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June 2010

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Joel Zumaya suffers traumatic injury – Olecranon Fracture

28.06.2010 99 comments

On Joel Zumaya’s 14th pitch of the night, he threw a 99mph fastball that Delmon Young. Zumaya however ended up in a crumpled heap behind the mound. His arm was twitching and his face was a mix of excruciating pain and terror. We’ve seen Zumaya improbably bounce back from a variety of injuries, but with each successive one you can’t help but fear that he’s thrown his last pitch.

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Beyond Batting Average

27.06.2010 43 comments

My friend and fellow Tigers blogger Lee Panas published a book this past offseason called Beyond Batting Average. It is a must read for anyone interested in learning more about the advanced statistics used in in baseball today. I’ve known Lee virtually for a number of years through blogs and forums and in addition to [...]

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The Tigers are a good defensive team

27.06.2010 20 comments

I hear it all the time, people citing fielding percentage and errors as an example of Detroit’s ineptitude with the glove. They have the 9th most errors in MLB and only two AL teams have more (the Indians and the Angels) and their fielding percentage ranks 23rd overall. Those numbers aren’t great, but what is more troubling is the fact that so many are still using those stats when there are so many betters ones easily available.

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Game 2010.073: Tigers at Braves

26.06.2010 118 comments

The Tigers are still looking for their second win of the road trip. They’ll send out Max Scherzer and the following group of warriors to find it: Jackson, CF Santiago, SS Ordonez, RF Cabrera, 1B Boesch, LF Guillen, 2B Inge, 3B Avila, C Scherzer, P

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Game 2010.072: Tigers at Braves

25.06.2010 51 comments

I love seeing guys make their debuts. I despise seeing people overreact one way or the other to a single start. That said, I’m optimistic that Andy Oliver is up to the task. I’ve been high on Oliver for quite some time and it doesn’t surprise me that he has made it to the big [...]

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Game 2010.071: Tigers at Mets

24.06.2010 73 comments

The Tigers haven’t had so much fun in the newish CitiField and now they have to try and stave off a sweep at the hands of those dastardly New York Mets. Armando Galarraga wants you to forget his near perfect game and move on. The Mets are pitching a guy whose name I’m likely to [...]

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Game 2010.070: Tigers at Mets

23.06.2010 26 comments

It can’t be worse than last night right? Jeremy Bonderman and R.A. Dickey will be hurling the leather for their respective teams.

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Game 2010.069: Tigers at Mets

22.06.2010 85 comments

The Tigers head to New York to take on the second place Mets. Justin Verlander is on the bump for the Tigers and he’ll be opposed by Jon Niese.

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 6.20.2010

20.06.2010 5 comments

Strong pitching performances throughout the organization highlighted the day while a bevy of Seawolves homered and Casper Wells led the attack in Toledo.

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Game 2010.068: Diamondbacks at Tigers

20.06.2010 16 comments

Max Scherzer faces his former team and one of the other players involved in this past offseason’s blockbuster trade. Scherzer will try to move his record to 2-0 this season when pitching against starters named Ian.

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Porcello Optioned to Toledo

20.06.2010 20 comments

Well, it worked for Max Scherzer. The Tigers have optioned struggling second year pitcher Rick Porcello to Toledo to try and find the sinker and pinpoint command that he featured in his first season.

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Game 2010.068: Diamondbacks at Tigers

19.06.2010 36 comments

The Tigers try to keep it going against familiar foe Edwin Jackson while Rick Porcello returns to the mound after a layoff caused by the need for some extra bullpen work.

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