June 2003

This has been a particularly frustrating week, even by Tiger standards. It’s getting harder and harder to write about this team. Wednesday night I was watching the game, and I was preparing to write about how Trammell finally shook up the lineup. He shifted from the speedy-centerfielder has to lead off philosophy, and put Higginson [...]

A quick update and what’s been going on in the Tiger’s Minor League System. (with help from the prospect report) Toledo-Carlos Pena is hitting .389 in his rehab stint-Matt Anderson continues to get hit. Opponents are hitting .308 against him. At least his 21/3 K/BB ratio is impressive, even if his .74 K/IP ratio isn’t. [...]

Four Tigers make the AL team. I’ll give you 4 guesses to figure out who they are. (permalinks aren’t working so go to his June 24th entry)

Tiger management was incredibly patient before the last week’s flurry of moves. But Tiger veterans have been incredibly patient, too. It’s a good thing the moves are coming now, though, because the veterans were getting antsy. They were willing to buy into the “going young” plan, but only if the kids showed improvement and a [...]

To look at Bonderman’s line from last night, it isn’t terribly exciting. 6.1IP, 3 ER, 7 hits, 8K, 0 BB. However, for the first six innings he was pretty dominating. He had great command and was doing a good job locating all of his pitches. His fastball even hit 97 a couple of times on [...]