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In last night’s Detroit-Arizona game there were several moments where I was completely befuddled by CB Bucknor’s strike zone. But I was going to just consider my bias as a frustrated fan and let it go. Then I saw Tom Gage’s game story and a ball-strike call was the lead for his story. [...]

Toledo 3 Durham 9It wasn’t a good night for Virgil Vasquez who allowed 6 runs on 3 homers in just 3 innings. Yorman Bazardo came on in relief and allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in 4.1 innings while fanning 5 and walking none. And in an odd night, Hessman, Larish, and Hollimon [...]

PREGAME: Frequently fans will complain when their struggling team has to go take on the best team in the league. I say bring on the Diamondbacks. It’s not like Arizona is going to “cool-off” Detroit. Might as well play them now because it doesn’t actually matter who the Tigers play given [...]

PREGAME: Kenny rogers hopes to not be the latest pitcher to receive no run support and Gil Meche will look to extend the Tigers 16 inning scoreless streak. I wish I had something more encouraging to say.
DET @ KCR, Thursday, May 15, 2008 Game Preview - Baseball-Reference.com
Game Time 2:10
POSTGAME: Umm. Again, [...]

The announcement came out last night that Gary Sheffield’s switch to full time left fielder had come to an end after only 5 games. This latest turn of events isn’t surprising, but the aftermath makes no sense. The Tigers are relegated to carrying a player on the roster who can’t even DH everyday. [...]

PREGAME: Justin Verlander against Luke Hochevar
DET @ KCR, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Game Preview - Baseball-Reference.com
Game Time 8:10

POSTGAME: I have nothing to say. I’m so pissed off and discouraged by this team. Justin Verlander pitched okay against a poor hitting team. I guess that’s something.
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Toledo 3 Durham 5Mike Hollimon singled, homered, and walked. Jeff Larish and Jackson Melian each had 2 hits. Jeremy Johnson allowed 3 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings.
Erie 3 Bowie 5Wilkin Ramirez, Dusty Ryan, and Jeff Frazier all had 2 hits apiece including homers for Ryan and Frazier. [...]

Justin Verlander, the young stud pitcher and AL Rookie of the Year winner in 2006 was anointed ace of the Detroit staff and named the Opening Day starter. However with a 6.43 ERA and only one win he’s been anything but an ace.
Early on there were concerns when his fastball lost velocity. He [...]

PREGAME: Two days without baseball seems like an eternity. It’s why the All Star break is so painful. Fortunately the Tigers return to action tonight. Unfortunately it will be against Zach Grienke.
Grienke went 7 innings on 99 pitches the last time he faced the Tigers, limiting them to 1 [...]

In today’s Detroit News Tigers beat writer Tom Gage writes about RISP. RISP of course is runners in scoring position and Gage goes on to explain part of the Tigers woes by looking at their performance in RISP situations. Along the way he creates a new metric and applies some faulty logic.
Gage notes [...]

Toledo 6 Charlotte 5Dontrelle Willis made a rehab start and he struggled. He walked 3 and allowed 7 hits in 5.2 innings including 2 homers. He threw 46 of his 79 pitches for strikes. Mike Hessman and Jeff Larish homered again, and Mike Hollimon joined in on the fun.
Erie DNP
Lakeland 6 Tampa [...]