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April 2004

ESPN.com embraces the Tigers

15.04.2004 1 comment

ESPN.com has their entire staff weighing in on the Tigers. First, the Tigers moved into the top 10 in their power rankings. Next Rob Neyer takes a look at how rare it is for a really, really bad team to start off hot the next year. Among the 20 worst teams — ranging in winning [...]

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Are Tiger hitters more patient this year, or just better?

14.04.2004 2 comments

After watching the Tigers make Pat Hentgen throw 74 pitches in only 3 innings last night, I was prepared to write a piece showing how the Tigers offensive success this season could be attributed to the fact they are a more disciplined team at the plate. Through the first 7 games, the starter against the [...]

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Quick hits on your 5-1 Tigers

12.04.2004 1 comment

Work will keep me really busy for the next week or so. As a result, my posts will be shorter, and lighter on the numbers and research than typical. With that, here are my impressions of the weekend games with the Twins as seen on, well not seen at all…. -Despite losing the day before, [...]

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And just when you want to watch the Tigers…

12.04.2004

You can’t. As has been well covered by now, 10 of the Tigers 23 games in April aren’t on TV. Things don’t get much better in May when two entire series against AL West teams Anaheim and Oakland aren’t televised. Part of the problem is that the Tigers two broadcast partners, UPN 50 and Fox [...]

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Useless Tiger Info-Winning Style

09.04.2004

After being the subject of more useless info than any team in history last year, Jayson Stark has a list of positive Tiger useless info.

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Tigers move to 4-0, magic number is 157

09.04.2004 4 comments

Are you in? Are they for real, or is this just a 4 game win streak? Regardless, it’s fun to say the Tigers are on a 4 game win streak. The fact that the streak is coming at the beginning at the season, as opposed to sometime in July when they are 20 games under [...]

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Tigers sweep Jays-set stage for home opener

08.04.2004 2 comments

The Tigers pulled off the improbable and swept the Blue Jays on the road to start the season. After falling behind on a 3 run homer by Carlos Delgado, the Tigers came back with a 3-run shot of their own by Munson. Jeremy Bonderman settled down and pitched outstanding for the next 4 1/3 innings. [...]

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1984 Flashbacks

07.04.2004

In case you’re not doing it already, check out Brian’s running diary of what happened 20 years ago during the 84 Tigers march toward the world series. Each day he is chronicling what the expoits of the last great Tiger team. Twenty years ago today…Jack Morris’ no hitter.

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Tigers win again-but lose Dmitri

06.04.2004 4 comments

Dmitri Young broke his fibula when his foot caught in the turf while avoiding a tag. The initial projection is that he’ll miss 6 weeks. This will probably mean more playing time for Norton, Shelton and Monroe. Trammell wanted to rest Rondell White tomorrow night on the turf. His resting may be DH’ing tomorrow night. [...]

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It’s only one game, but it’s still a win

05.04.2004 3 comments

If you had told me this morning that the Tigers and Jason Johnson were taking on Roy Halladay and the Blue Jays and the final would be 7-0, I can’t imagine the odds it would take for me to pick the Tigers to win. Roy Halladay owns the Tigers (and many other teams), and Toronto [...]

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Opening Day Lineup-Higgy Eigth

05.04.2004

The Tigers Opening Day lineup:Alex SanchezFernando VinaIvan RodriguezDmitri YoungRondell WhiteCarlos PenaCarlos GuillenBobby HigginsonEric Munson Most surprising is Higgy and Munson batting in the bottom two spots. I guess Trammell did get nervous about batting the three lefties (Pena, Munson, Higginson) in a row. I’d still prefer to see Sanchez batting 9th and the top two [...]

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Baseball America – Minor League Notebook

02.04.2004 2 comments

BA touches on a couple Tiger notes The Tigers made the Cody Ross for Steve Colyer deal for a simple reason today–they want to avoid a repeat of 2003 in Detroit. ‘We like Ross,’ said Steve Boros, a special assistant to GM Dave Dombrowski, ‘but we need to win some in Detroit, and to do [...]

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