August 2007

PREGAME: It will be a battle of rookies as the Yankees send out phenom Phillip Hughes while the Tigers counter with Jair Jurrjens.
Jurrjens seems to have mastered the Cleveland Indians with 2 strong starts against the Tribe. Of course it’s hard to say what will happen when he faces the Yankees because we’ve [...]

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The official scorer gave the first inning error to Marcus Thames so Placido Polanco’s streak of now 148 games without an error remains intact.
Beck’s Blog: On the clock

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PREGAME: Earlier this week the Tigers won a pretty dramatic game and sent one of their young aces out the next night. Things didn’t go so well as Justin Verlander was rocked early and often. Tonight Jeremy Bonderman will try and better that effort, and help rest a bullpen that pitched 6 [...]

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Zumaya adjusting to less zip
Learning to live at 95mph
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Porcello arrives at Comerica Park
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BaseballAmerica.com: Minors: Tigers Organization Report
Wilkin Ramirez stays healthy, and it shows. Article also mentioned he’ll be headed to the Instructional League after the season. I was thinking he’d be an excellent Arizona Fall League candidate. Sub req’d
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PREGAME: The Tigers take another crack at Roger Clemens who they had no trouble hitting last week, they just had trouble scoring. The Tigers mustered 10 hits in 6 innings, but only 2 runs thanks to 8 strikeouts which all seemed to come with guys on base.
For the Tigers it will be Andrew [...]

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Kenny Rogers Only Has Eyes for Detroit - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog
Rogers is a Tiger or retired in 2008. MIght not be a bad gamble at a reasonable price and with the understanding he’s not a lock for the rotation. A one year deal could be worthwhile.
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4 Words Remind Him How [...]

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With apologies to James Taylor…
Just yesterday evening, found out the playoffs were gone
Sheff, that collision put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I posted it online just to share with you
I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen big innings that I thought would never end
I’ve seen Kenny [...]

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Ed Note: Reader Sam Hoff has been breaking the season down into 18 game “innings” and calculating the results. Here is the report for the 7th inning, which ended with Justin Verlander’s loss. Mike R has joined in the effort and is tracking a multitude of stats.
The 7th Inning is over.
Each 18 [...]

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The Tigers shipped Craig Monroe and some cash to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. Later being before October 15th, and the player likely to be a pitcher on the 40 man roster according to Jason Beck.
With less than a million left on Monroe’s deal, I’m a little surprised that [...]

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The DRAFTYs: The 2007 MLB draft awards — The Hardball Times
Rates Porcello as best mechanics and the Tigers draft as 2nd best.

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PREGAME: Tigers pitching is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. Today it is Nate Robertson and Jake Westbrook.
Game time 1:05pm
CLE @ DET, Thursday, August 23, 2007 Game Preview - Baseball-Reference.com

POSTGAME: Get away day hasn’t been friendly to the Tigers this year. I don’t have the [...]

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