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November 2007

Tigers sign Kenny Rogers and Francisco Cruceta

30.11.2007 70 comments

The Tigers shored up their starting rotation and bullpen by signing Kenny Rogers and Fancisco Cruceta. Both pitchers were signed to one year deals. I don’t have terms yet of either deal. Rogers we know about, but Cruceta appears to be signed largely on his performance in the Dominican Republic. It sounds similar to last [...]

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2007 DIBS Awards Announced

29.11.2007 15 comments

A couple years back myself, Brian Borawski, and Ryan Sosin decided to try and unite the group of Tigers bloggers. We came up with an acronym and a logo and then we decided to vote on some year end awards. This is the 3rd year of DIBS awards. This year’s winners are Magglio Ordonez for [...]

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links for 2007-11-29

29.11.2007 11 comments

Home Run Derby » Blog Archive » Return of The Powder Blues My friends and I often try to name all the teams that wore powder blues back in the 80′s. What a peculiar phenomenon. (Hat tip Baseball Musings N.F.L. vs. M.L.B. as a Labor Market: A Freakonomics Quorum – Freakonomics – Opinion – New [...]

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Gushing reports on Porcello

27.11.2007 26 comments

While the Tigers received bad news in the form of Casey Crosby’s Tommy John surgery, the news is ridiculously upbeat concerning Rick Porcello. Lynn Henning chats with Glenn Ezell (director of player development) and Jon Matlack (roving pitching instructor) and has all kinds of praise for the first rounder. “I don’t know what he’ll pitch [...]

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links for 2007-11-27

27.11.2007 7 comments

Joe Posnanski » Blog Archive » A Holiday Book Offer But the Soul of Baseball and Joe will send you an autograph book plate. Joe is the man. Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog: PrOPS to the Tigers in 2007 Lee continues to kick out the saber-jams. Anaheim Angels all the way: 2008 Pitcher Projections [...]

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The Tigers Defense – What are the Odds?

25.11.2007 16 comments

Over the last month or so, David Pinto has released the majority of his studies using his probabilistic model of range (PMR). Today we’ll delve into the Tigers defense using this advanced metric. I’ve explained PMR in the past, but a refresher is probably worthwhile. The PMR model uses data play by play data collected [...]

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links for 2007-11-24

24.11.2007 6 comments

The Baseball Analysts: Post-Thanksgiving Quickie The probability a fastball will be hit in the air based on where it crosses the plate Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog: Grounders, Liners and Flies in 2007 Who hits what type of balls Should Rogers signing be last? » Mack Avenue Tigers : A Detroit Tigers Blog No, [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

22.11.2007 12 comments

This is the part where the blogger who has been having a slow week in the idea department throws up a post listing the things he’s thankful for related to the topic that he/she covers. Curtis Granderson legging out triple after triple. Magglio Ordonez having a magical season with the bat Justin Verlander’s no hitter [...]

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links for 2007-11-20

20.11.2007 17 comments

Take 75 North | MVN – Most Valuable Network » Blog Archive » Tigers in AFL Wrapup The AFL season is done. How did the Tigers fare? D-Town Baseball – A Detroit Tigers Blog » Sneak Peak at the Tigers 2008 Lineup Optimizing the Tigers lineup using Bill James projections BBTF’s Newsblog Discussion :: MLB: [...]

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The Hardball Times Annual

19.11.2007 6 comments

Every week leading up to Christmas I’m going to have a post that details a terrific gift idea. Okay, not really. But I am going to plug the 2008 Hardball Times Baseball Annual!. Every year it is an incredible blend of commentary and hard core number crunching, so it has something for everyone – or [...]

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links for 2007-11-17

17.11.2007 9 comments

Statistically Speaking | MVN – Most Valuable Network » Blog Archive » 525,600 minutes: How do you measure a player in a year? Very geeky and math heavy so be warned if it isn’t your thing. But at least scroll to the bottom to see how many plate appearances it takes for various stats to [...]

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As the elusive veteran pitcher world turns

16.11.2007 14 comments

There was quite a bit of drama for a Friday evening as Kenny Rogers fired Scott Boras. Rogers sent an email to all GM’s (wouldn’t that be a neat distribution list to have?) saying that he was now representing himself. This seems like great news for the Tigers who were hoping to resign Rogers. Kenny [...]

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