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Dombrowski a Tiger through 2011

11.02.2006 28 comments

Dave Dombrowski signed a 4 year contract extension meaning he’ll be leading the Tigers through the year 2011.
This of course is great news as Dombrowksi has been instrumental in the Tigers success. It is also sure to irritate the bejeesus out of Rob Parker who called Dombrowski the worst GM in Detroit earlier this [...]

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Tiger Blogger Night Links

09.07.2006 11 comments

I had a great time with my fellow bloggers on Tuesday night despite the soggy losing-ness at Comerica Park. I’ll point you to Ian, Brian, and Samara who have done an excellent job wrapping up the night. But if you want one phrase to summarize the conversation it would have to be “What [...]

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The Tigers Organizational Family Tree

08.12.2006 5 comments

About a week or so ago, I received an email about a San Diego Padres Family Tree that he created. He was inspired by Will Young who had compiled one for the Twins. Thinking this idea was cool, I decided to try and do one for the Tigers which you can find here.
The [...]

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News and Links and Such

06.21.2006 4 comments

Stuff of note from the last couple days:

The Daily Fungo did an interview with Lynn Henning. It is available as a podcast.
There’s a new Tiger blog called Tigers Thoughts. It is written by a couple of very guys who are very knowledgable about the Tigers system (and occasional commentors here) and their [...]

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Tubeless Tigers

03.21.2006 6 comments

Lynn Henning covers the lack of Tiger games on TV again this year, and rips the Ilitchs in the process.
The Tigers are notorious for having been latecomers to the table. It was the biggest reason why Channel 50 had to say sayonara a year ago. A television station needs, at some point, to get [...]

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Tigers continue to spend

11.30.2005 3 comments

The Tigers continue to spend, although not on free agents. Today they announced two more additions to their scouting staff. Detroit named Miguel Garcia as Director of Venezuelan Operations/Central American Scouting and Tom Moore as the club?s Assistant Director of International and Professional Scouting.
You may remember that earlier in the month the Tigers announced the [...]

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Tigers add to R&D Staff

11.07.2005 2 comments

The Tigers announced today that they have name Manny Crespo as the director of Latin American Operations. Previously Ramon Pena handled Latin America, and I’m not sure if he is still involved or not (he’s still listed on the team’s website).
The Tigers also announced the hiring of 4 amateur scouts. Ray Crone Jr. and Jim [...]

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Tigers complete organizational meetings

10.26.2005 8 comments

The Lakeland Ledger reports that the Tigers finished up their organizational meetings in Florida. The article featured an interview with Jim Leyland. Here are the highlights:
On Pudge:
“I’ve talked with him and we’re OK,” Leyland said. “A lot of that is just frustration when you haven’t accomplished what you thought you could and the season is [...]

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