From the monthly archives:

August 2005

The roundup

27.08.2005 10 comments

Various items of interest to Tiger fans… John Sickels always interesting and informative Minor League Ball has a prospect retrospective on the resurgent Carlos Pena. Given the way things have turned out, it is easy to forget that he was the centerpiece of the Jeff Weaver trade. Promoted to Double-A Tulsa in 2000, he broke [...]

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Craig Monroe and the RBI

26.08.2005 5 comments

If you’re interested, I have a piece about Craig Monroe’s RBI total over at Motown Sports. Also, while the Tigers lost tonight it was a heck of an effort. After two rough games to close out the homestand, they went into Boston and played the World Champs very tough. Of course I’d have rather had [...]

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There have been better days

25.08.2005 11 comments

Last night I was excited. I was going to a Tiger game for the first time in a month. The team was riding a 5 game win streak with their ace taking the mound, and it was a beautiful night. And then the game started. Jeremy Bonderman wasn’t ace like, and the Tigers offense sputtered. [...]

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I just don’t know

24.08.2005 6 comments

The Tigers are confusing me right now, and I just don’t know what to make of what’s happening. First, there is the whole Carlos Pena thing. As Jeff asked, what is going on here? My guess is this is simply a hot streak. Of course he won’t hit multiple home runs every game, just like [...]

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Miscellaney

22.08.2005 10 comments

Another great week for the Tigers, just when things looked there darkest. This team has a way of bouncing back when it seems like they are going in the tank. Here’s hoping they keep it going… With their recent string of one run wins, the Tigers have improved their record to 32-30 in games decided [...]

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Bonderman’s season(s)

19.08.2005 4 comments

I wrote a piece for MotownSports about what Jeremy Bonderman has accomplished over the last calendar year. It’s a pretty remarkable season for a 22 year old, that if you choose to look at the data selectively puts him in some pretty elite company. Here is the link for the story if you’re interested.

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Maybin negotiations

17.08.2005 1 comment

The Free Press is reporting that the Tigers and first round pick Cameron Maybin are still over a million dollars apart. What’s surprising is where the Tigers offer and Maybin’s demands are slotted. The common belief was that the Tigers were offering about $2 million – which is a reasonable number for a number ten [...]

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This ain’t right

17.08.2005 5 comments

The title is a quote from color man Rod Allen at some point during the top of the 10th inning last night as the Tiger bullpen disintegrated. In the process a game that the Tigers had in control turned into a blow out. And it was set-up by a decision by Alan Trammell that didn’t [...]

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Ron to the DL

15.08.2005 4 comments

Rondell White came crashing to the left field turf yesterday, and at the same time he most likely ended his career as a Tiger. He’s undergoing an MRI today, but there stands a good chance that his season is over. And unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like the Tigers are likely to resign him. With that, [...]

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The Pudge Saga

13.08.2005 4 comments

It’s old news, but Pudge has been AWOL from the team for the last week during his suspension. And then of course, he had difficulty making it back on time from his sabbatical and wasn’t at the ballpark on time last night. Terry Foster reported this morning that when Rodriguez asked Trammell and Dombrowski for [...]

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Bad News Bearer

11.08.2005 4 comments

There has been lots of Tiger news and speculation, and outside of Placido Polanco re-upping last week, it’s all been bad. On Terry Foster’s blog, he reported a couple days ago that Trammell’s job is only in jeopardy if there is a revolt. In that post he indicated that several players are already unhappy. There [...]

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Rotations

09.08.2005 1 comment

If you’re looking for that special brand of DTW “analysis” I did a piece about the Tigers rotation over at Motown Sports. Here’s the link to check it out.

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