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August 2006

Tigers Minor League Wrap – August 31st

31.08.2006

Toledo – PPD Erie 4, Trenton 3 Kody Kirkland homered and doubled. Brent Clevlen was 1 for 4. Lance Davis allowed 2 runs, 1 earned, over 4 1/3 innings. Lakeland 7, Tampa 3 (10 innings) Jeff Frazier was 2 for 4 with a homer. Jim Essian was 3 for 5 with a homer. Jeff Larish [...]

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Approaching the Tigers approach

31.08.2006 6 comments

The Tigers offense was stymied once again for the bulk of the day. After the last 2 days the common mantra was that the Tigers are way to aggressive at the plate and don’t see enough pitches – especially compared to the Yankees. While the Yankees are much more patient – the 200 additional walks [...]

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Game 134: Tigers at Yankees

31.08.2006 52 comments

PREGAME: Thanks to late inning heroics and awesome pitching the Tigers have a shot at the series. A win today would mean just their 3rd series win of the month, after losing 1 series in all of July. It will be Jeremy Bonderman against Randy Johnson on ESPN. I wish I didn’t have to work [...]

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Miller’s Debut

30.08.2006 3 comments

There’s always something exciting about a new highly touted prospect making his debut. Despite some major nerves, Andrew Miller had a fine debut. He induced a lazy flyball, a chopper to third, and a roller to third. He also hit a guy but that just served to show off the break on his slider. He [...]

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Game 133: Tigers at Yankees

30.08.2006 78 comments

PREGAME: The nice thing about a doubleheader, is that if you lose the first game there is still hope that the day will turn out alright. Tonight will feature Wil Ledezma and Jaret Wright. The most notable element of the matchup is that Alex Rodriguez has hit homers in 4 of the 5 at-bats where [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap – August 29th

29.08.2006

Toledo 6, Durham 1 Ryan Raburn was 3 for 5 including his 20th homer. Chris Shelton was 1 for 3 with 2 walks and a strike out. Brian Boehringer pitched 7 strong innings allowing 1 run. Trenton 11, Erie 2 Nate Bumstead was pounded for 9 runs on 10 hits and 4 walks over 4 [...]

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Game 132: Tigers at Yankees

29.08.2006 76 comments

So the game was cancelled just as I was about to post this. I’ll leave it here for commenting, and hopefully it will be applicable tomorrow. PREGAME: A couple weeks ago the Tigers were coming off a 5 game losing streak and heading to Boston. Things looked bleak with the Tigers facing Schilling and Beckett [...]

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Completing the Shuffle – Nook Logan DFA’d

29.08.2006 13 comments

Finishing up the roster moves that were announced on Sunday, Nook Logan was designated for assignment to make room on the 40 man roster for Alexis Gomez. Also, Tony Giarratano was recalled and immediately placed on the 15 day DL. I’d imagine this is a prelude to a transfer to the 60 day DL which [...]

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Off Day Linking and Site News

28.08.2006 15 comments

It appears that comment spam problem is taken care of. It wasn’t a specific attack on me, but Akismet, which is a service that does spam filtering went down. The tide has been stemmed so no need to register for now Tiger blogger night is one week from Tuesday. Big Al will be joining the [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap – August 28th

28.08.2006

Durham 8, Toledo 7 Alexis Gomez got in one last game before heading to New York and he went 1 for4 with a walk. Josh Phelps was 3 for 5. Chris Shelton was 0 for 5. Jordan Tata started and allowed 5 runs, 3 earned, in 5 innings before being lifted after 73 pitches. Erie [...]

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Playoff Roster Eligibility Explained, Maybe Sort of

28.08.2006 1 comment

UPDATE 08.25.09: This post is a little outdated. An up to date, less confusing (I hope), and more accurate (I hope again) explanation can be found here. With the Tigers venturing into uncharted territories, Detroit fans are probably a little confused on how playoff rosters work. Even if you weren’t confused, you probably will be [...]

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Making Room for Marcus

27.08.2006 18 comments

He’s leading the team in homers with 23 despite having only 289 at-bats. He’s one of only three Tigers with slugging percentages north of .500 and the only one with an OPS above .900. And yet Marcus Thames can’t get regular playing time on a team that has been struggling to score runs with any [...]

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