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October 2011

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Sabathia Opts Out

31.10.2011 14 comments

CC Sabathia opting out of his contract is certainly not a surprise.  The Tigers being mentioned as a suitor is.  Sabathia is one of the best around, but I don’t like giving any pitcher long term contracts for that much.  Here’s a list of the biggest pitching contracts in MLB history – have any of [...]

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World Series Game 7 Thread

28.10.2011 11 comments

Last’s night’s game was so incredible and had enough talking points to fill 19 hours of sports-talk time, which is exactly what is happening right now in the Metroplex.  I’d be curious to get everyone’s thoughts. I really don’t want to see the Cards win another one.

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2011: Thank You Tigers

17.10.2011 33 comments

(special thanks to Samara from Roar of the Tigers for allowing us to use her image.  Check out her brilliant work here.) Please add yours… Thank you Alex Avila for your perseverance. Thank you Jim Leyland for your class and an abundance of next-morning-talking-material decisions. Thank you Dave Dombrowski for Delmon Young, Wilson Betemit and Doug [...]

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Game 2011 Playoffs.11: Tigers at Rangers

15.10.2011 65 comments

So it all comes down to this.  Tonight is either the last game–and the last game post–of the season,  or it’s the catapult into a deciding game 7 with our best postseason pitcher on the mound I like our chances to take this thing if we can make it to game 7, where the Rangers [...]

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Game 2011.Playoffs.10: Rangers at Tigers

13.10.2011 91 comments

The Rangers have out bullpenned, out run, and out fielded the Tigers through 4 games of this series.  But that’s through 4, and this is a 7 game series.  There’s a reason for that. None of the Tigers losses have been lopsided (tack on runs excluded), and they have had distinct opportunities to win each [...]

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Game 2011 Playoffs.9: Rangers at Tigers

12.10.2011 106 comments

Today’s playoff trivia question: Who has the MLB record for the highest single-season playoff BA and OBP (same player)?  Answer below. What a difference a day makes. The Tigers got where they are on their hitting as much as anything:  they had the 4th highest team OPS in the AL, behind Boston, Texas, and the [...]

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Game 2011 Playoffs.8: Rangers at Tigers

11.10.2011 74 comments

Here’s the thing about a walk-off Grand Slam.  It only counts as one win.  One win.  Same as a sacrifice fly, walk, HBP, bloop single, etc.  There’s no momentum in baseball. In less than 9 hours, 42,000+ screaming, rabid, passionate Detroit Tigers fans are going to erupt when the Tigers charge out of the dugout [...]

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Game 2011 Playoffs.7: Tigers at Rangers

09.10.2011 130 comments

Note:  The Sunday game has been postponed, and will now be played (presumably) Monday at 4:19 EST, because 4:15 is just too early and 4:30 is just too darn late. **Breaking News**  Magglio is out for the rest of the postseason.  He refractured the ankle he broke last season, when or how is unclear (he [...]

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Game 2011 Playoffs.6: Tigers at Rangers

08.10.2011 65 comments

Time for round two, and what better way to start than with Justin Verlander, who will pitch games 1 and 5 of the series (and what better way to end than with Doug Fister, who will once again pitch the deciding game of the series if this one goes 7).  The experts seem to agree [...]

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Game 2011 Playoffs.6: Tigers at Rangers

08.10.2011 7 comments

Since the joint effort with Coleman worked so well on Thursday, we’re sticking with it.  I’m going to do a Rangers preview early, and Coleman will supplement this with the game post later this afternoon. Previewing the Rangers Lineup: Ian Kinsler 2B – Though Kinsler hit only .255 this year, he still ended the regular [...]

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Game 2011 Playoffs.5: Tigers at Yankees

06.10.2011 92 comments

(Note: tonight is a combined Coleman/Kevin In Dallas post, kind of like the Verlander/Fister Game 1 start–hopefully with better results). On March 31st, Curtis Granderson hit an insurance home run in the bottom of the 7th off of Phil Coke (who was brought in to just face Granderson), while Austin Jackson went 1-4 and Alex [...]

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Game 2011 Playoffs.4: Yankees at Tigers

04.10.2011 45 comments

Today’s Playoff trivia answer:  Jhonny Peralta, Brandon Inge, Ryan Raburn, Don Kelly, Wilson Betemit, and Brad Penny.  Question below. Justin Verlander once again got off to a shaky start, but this time there was no rain, and he found a groove in which he may as well have been throwing a no-hitter, at one point [...]

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