Check out Jayson Stark’s Wild Pitches this week. He has a couple paragraphs on Ramon Santiago’s power surge against Boston that are pretty entertaining.
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May 22, 2002 – Transaction Analysis There’s good news here, which is a surprise. First off, the Tigers made a move towards fielding a baseball team instead of a third-rate softball squad. Now they’ll have a real third baseman (Chris Truby), a real shortstop (Ramon Santiago), and…well, they’re still short a real center fielder, but … Continue reading
Sorry about the recent lack of postings. As you probably know the Tigers have won 4 straight, which makes them 4-7 in their last 11 games. Ramon Santiago has been a breath of fresh air, even though Halter is pissed about being replaced by a guy who was the DH on a Double-A club a … Continue reading
The Tigers have called up Ramon Santiago from Toledo and sent down Oscar Salazar. Santiago was just recently called up to Toledo to fill in for Omar Infante at shortstop while Infante’s on the DL. In 9 games with the Mud Hens, Salazar was hitting .429 with two home runs. Two years ago Baseball America … Continue reading
Peter Gammons: Randy Smith’s supporters argue that he didn’t have enough time to develop the talent stream, and that while the current team — with three utility players and three DHs in the lineup — is undertalented and overpriced, there is some hope. Jeff Weaver is a frontline starter, and Steve Sparks is not only … Continue reading
Peter Gammons reports what an Eastern League scout said about a couple Ramon Santiago and Seth Greisinger Ramon Santiago (Tigers) is extremely overrated. He’s smooth, but he’s so small. I don’t think he’ll ever hit enough to be a regular and his arm is not good enough for shortstop. Seth Greisinger (Tigers) looked very good. … Continue reading
Game 2013.117: Tigers at White Sox
69-47, 1st place, 7 games up. Yes, 7. Well, all good things must come to an end, and my 3 week old son has now witnessed his first series defeat of his young life. He was hysterical about it, btw. But, as many said in yesterday’s thread, if there’s a good loss, this series was … Continue reading Game 2013.117: Tigers at White Sox
Game 2013.104: Phillies at Tigers
58-45, 1st place, 3 games up on Cleveland. I said Friday’s game was a good win. You know, I think I like 10-0 even better. Check this out: 5 AL Central teams gave up a combined total of 1 run yesterday. KC spoiled the party by scoring a run against the White Sox. Cleveland beat … Continue reading Game 2013.104: Phillies at Tigers
Game 2013.77: Angels at Tigers
Detroit Tigers: 42-34, 1st Place (2.5 ahead of Cleveland). The Angels continued their befuddling mastery of the Tigers last night with a 7-4 victory which put them at 5-for-5 for the season, a stretch in which they have outscored Detroit by a whopping 43-16. Their Pythagorean winning percentage should probably be at least 1.000. Home, … Continue reading Game 2013.77: Angels at Tigers
Game 2013.37: Astros at Tigers
Detroit Tigers: 21-15, 1st Place (.5 ahead of Cleveland) Last night was not only the 5th consecutive game that the Tigers have won from the Houston Astros, but it was the 36th game of the season, which means it was the end of the 2nd inning, to revive a Billfer tradition, which was inspired by … Continue reading Game 2013.37: Astros at Tigers
Game 2012.82: Twins at Tigers
39-42, 3rd place, 4.5 games back. Happy Independence Day everyone. The Twins are now 4-0 at Comerica this year. In a season which began with sky high expectations, the Tigers arrive at the midway point 3 games under .500 with little reason to believe that the second 81 will be much better. Last night’s game … Continue reading Game 2012.82: Twins at Tigers
Game 2012.75: Tigers at Rangers
36-38, 3rd place, 3 games behind CWS Dombrowski said today that “he did not think that 2B is going to be the reason why we win or lose the division.” Was this an endorsement of Santiago? Santiago’s hitting .286 in June and as long as Ramon gets the majority of the ABs, then I agree … Continue reading Game 2012.75: Tigers at Rangers