From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Tigers Minor Leauge Wrap 6/20/09

30.06.2009

Toledo 9 Indianapolis 7 Scott Sizemore seems to like Toledo, although you wouldn’t know it by his photo which looks like a mugshot. He was 3 for 4 with a homer, his 9th extra base hit in his 14 games. Brent Dlugach and Mike Hessman doubled twice. Chris Lambert was knocked around for 7 runs [...]

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Game 2009.077: Tigers at A’s

30.06.2009 64 comments

PREGAME: Gio Gonzalez takes on Armando Galarraga. Galarraga continues to teeter on the edge of the rotation. Gonzalez makes just his 2nd start of the season. He was rocked in his first start and was knocked out in the 4th inning after allowing 10 hits (but with 6 K’s). Granderson Polanco Cabrera Thames Raburn Inge [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/29/09

29.06.2009

Toledo 5 Indianapolis 6 Scott Sizemore went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. Brent Dlugach had 2 hits and Mike Hessman doubled and tripled. Eddie Bonine allowed 10 hits and 6 runs with 1 walk and 4 K’s in 4.2 innings. Erie 5 Harrisburg 6 (11 inn) Cale Iorg went 3 for 6. Casper Wells [...]

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Game 2009.076: Tigers at A’s

29.06.2009 62 comments

PREGAME: The Tigers once again find themselves in the middle of a very long road trip, next stop Oakland. The Tigers salvaged a happy plane ride at least after dropping 2 in Houston. The A’s meanwhile are scuffling having lost 5 in a row and their bloggers are deservedly restless. As for the pitching match-up [...]

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The 4th Inning – 2009 Edition

29.06.2009 7 comments

Long time readers of this site remember a feature called the Inning Report. Reader Sam Hoff would break down the season into 18 game segments or “innings.” Why 18 game? Because there are 9 18 game segments in a season. When the Tigers completed the Oakland series that also completed the second inning. Sam is [...]

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Figaro has shorter leash than Willis

28.06.2009 6 comments

That didn’t take long. Alfredo Figaro is being bounced from the rotation and Luke French will make his first career start Friday night at the Metrodome. Figaro heads to Toledo, so he still ends up with a promotion in the deal. Figaro did struggle in his 2nd start, and he pitched out of a number [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/28/09

28.06.2009 2 comments

Toledo 1 Indianapolis 2 (10 innings) Ian Snell recorded 17 of his 21 outs on strikeouts, so there isn’t much offense to speak of. Brooks Brown allowed just 1 run on 5 hits and 2 walks with 4 K’s in 7 innings. Erie 4 Harrisburg 5 Casper Wells doubled and tripled. Alex Avila and Danny [...]

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Nate Robertson to DL, Ni called up

28.06.2009 24 comments

Nate Robertson was placed on the DL today (retroactive to the 27th) with a mass in his elbow. Fu Te Ni had his contract purchased. A hearty DTW shout out to East Windup Chronicle which had the Ni call up story before everyone else. Tigers to Call Up Ni Fu-te | UPDATE: The mass appears [...]

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Game 2009.075: Tigers at Astros

28.06.2009 46 comments

PREGAME: The Tigers will lean on Edwin Jackson to try and avoid being swept in Houston. Jackson has been a little afflicted by the walk phenomenon that is spreading like swine flu through the Tigers clubhouse with 10 free passes in his last 3 games. Russ Ortiz has some pretty dramatic reverse platoon splits with [...]

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Game 2009.074: Tigers at Astros

27.06.2009 9 comments

PREGAME: Jim Leyland took advantage of an off day this week to shake up the rotation and put Alfredo Figaro in between Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson. The thinking was that it would help balance the bullpen use some. He wasn’t figuring on Verlander getting chased in the 6th inning. The bullpen would have been [...]

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Faster than fast – the quickest pitches of 2009

27.06.2009 20 comments

On Tuesday night Joel Zumaya threw a ball that the Comerica Park gun, and the Fox Sports gun clocked at 104mph. That is freakishly fast and a little hard to believe, at the very least there was probably some rounding up. A check of MLB.com’s pitch f/x data had the pitch 50 feet from home [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/26/09

27.06.2009

Duham 5 Toledo 3 (15 inn) Scott Sizemore and Clete Thomas each had a double and a single. Brent Dlugach homered. Jeff Larish walked 3 times and singled. Wilkin Ramirez had a rough 0 for 7. Luke French fanned 8 in 7 innings and allowed just 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. Ryan [...]

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