From the monthly archives:

May 2004

Hodge Podge

28.05.2004 2 comments

If I’d have had time yesterday morning, I was going to write about how the Tigers looked tired and ragged. The result of a week and a half and 3 straight series on the road. Fortunately, I didn’t have time to write because I would have looked like an idiot as Detroit tied the club [...]

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Interference

26.05.2004 3 comments

Major League Baseball Rule Book 7.09 (g): If, in the judgment of the umpire, a base runner willfully and deliberately interferes with a batted ball or a fielder in the act of fielding a batted ball with the obvious intent to break up a double play, the ball is dead. The umpire shall call the [...]

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Tigers avoid sweep

23.05.2004 1 comment

Typically a title like this would follow when a team wins the third game after dropping the first two. However, this weekend the Tigers had a chance to sweep, and it got away from them. Jeremy Bonderman, while not dominating was effective in allowing only three runs. He scattered 9 hits and 3 walks but [...]

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Infante growing up

21.05.2004

This is going to be a pretty uncharacteristic post for me in that it is a mostly subjective analysis of a player. Watching Omar Infante for the last two weeks is like watching a completely different player than last year. In 2003 Infante looked severly overmatched, and the popular knock is that he appeared to [...]

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Are the Tigers a 4 seed or a 10 seed?

19.05.2004 4 comments

ESPN.com is listing RPI and strength of schedule ratings for the majors on their standings page. The Tigers rank 6th overall (2nd in the AL) due in large part to their strength of schedule. Which once again brings up the question, “How good are the Tigers?” With the win last night, they have climbed back [...]

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How should closer’s be utilized

17.05.2004 9 comments

Baseball Prospectus (premium) has an article abouthow the save statistic, and not game situations dictates the usage of closers. They use the Tigers as an example of this: One way to chip at that is to compare the situations in which closers are being used, as opposed to their teammates. For example, the Tigers have [...]

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Tiger Win Shares

17.05.2004

The Hardball Times have compiled and posted 2004 Win Shares. For those unfamiliar with Win Shares, it essentially calculates a players value based on his performance in batting, pitching, and fielding. Players are then given an appropriate portion of a teams wins, such that 3 win shares equals one win. (This article does a good [...]

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Tigers Streaking

14.05.2004 2 comments

Random Thoughts while watching Detrot’s dominant pitching: -The Tigers have won consecutive games for the first time in awhile. The Tigers last winning streak was April 23rd and 24th when they took the first two games of a series against Cleveland. Before that, their only other win streak was the 4-0 start to the season [...]

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Power Outage

13.05.2004 2 comments

Jeremy Bonderman and Steve Colyer teamed up to pitch a great game on Wednesday. Bonderman gave the pen a rest and pitched 7 innings while only allowing two runs. He scattered 4 hits and 5 walks (ouch). Colyer came in and collected the final 6 outs. That’s the good news. The bad news is the [...]

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A fine night at the park, even though they lost

12.05.2004 1 comment

I had the pleasure of attending last night’s game. No, I didn’t stay for the whole thing. I made it through 12 and a half innings before calling it a night. It was a beautiful night to be at a game, and the Tigers put up a good effort. In particular the bullpen really stepped [...]

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New Hitting Approach in Erie

10.05.2004

The Tigers AA affiliate has taken a more aggressive (mini-reg required) hitting approach. The suprising result is that they are also drawing more walks. “They say hunt the fastball and be more aggressive early in the count because the pitcher wants to get ahead of you,” infielder Jack Hannahan said. “But at the same time [...]

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Tiger Prospect Watch-Pitching Edition

10.05.2004 3 comments

Last Friday I took a brief look at how some of the system’s top position prospects were performing. After the debacle on Saturday, it only seems appropriate to try and find some pitching hope. This list is in no ways comprehensive, and I’ll try to focus more on “prospects” so don’t expect to read about [...]

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