From the monthly archives:

June 2004

Nate’s Great, and here’s why…

30.06.2004 1 comment

While Brandon Inge and Omar Infante are getting lots of credit for being pleasant surprises, and Carlos Guillen and Pudge have received accolades for exceeding expectations, Nate Robertson may be the biggest surprise of all. With the exception of two bad outings against Anaheim, Nate has been a very solid performer-especially for a guy that [...]

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Line up Line up

29.06.2004 4 comments

With Alex Sanchez day to day Alan Trammell needed to slot someone else in the leadoff spot on Sunday. In a surprise move, he put Infante at the top of the order, and he responded going 3-5 and scoring a run. It led me to take a look at how the various spots in the [...]

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The Garcia trade, and what it means for the Tigers

28.06.2004 4 comments

The White Sox acquired Freddy Garcia for a couple of high level prospects and young catcher Miguel Olivo. The White Sox are close enough that they can take a win now approach, and due to impending free agency they pretty much have to. As the Twins Geek points out: The White Sox best hitter, Magglio [...]

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Weekend Recap: A gem, walk-offs, and a 4 game winning streak

28.06.2004 1 comment

Just when the Tigers look defeated, beat up, and destined for a fight for last place, they put together a nice little string of games. The Tigers followed a five game losing streak with a win on get-away day from KC and a sweep of the Diamondbacks. It started Friday night when the Tigers scratched [...]

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A pending roster logjam

28.06.2004

As everybody know by now (I guess I have to start writing on the weekends so it’s not old news on Monday) Brandon Inge was placed on the 15 day DL with a broken finger. It’s disappointing for Tiger fans, as well as Inge because he’s been playing so well this season at so many [...]

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Self serving post

25.06.2004

No baseball news here today. I thought I would just advertise the fact that my house if up for sale. If you’re in the market for a great starter home in the Madison Heights/Royal Oak area, send me an email. It’s a 1040 sq. ft. brick ranch, 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths with two finished [...]

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Johnson to NY? Ugie to the Giants?

23.06.2004 4 comments

As Jeff pointed out in the comments to yesterday’s Guillen post, the Yankees are interested in Jason Johnson as a back up plan if they don’t get Freddy Garcia. Also, Peter Gammons is speculating on the possibility of a Ugueth Urbina/Mike Maroth package going to San Francisco. San Francisco trades right-handed pitcher Matt Cain and [...]

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Thames to try and fix what’s wrong in right

23.06.2004

First up, the Tigers called up Marcus Thames from Toledo. Thames got his first start for the Tigs last night. Thames had been absolutely crushing the ball in Toledo and deserved the promotion. Thames can hopefully provide some pop to the Tiger’s right field which has been pretty abysmal this year. Bobby Higginson and Monroe [...]

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Tigers to sign Guillen

22.06.2004 3 comments

Danny Knobler reported yesterday that the Tigers were close on a deal with Carlos Guillen. Now, John Lowe is saying the announcement could come today. Both reporters are indicating the deal will be three years and in the neighborhood of $4-5 million a season. My guess is that there will be incentives tied to Guillen’s [...]

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Writer’s Block

18.06.2004 1 comment

I have to say, I’m really struggling. I’ve tried 3 times to sit down and write an intelligent post this week, and I have nothing to show for it. As a result, you’re stuck with more disjointed thoughts. -Congratulations to the Pistons. What a great performance by a great team. As I watched the celebrations [...]

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Catching up

14.06.2004

As you can see by the lack of activity around here, I’ve been pretty busy. Between sick kids, a trip to NY, and a bunch of household duties I just haven’t had a lot of time to blog, much less watch the Tigers. So I’m going to cop out and do bullet-style stuff. Hopefully I [...]

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Tigers select Justin Verlander

07.06.2004 1 comment

With their first pick, the second overall the Tigers selected Justin Verlander. Verlander is 6-4 180lbs and can throw in the high 90′s. He has issues with his control, but a powerful arm nonetheless. Here is a story by BA about Verlander back in March.

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