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May 2010

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Game 2010.029: Tigers at Twins

05.05.2010 41 comments

Rick Porcello will take on Kevin Slowey as the Tigers try and stave off a sweep in Minnesota. Brandon Inge gets the day off with Don Kelly playing third base. The Tigers uniforms will have the Ernie Harwell patches today.

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Ernie Harwell information

05.05.2010 11 comments

Here is a compilation of Ernie Harwell related articles, videos, and information about ceremonies and remembrances. The above picture was taken by current Tigers broadcaster and former radio partner of Harwell, Dan Dickerson shortly after the news filtered out last night.

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 5.4.2010

04.05.2010

Dave Dombrowski talks prospects, Julio Rodriguez homers in his debut, and Trevor Feeney, Phil Dumatrait, and Charlie Furbush make strong starts.

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RIP Ernie Harwell 1918-2010

04.05.2010 24 comments

When it was announced late last summer that Ernie Harwell had cancer, everyone knew this day would be coming too soon. Sadly, it came May 4th, 2010 as William Earnest “Ernie” Harwell has passed away at the age of 92.

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Game 2010.028: Tigers at Twins

04.05.2010 29 comments

Yesterday Max Scherzer built upon a previous underwhelming outing by performing considerably worse. Maybe Dontrelle Willis can build upon a satisfyingly strong outing by doing better. Of course better than 0 runs is tricky. Nick Blackburn goes for the Twins.

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The Johnny Damon Pepsi commercial

04.05.2010 3 comments

Johnny Damon is one of a handful of MLB stars who will be appearing in an upcoming Pepsi commercial set to launch this week.

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Maxed Out

03.05.2010 2 comments

Max Scherzer didn’t really give his team a chance to win, and that’s pretty much the game story in a nutshell. Speaking of shells, Scherzer was pummeled early and often and the Tigers were down 7-0 nothing before they even got their bearings at Target Field.

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Tigers Minor League Wrap: 5.3.2010

03.05.2010

Cale Iorg, Billy Nowlin, Rawley Bishop, and Alexis Espinoza carried the lumber. Ramon Lebron starred on the mound.

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Game 2010.027: Tigers at Twins

03.05.2010 45 comments

For the first time ever I’m excited to see the Tigers play in Minnesota. Sure, I’ve been excited for games that have taken place in Minneapolis, but never excited by the prospect of the Tigers being there. But with the Metrodome no more, we can just enjoy the Twins new digs. Oh yeah, and the winner of the series will be in first place come Thursday.

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Links for 2010-05-03

03.05.2010 2 comments

Bullpen usage, Austin Jackson, Curtis Granderson, and a neat Ernie Harwell graphic highlight today’s links.

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 5.2.2010

02.05.2010

Offense was hard to come by in Toledo. Max St. Pierre walked off in Erie but West Michigan was walked off upon. Lakeland came up a run short.

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Verlander is back

02.05.2010 13 comments

When Jim Leyland said he was going to put Justin Verlander on a strict, but undisclosed pitch count today, who thought it would be 120? It probably is a few more than Jim would have liked, but when you have a pitcher as in control as Verlander was today, 120 doesn’t seem to be a stretch at all.

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