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2008 Season

Game 157: Royals at Tigers

24.09.2008 37 comments

PREGAME: It’s been a while since the Tigers scored. Tonight they face a pitcher with a 5.96 ERA in Brian Bannister. But said pitcher hasn’t allowed more than 4 runs to the Tigers in his career. The most recent time he did it he also went 8 innings. The Tigers send out a pitcher with [...]

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Todd Jones retires

24.09.2008 25 comments

It’s really not all that surprising, but Todd Jones has announced his retirement. This was likely to be Jones last season regardless, but the injury and resulting ineffectiveness likely sealed the deal. Jones is the Tigers all time saves leader and his 319 career saves places him 14th in the history of the game. I’m [...]

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Game 156: Royals at Tigers

23.09.2008 81 comments

PREGAME: It will be Zach Grienke and Freddy Garcia. The two pitchers combined to allow 1 run in 12 innings their last times out. I’m going to this one, and my track record isn’t good, so I don’t have high hopes. KCR @ DET, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Game Preview – Baseball-Reference.com

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Back breakers

22.09.2008 36 comments

Tigers radio announcer Dan Dickerson has experienced the misery of this season up close. Probably to up close. What makes him a professional is that when the Tigers surrender a late inning homer to blow a lead, or a game, he doesn’t get to swear like the rest of us do. I bring this up [...]

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Game 155: Royals at Tigers

22.09.2008 15 comments

PREGAME: The battle for last place is underway. The Tigers have a 2 game lead, that could evaporate if they keep playing their current brand of baseball. The Tigers send out Zach Miner, who can thank the Royals for being a large part of his success as a starter. In 3 starts Miner has allowed [...]

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Game 154: Tigers at Indians

21.09.2008 32 comments

PREGAME: The Tigers have 71 wins. The Royals have 70. Chew on that for a minute. Dontrelle Willis takes the mound for the Tigers. It was a start against the Indians that sent Willis down to Lakeland back in June. Scott Lewis, a lefty with 14 innings of experience, takes the mound for the Indians. [...]

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Hollimon has torn labrum

21.09.2008 1 comment

Michael Hollimon, who saw his numbers evaporate after returning to Toledo from his MLB stint, underwent surgery on Thursday to repair a torn labrum. He’ll miss 6 to 9 months. A couple quotes from the article: “In such a young player, with a nice future ahead of him, we want to take time and make [...]

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Tigers blogger done good

21.09.2008 3 comments

Props to Eddie at Tigers Thoughts. Eddie back calculated the Elias free agent rankings earlier this year and published them on his blog. This got a lot of put in the ‘sphere, but now Jon Paul Morosi has written about it for the Freep. Congrats to Eddie and kudos to Morosi for giving him the [...]

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Game 153: Tigers at Indians

20.09.2008 10 comments

PREGAME: Pregame is kind of a misnomer, since the Tigers just finished the top half of the first with a 1 run lead. Sorry for the tardiness. It’s the first time this season. Fine me, bench me, do what you have to do. Jeremy Sowers and Justin Verlander. Let’s get it on. And guess the [...]

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It’s dress up time

19.09.2008 7 comments

You see, when you’re a rookie in MLB there is a certain hazing process. The junior member of the bullpen is responsible for bringing out the snacks. The snacks usually reside in a Dora the Explorer backpack or something similar. But if you’re fortunate enough to be on a roster for the last roadtrip of [...]

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Game 152: Tigers at Indians

19.09.2008 42 comments

PREGAME: It will be a Leyland-less team tonight as the skipper starts serving a 3 game suspension. Armando Galarraga has been roughed up his last 2 starts. he’s allowed 11 runs in his last 10 innings. He’ll be facing the Indians for the 5th time this year. Hopefully he can find a little of his [...]

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DTW – Final in-season live chat

19.09.2008

It’s the final live chat of the season today at 10:30. Let’s rehash the awful season together…

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