From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Leyland says Tigers didn’t swing at enough first pitches

13.08.2009 11 comments

During Jim Leyland’s post game presser, he made some interesting comments regarding the Tigers approach against Josh Beckett. Leyland thought the Tigers weren’t aggressive enough on first pitches and settled for too many first pitch strikes. The actual quote was: “That just makes it easy for him,” Leyland said. “I know how good he is. [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 8/12/09

13.08.2009

Toledo 2 Syracuse 1 Mike Hessman was a triple short of the cycle. Brent Clevlen and Scott Sizemore each had 2 hits. Ruddy Lugo pitched 7 shut out innings and allowed just 5 hits and walks with 2 K’s. Casey Fien allowed a run on 2 hits in 2 innings with 3 K’s. Erie 1 [...]

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Game 2009.113: Tigers at Red Sox

12.08.2009 96 comments

PREGAME: For everyone expecting fireworks tonight I think you’ll be disappointed. Yes, there is considerable hate and vitriol between the fan bases today, but Jim Leyland and Terry Francona have likely spoken to each other and their teams and have no interest in seeing this continue. Throw in the fact that the umpires are likely [...]

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Game 2009.112: Fallout

12.08.2009 50 comments

Yes, the ejection of Porcello greatly impacted the outcome of the game, and yes I’ve already ripped into the umpires for the ejection. But the umpires did not cost the Tigers the game, nor did Kevin Youkilis and his hissy fit. Regardless, the Tigers will be feeling the repercussions of this game for the rest [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 8/11/09

11.08.2009

Toledo 0 Syracuse 5 Scott Sizemore, Dane Sardhina, and Mike Hessman had the only hits. Nate Bump went the distance (6 innings in this case) and allowed all 5 runs on 9 hits with 2 K’s and no walks. Toledo 3 Syracuse 1 Brent Clevlen homered and singled. Dusty Ryan also homered. Scot Drucker pitched [...]

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The brawl and umpire incompetence

11.08.2009 56 comments

Rick Porcello should not have been ejected. Call it a homers take if you want, but he had no business being ejected. In fact if Kevin Youkilis wasn’t an immature moron and he hadn’t charged the mound, there would have been no ejection in the first place. So Youk charges the mound, and the Tigers [...]

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Game 2009.112: Tigers at Red Sox

11.08.2009 161 comments

PREGAME: The Tigers look for an elusive road win once again, this time it will be against Junichi Tazawa making his first big league start. Tazawa will take on Rick Porcello who has already had one rough start against the Red Sox this year. Tazawa is a righty, but he fared much better against lefties [...]

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Game 2009.111: Tigers at Red Sox

10.08.2009 160 comments

PREGAME: The Tigers once again venture out beyond the gated community at Montcalm and Witheral to slay road dragons. The Red Sox 35-17 home mark is pretty daunting, but the Sox are struggling and have dropped 6 games in a row and are now tied for the Wild Card with the Rangers. The Tigers send [...]

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Coming from behind

10.08.2009 11 comments

I spent the last 4 days enjoying Up North Michigan, specifically the Petoskey area. I haven’t really seen Alex Avila do his thing yet, and I missed another Carl Pavano gem. I tried to keep up the best I could but I know I’m lagging behind so I’ll at least try and tie the score [...]

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The Sixth Inning – 2009 Edition

10.08.2009 2 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. Friday night’s game against the Twins completed the sixty inning. Sam is still putting these [...]

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Game 2009.110: Twins at Tigers

09.08.2009 68 comments

PREGAME: Well, at least the Tigers aren’t facing Carl Pavano again today. Instead they get Scott Baker who more than holds his own against the Tigers. The Tigers send out Jarrod Washburn who has hopefully overcome his new-team jitters (why didn’t Pavano have new-team jitters?). Minnesota vs. Detroit – August 9, 2009 | MLB.com: Gameday

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Game 2009.109: Twins at Tigers

08.08.2009 80 comments

PREGAME: Normally when Justin Verlander takes the mound I like the Tigers chances of winning. But he hasn’t yet faced the unstoppable force that is Carl Pavano. In an effort to irritate Tigers fans everywhere the Twins acquired Pavano in a waiver trade and inserted him into the rotation. After Pavano stymied the Tigers for [...]

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