From the monthly archives:

January 2004

Done Deal

by billfer on January 31, 2004 · 1 comment

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According to WDFN and WXYT the Tigers have reached a verbal agreement with Ivan Rodriguez on a 4 year $40 million dollar deal. It is expected the formal announcement will come on Monday.

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Tigers? Buzz? Hot Stove?

by billfer on January 26, 2004 · 2 comments

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Who’da figured that the 119 loss Tigers could generate this much local interest in the offseason. Granted, most of the buzz is surrounding the guy they haven’t gotten yet, but believe it or not people give a damn about this team. Attendance at Tigerfest was 11,235 which is pretty incredible considering they [...]

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Pudge-sicle

by billfer on January 19, 2004 · 4 comments

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So it has been widely reported that the Tigers have made Ivan Rodriguez a very generous offer of 4 years for $40 million and the response has been a resounding silence. Up until Wednesday, I thought this was purely a ploy by Scott Boras, but then with Pudge coming to Detroit for the [...]

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Touching base

by billfer on January 14, 2004 · 3 comments

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Sorry about the lack of posting, the flu has been making it’s way through my household (despite the whole family getting shots). I like the Guillen trade. They got something for nothing essentially. True, the Tigers lost their best bunter but I think they will survive. Now it looks like [...]

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Tigers Sign Jason Johnson

by billfer on January 6, 2004

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Of course this isn’t news anymore, but with the holidays and all I didn’t get a chance to write about this pick up. It’s not a bad move, but nothing to get overly excited about it either, pretty much the same way I feel about Vina and White. I share Brian’s concerns [...]

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