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Renteria was excited by the boos he got at Fenway. Umm, if you’d just told us we could have booed you in Comerica too. It just didn’t seem proper, what with you being the new guy and you not being named Grilli.
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As long as that half marathon he’s training fo comes the day after a start, Rogers will be all set.
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Give me your tired, your poor, your left handed masses. Fossum joins Aaron Fultz in the Tigers minor league system. Mike Stanton can’t be far behind.
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Not a Tigers item, but as the Red Wings begin their Stanly Cup pursuit a little link love for a fine Wings blog.
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West Michigan reliever Andrew Hess is blogging for Tigers Minors. He recently chatted with closer Noah Krol who sounds exactly like a closer.
Category Archives: Links
links for 2008-04-08
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Great moments in T-shirt history
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Nice research by Jason Beck that should show the season isn’t actually over yet.
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Sheffield showing some veteran leadership.
links for 2008-03-18
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A look at mechanics for the top 20 SI pitchers. Thumbs up for Verlander, thumbs down for Bonderman. It’s kind of the opposite of what Will Carroll has said (though he hasn’t been really harsh on Justin).
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A look at overall franchise records. Detroit has been a winner for a looonnnnnngggg time.
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Pick against Granderson and have a chance at winning an autographed bat.
Junkballing: Baserunning, blocking, projections
Some of my Tiger blogging brethren have clever names for their link round up posts, like Bless You Boys “Like Stripes on the fur coat of a Tiger” or Mack Avenue Tigers “Bunt Singles” or Roar of the Tigers “Pug Marks.” Here’s my foray and we’ll call it Junkballing: Continue reading Junkballing: Baserunning, blocking, projections
links for 2008-03-12
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Joe Posnanski and Rob Neyer break down the Central. A long read, but informative.
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Ben Mathis Liley previews the Tigers for Deadspin.
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Eno looks back at Magnum\’s time in uniform. I was at a game in the mid 80s where Selleck was on the field taking BP and he put one into the upper deck porch.
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Justin Verlander rates number 1 on the list (Thanks to Steve from OH for the link)
links for 2008-03-10
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Number 1 is Miguel Cabrera. Quite the bummer that Gammons’ stuff is Insider.
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Joe Posnanski is my hero. A rebuttal to the “we don’t need any of these new fangled stats” arguments.
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One of those “we don’t need any new fangled stats” articles. Embrace the ignorance!
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Eric’s filing first hand reports from Florida, with pictures too!
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Lee is sabermetrics personified. There is a widely held belief about Bonderman “losing his cool” and being susceptible to big innings. Lee decides to not just accept the truth, but look at the data and see if it holds up. Must read.
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Consider dropping a buck or five in the Baseball Musings tip jar. It is a valuable source of data, and visits for this blog.
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Tata threw a wrench into his season when he punched a door.
links for 2008-03-05
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Do the Tigers have a chance at Sabathia as a free agent?
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Dontrelle’s new kicks. Plus, check out Big League Stew. Very cool blog.
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Projecting all the rosters in the organization.
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Ian notes that Granderson is receiving counseling from Jacque Jones
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Not a Tigers thing, but Matthew Cerrone of MetsBlog is covering spring training for SNY and had a very cool interaction with Johan Santana
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A blogger attends open tryouts and chronicles the day. Great read!
links for 2008-03-04
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Pizza Cutter previews the Tigers
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Comeback-driven Matt Mantei might have to call it quits with injury | Freep.com | Detroit Free PressMantei was going to be a very long shot anyways, but I was rooting for the good story. Plus the Tigers need all the options they can have out of the pen. Oh well.
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Cabrera’s agent has reported to camp
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Andrew Miller hit a batter and walked 5.
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A look at the Tigers next back up catcher
links for 2008-03-02
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Lee posts some Tigers morsels from this year’s BP book.
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A season preview in haiku!
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BYB checks out the Inge to the Dodgers rumor
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Curtis is working on bunting (nice tool to have and will keep defenses honest, just don’t do it too much) and talking with Lou Whitaker about how to be a leadoff hitter on a dominant offensive team.
links for 2008-02-27
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The team is adding 500-700 more seats on risers under the scoreboard and on the Pepsi porch. The plan is to have them in place for Opening Day. Paid attendance is already $2.1 million for the season.
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[Insider content]: Rob talks about pitchers batting 8th and that it does net a team a few more runs over a season. For those of you who were drawing comparisons to Pudge batting 8th to Larussa’s strategy.
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Internet buddy and Padres blogger Geoff Young has released his second Padres annual. Last year’s was awesome – even for non Padres diehards – and with a year of experience this one looks to be better. Also available in PDF
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A look at “cheap” homers from last year to see who might get lucky this year, and who was lucky last year. The Tigers had the 2nd lowest “cheap” homer rate in the majors last year. Meaning that with a normal number of cheapies…
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Great list of many of the best baseball sites out there, and a deserving mention for Tiger Tales.
links for 2008-02-19
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Miggy arrives in camp. And he’s in great shape, and he’s happy, and…
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Looking at platoon splits and opponents to determine the optimal rotation order for April.
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T75N delves into the media guide to evaluate the Tigers scouts
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Trying to identify consistent players, and whether or not they are preferable. Part 1 in a series…
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Finding like pitchers based on pitch f/x data.
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Ian points to an article that ranks Dave Dombrowski the 3rd best GM in baseball.
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Lynn Henning and Tom Gage spent the winter learning Spanish so they could communicate with the Tigers heavily Latino balanced line up. They used CDs like rosetta stone, but probably could have just watched Dora the explorer
links for 2008-02-13
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He wants one more out a game from starters, which is a not trivial 54 fewer innings the bullpen will need to pitch. Plus some good stuff on Leyland’s bullpen philosophy – good stuff.
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“I will prove this world wrong” is the phrase that Zumaya is focusing on as he rehabs from shoulder surgery. He wants to stick it to those who doubted the box story.
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The Grandy blog is back at ESPN.com on Tuesdays and Fridays
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Looking at the age of the Tigers Latino players.
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Ryan Raburn rates 47th and is the only Tiger. Mind you this list is for younger-prospecty types. But Maybin, Miller, and Jurrjens all make the list as former Tigers.