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March 2008

Opening Day 2008 Postmortem

31.03.2008 39 comments

Yes, it’s only April and there will be losses, but the Tigers let one get away today. The offense created opportunities, and the pitching was decent enough. But the pieces just didn’t come together. I’m not making conclusions based on what I saw today, but I did observe some stuff while sitting behind the left [...]

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Game On! Opening Day Game Thread

31.03.2008 110 comments

Opening Day has finally arrived in Detroit for the most anticipated Tigers season that I can remember. Before we get into the game thread portion of this, let’s check out some of the vitals on the day: Weather: Looks to be 50′s and overcast according to Accuweather. The rain looks to hold off during the [...]

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DTW Orientation

30.03.2008 7 comments

Here on the eve of Opening Day, I wanted take a moment and give a brief welcome to the new visitors to the site. March 2008 has seen more visits than any other month except October 2006. Also, I’ve been doing some tweaking to the site over the last month that I wanted to share [...]

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Tigers Season Preview – 2008 Edition

30.03.2008

After re-reading my 2007 season preview, I had to admit I was a little leery of doing another one this year. It’s all just such a crap shoot. And even after digesting the most dynamic offseason in franchise history and tracking the team’s progress over six weeks of spring training, I’m still not clear on [...]

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Getting ready for Opening Day

29.03.2008 7 comments

Here we are on the eve of Opening Day eve. Here’s some information to get you ready for the festivities: Tickets Good news for those of you still looking for tickets, the prices appear to be dropping fast on Stubhub. You can now get pairs together for less than $100 a ticket. Most of these [...]

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Tigers set 2008 Opening Day Roster

28.03.2008 4 comments

It’s done. After 6 weeks of simmering, the Tigers now know who will be heading North. Clete Thomas gets the last position player spot. Yorman Bazardo and Aquilino Lopez round out the bullpen. The additions of Thomas and Lopez require both to be added to the 40 man roster which now stands at 37. It [...]

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Junkballing: Cuts like a knife

28.03.2008

With spring training winding down, things are getting ironed out throughout the organization. For some players their dreams may be coming true, while others receive a sobering wake-up call. Minor issues My blogging brethren has done the heavy lifting on this, but there are a number of cuts and roster machinations taking place. (As an [...]

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15 items to make the 2008 Tigers season enjoyable

28.03.2008 22 comments

My wish list for the Tigers 2008 season. Things like Winning the World Series aren’t on there, because that’s kind of a given. This is merely my list of things I’d like to see that may indicate some success and/or make the season more enjoyable.

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Clete Thomas needs a tailor

27.03.2008 6 comments

One more cut took place today with outfield bench candidate Freddy Guzman being passed through waivers and outrighted to Erie. That leaves two players competing for the last bench spot (assuming that Ryan Raburn and Ramon Santiago make the team). Will it be back-up catcher Dane Sardinha or will Clete Thomas make the jump from AA Erie?

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Tigers add more seats to Comerica Park

27.03.2008 4 comments

The Detroit Tigers have added 778 seats to Comerica Park, which will increase the ballpark’s seating capacity to 41,782 on Opening Day. The seats have been added on risers along the main concourse behind existing seating sections and in newly created auxiliary sections on the Dew Deck/Pepsi Porch in right field. The seats in the [...]

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Another wild day in Lakeland

26.03.2008 19 comments

News has been flying out of the Tigers camp fast and furious lately. Today the main topics of discussion are Dontrelle Willis, Clete Thomas, and Tim Byrdak. Dontrelle Willis Willis is struggling. He’s having a heck of a time finding the plate. His problem last year was control, and that had to do with missing [...]

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Tigers release Tim Byrdak

26.03.2008 38 comments

The Tigers today announced that they have unconditionally released Tim Byrdak. This coming 12 hours after he walked 4 in a game against the Astros. Byrdak came into spring training as a lock for the bullpen, but pitched horribly. I’m surprised by the outright release. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see him turn up [...]

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