From the monthly archives:

March 2011

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Game 2011.1: Tigers at Yankees. For lo, the winter is past…

31.03.2011 54 comments

Opening day.  Is.  Here.   Rejoice. The voice of the turtle, the warmth of the sun, and the superflous bunting adorning every inch of stadium fascia.  Every team is in first place and hope abounds.  Fresh cut grass, crisp new uni’s, warm dogs and cold beer.  It’s difficult to imagine a better day of the [...]

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News and Notes: Hip Hip…Opening Day

28.03.2011 8 comments

Lots of chatter out there concerning our Tigers, here are a few good reasons to procrastinate today: – Lynn Henning gives his player by player projections. – Freep writers predict anywhere from a 1st to 3rd place finish for 2011. – Brad Penny had this to say about Verlander – “That might be the best [...]

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Quantifying Ol’ Smokey

21.03.2011 43 comments

Along with their player forecasts and team breakdowns, Baseball Prospectus publishes “stats” on managers long with a lengthy write-up…”Old Smokey remains one of the league’s better skippers…” Generally, I think that day in/day obsession with the team grants us better insight then whatever stats BP can come up with, though it is difficult to argue with [...]

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News and Notes: 3.18.11

18.03.2011 2 comments

- In case you are not following along, Cabrera is mashing to the tune of .357/.391/.714 for an OPS of 1.105.  I’m guessing his OBP could be higher, but he’s swinging to get into shape. – Benoit has looked very good with a .71 WHIP and 10Ks in 7 IP. – Valverde has 4 BBs [...]

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News and Notes: 3.10.11

10.03.2011 10 comments

- That’s two days in a row now that young Tiger hitters have come up to the plate in the bottom of the 9th as the tying or go ahead run, both times with the bases loaded, and then watched 3 straight called strikes hum by.  (Worth on Tues, Sizemore on Wed). – Fangraphs had [...]

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Baseball Prospectus’ take on the 2011 Season

06.03.2011 14 comments

I picked up BP 2011 last week and have had an opportunity to review their outlook on the Tigers (amongst other things).  There’s no substitute for picking up the whole thing (it’s only $12.86 on Amazon now), but I wanted to pass along a few thoughts, and get your reaction. First of all, BP is [...]

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