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July 2009

Maggs and Clete to platoon

08.07.2009 11 comments

The latest technique to milk productivity from Magglio Ordonez is to platoon him and only give him starts against left handers. Clete Thomas will form the other side of the platoon which means he’ll get the bulk of the starts, especially with the team facing more right handers. For his career, Ordonez has hit lefties [...]

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Game 2009.084: Royals at Tigers

08.07.2009 89 comments

PREGAME: With Zach Greinke taking on Luke French the pitching match-up would certainly seem to tilt in the Royals favor. But you know, nothing is a given – especially with this Tigers team lately. I apologize for the abbreviated game post tonight, but you can make up for it by voting Inge. He just took [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/7/09

07.07.2009

Louisville 1 Toledo 2 Ryan Roberson homered, doubled and drove in both runs. Wilkin Ramirez doubled. Clete Thomas walked twice. Nate Bump fanned 4 and allowed just 1 run on 4 hits in 7 innings. Ryan Perry got the 2 inning save with 4 K’s and no walks. Erie 19 Altoona 2 Alex Avila was [...]

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Clete Thomas recalled

07.07.2009 16 comments

Per Jason Beck on Twitter Clete Thomas has been recalled and Don Kelly has been designated for assignment. The recall of Thomas is something that I’ve actually been expecting for awhile. He fixed his swing in relatively short order and in his last 28 days he’s hitting 357/432/476. He is still striking out quite a [...]

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Game 2009.083: Royals at Tigers

07.07.2009 66 comments

PREGAME: And once again the Tigers find themselves a mini 3 game skid. Hopefully it will remain mini and not force me to invoke backwards game post. Justin Verlander has traditionally feasted on the Royals and he hasn’t allowed a run in his last 2 starts while pitching into the 7th both times. Of course [...]

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Spelling Porcello

07.07.2009 18 comments

Because you can’t spell Porcello without 2 O’s, 2 L’s, an R, a C, an E, and a capital P…The Tigers are taking advantage of an offday in the schedule and the All Star to skip Rick Porcello’s turn in the rotation. Porcello is done until after the All Star Break and while the rotation [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/6/09

07.07.2009

Toledo – DNP Erie 12 Binghamton 4 Deik Scram went 4 for 5 with a walk and was a double short of the cycle. Cale Iorg homered and singled (and struck out 3 times). Ryan Strieby went 2 for 3 with 2 walks. Jon Kibler fanned 6 and walkd 2 in 7 innings giving up [...]

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Game 2009.082: Royals at Tigers

06.07.2009 92 comments

PREGAME: Finally, the Tigers get some home cooking as Rod Allen would say. I downplayed the significance of the weekend series against the Twins, but I may go ahead and up-play this 6 game homestand heading into the break. Things are always tough in the Metrodome, those losses are going to happen. They don’t become [...]

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Midseason Musings

06.07.2009 18 comments

The Tigers are officially halfway through the season. they’ve managed to lead the division for the majority of the first half. They’ve seen some good pitching, some awful pitching and some much improved defense (which is helping the pitching). They’ve seen the offense roll, and then cough and sputter against pitchers that shouldn’t induce coughing [...]

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Tiger Striped All Stars

05.07.2009 21 comments

The Tigers are sending 3 representatives to the All Star game, and maybe one more. Justin Verlander, Edwin Jackson, and Curtis Granderson were all named to the AL All Star Game. Brandon Inge still has a chance ( a slim one) to get on the team if the fans vote him in. Verlander and his [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/5/09

05.07.2009

Columbus 8 Toledo 1 Wilkin Ramirez went 3 for 3 with a homer and a walk. Clete Thomas doubled and singled. Chris Lambert allowed 1 runs on 7 hits in 6 innings with 1 walk and 2 K’s. Josh Rainwater was knocked around for 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in 1.2 innings. [...]

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Game 2009.081: Tigers at Twins

05.07.2009 19 comments

PREGAME: Rick Porcello gets the ball for the Tigers. Porcello has struggled in his last 3 starts allowing 32 baserunners in 15.2 innings and not making it out of the 5th inning in any of those starts. The last time (and only time) he face the Twins this year he threw 7 shutout innings. Nick [...]

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