three 6th inning home runs, Jackson… [the full story]
Game 2012.36: Tigers at White Sox
17-18, 2nd place, 2 games behind Cle. Don't let the smile fool you, Mad Max is MAD. He's angry that Coleman jinxed Smyly yesterday. He's upset that Putkonen pitched like a Mud Hen and not a Tiger. He's furious that the Tigers are 0-9 in games following their last 9 wins. And he's livid that we… [the full story]
Game 2012.35: Tigers at White Sox
Justin Verlander set a good example for young Drew Smyly, and callously shut down the Oakland A's offense. That's the way to deal when your own team can't score runs. Today's surprise prediction: Smyly has his first shaky outing, but the offense will more than make up for it. A lot of things… [the full story]
Game 2012.34: Tigers at Athletics
Well this series has had a lopsided game that we won, a lopsided game that we lost, a pitcher's duel that we lost, now it's time for a pitcher's duel that we win. And we have just the guy for it, Justin Verlander. By the way, Justin says Happy Mother's Day! JV will have his work cut out for him,… [the full story]
Game 2012.33: Tigers at Athletics
The Tigers take the field this evening at absurdly-named O.co Coliseum at 16-16, 2 games back of Cleveland in the AL Central. A lot went wrong last night. Rick Porcello once again sang the First Inning Blues, and was generally ineffective. The Below-pen didn't fare much better. The Tigers blew their… [the full story]
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