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July 2009

Game 2009.090: Tigers at Yankees

19.07.2009 48 comments

PREGAME: I hate going into a game in sweep avoidance mode. It is so demoralizing. And the Tigers are facing Joba Chamberlain, who despite being overhyped due to his Yankee-ness, still shut down the Tigers earlier this year. Chamberlain has been getting hit hard lately and didn’t make it out of the 6th inning in [...]

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Porcello’s 15 starts

19.07.2009 4 comments

Earlier in the week Jim Leyland made the announcement that Rick Porcello’s  next start would come July 21st and that he has 15 starts left. Porcello has been on inning and pitch restrictions as the Tigers try not to burn out one of the most promising young arms in the game. Through his first 16 [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/19/09

19.07.2009

Toledo 0 Buffalo 1 Don Kelly and Brent Dlugach had the only hits for Toledo. Chris Lambert allowed just 1 run on 4 hits and a walk with 3 K’s in 6 innings. Toledo 0 Buffalo 2 Don Kelly and Max St. Pierre went 2 for 3. Scott Sizemore doubled. Scot Drucker allowed 2 runs [...]

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Game 2009.089: Tigers at Yankees

18.07.2009 39 comments

PREGAME: The Tigers haven’t had so much fun playing the AL East this year. A split of a 4 game set with the Orioles has been the highlight. And they’ve only taken 1 of 4 against the Yankees. The one they did take though was started by Justin Verlander and C.C. Sabathia. Verlander shut down [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/17/09

18.07.2009 1 comment

Erie 7 Binghamton 8 Casper Wells homered and went 3 for 5. Alex Avila had 2 hits. Santo De Leon homered and walked. Pat Stanley was rocked for 8 runs on 5 walks and 7 hits in 3.1 innings. Robbie Weinhardt fanned 4 and allowed just 1 hit in 2.2 innings. Dunedin 8 Lakeland 11 [...]

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Zumaya injured, planet continues to rotate

18.07.2009 10 comments

UPDATE 9:24 Zumaya has been placed on the DL with right shoulder soreness. Ryan Perry has been recalled. Joel Zumaya is jetting back to Detroit today to get an MRI on his throbbing shoulder. Really, this was probably just a matter of time given Zumaya’s injury history and the chances of an injury-free season from [...]

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Game 2009.088: Tigers at Yankees

17.07.2009 67 comments

PREGAME: Jim Leyland has complained that the Tigers never get the extra day off at the All Star break. This year they got it. I hope it was good for the players because for the fans it stunk. Too long without baseball for my tastes. The “second half” finally begins tonight as the Tigers get [...]

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links for 2009-07-16

16.07.2009 17 comments

Jack Morris=Jamie Moyer Different pitchers to be sure, but their career numbers are remarkably similar. Five issues the Tigers face in the second half | detnews.com | The Detroit News Check out point 4. It seems as if Henning is calling Granderson out a little bit using terms like "honeymoon should have been over long [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/15/09

16.07.2009

INT 6 PCL 5 Brent Dlugach went 0 for 1. And that was it for Tigers reps. South 5 North 3 Deik Scram doubled in 3 at-bats. Alex Avila went 1 for 3. Zach Simons allowed 2 hits, but struck out 2 in his inning of work for the South All Stars. Dunedin 8 Lakeland [...]

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Cue the Duck!

My night with Fox Sports Detroit – continued

15.07.2009 5 comments

It is about 3 minutes before the the 7 p.m. start of the broadcast and producer Mark Iacofano is soaking up a little bit of fresh air. His chair in the truck is occupied by Chris Wasielewski who is wrapping up the Tigers Live pregame show.

As soon as the clock hits 7:00 the opening title sequence that was prepared 2 hours earlier hits the monitors.

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/14/09

15.07.2009

Oneonta 9 Auburn 2 Rawley Bishop doubled and tripled and Wade Gaynor doubled twice. Alexis Espinoza tripled and singled and is producing his best numbers since coming stateside last year. Gary Perinar fanned 5 in 5 innings allowing 1 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks. GCL Phillies 2 GCL Tigers 1 Luis Grullon homered [...]

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All Star Game 2009

14.07.2009 16 comments

With four Tigers on the roster, it only seems fitting that we have a game thread. Plus it gives me a chance to catch-up on some All Star related linking. Most newsworthy and relevant is the fact that Evan Longoria is out with an infected ring finger. Michael Young will start at third base, but [...]

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