Game 2013.70: Orioles at Tigers

blah. That's my response to last night's game. So blah that we'll skip the regular format, and get a new fresh post up ASAP. Yes, JV looks off, but as I discussed before, he's actually been pretty good. Well, last night was bad, but I'm not worried. I have faith in Ricky P to pitch us to victory.… [the full story]

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Game 2013.69: Orioles at Tigers

39-29, 1st place, 5 games up on Kansas City who is 8-2 over their last 10 and has passed Cle to move into 2nd. Good solid win yesterday. Scherzer was good, but not great, on his way to his ML leading 10th win. I don't think anyone would argue with me on that. Thank about that for a second, the guy… [the full story]

Game 2013.69: Orioles at Tigers Game 2013.69: Orioles at Tigers

Game 2013.68: Orioles at Tigers

38-29, 1st place, 4.5 games up. Which is the 2nd biggest division lead in the majors. The Tigers took care of business in Minnesota taking the three game series with the win yesterday. Good teams have to win series against no so good teams. So good job, boys. A much more formidable opponent rolls… [the full story]

Game 2013.68: Orioles at Tigers Game 2013.68: Orioles at Tigers

Game 2013.67: Tigers at Twins

Detroit Tigers: 37-29, 1st Place (4.5 ahead of Cleveland).  Here are a few of the things that we know, statistically, about the Detroit Tiger offense at this point in the season: They struggle on the road (.259/.726, vs. .302/.825 at home). They are more likely than most teams to score 2… [the full story]

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Game 2013.66: Tigers at Twins

Detroit Tigers: 37-28, 1st Place (4.5 ahead of Cleveland).  Who the (expletive) should Leyland close with? (to quote the skipper). Well it looks like the answer, for now, is going to be Jose Valverde, who is still the closer. (Although it should be noted that Valverde's appearance was not a save… [the full story]

Game 2013.66: Tigers at Twins Game 2013.66: Tigers at Twins
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Game 2013.46: Twins at Tigers

24.05.2013 54 comments

Detroit Tigers: 26-19, 2nd Place (.5 behind Cleveland) At this particular moment in time the best hitter in baseball walks the earth in a Tiger uniform with a big number 24 on the back. Once again, for the 6th time in the past 4 games, Miguel Cabrera cleared the fence and led the Tigers to [...]

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Game 2013.45: Twins at Tigers

23.05.2013 75 comments

Detroit Tigers: 25-19, 2nd Place (.5 behind Cleveland) After a brief, but lengthy (the two games took 8 hours and saw almost 800 pitches) two-game sweep of the Central-leading Indians, the Tigers return to Detroit for four with the Twins, followed by a 2-and-2 series with the surprising (and Penguins-Jersey-Wearing) Pittsburgh Pirates. The Twins have [...]

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Game 2013.44: Tigers at Indians

21.05.2013 91 comments

24-19, 1.5 in back of Cleveland, JV on the rebound vs. Jimenez the Menace coming up. Well, what do you know – Tui got a start against a righty. Nothing to show, took the ball for a ride the first time and struck out twice after that, but I’m still all for it. Is there [...]

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DTW Book Club v1

21.05.2013 4 comments

This could fail miserably…but here goes. I found this gem on Amazon a few days ago (under “Books you may like” what does this say?). I’m only a few chapters into it, but it is FANTASTIC, and I think that several of you would really enjoy it. Here’s the write-up from Amazon: ************* An ex-Wall [...]

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Game 2013.43: Tigers at Indians

20.05.2013 29 comments

The Detroit Tigers (23-19) travel to Cleveland (28-15) for a two-game set and a veritable rematch in several ways beyond the obvious: The Indians are hot (still); the Tigers are coming off two consecutive losses to another “red team” (again), and; the pitching matchups are also reruns. This time, the Tigers find themselves looking up [...]

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Game 2013.42: Tigers at Rangers

19.05.2013 140 comments

23-18, 2nd place, 1.5 games behind Cle (who have now won 4 in a row) Anibal Sanchez did his best Justin Verlander last night, and promptly got booted in the 3rd inning after allowing 11 base runners and 5 ER. The Tigers were never really in the game, and the best offense in baseball was [...]

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Game 2013.41: Tigers at Rangers

18.05.2013 17 comments

23-17, 2nd place, .5 games behind Cle (won earlier today) Wow, what a game last night. Spectacular effort by Porcello (that’s now 24 Ks in his last 25 IPs – 3.24 ERA and a .96 WHIP…pretty salty), and the bullpen was almost as good. Luckily, I was at a graduation celebration last night and didn’t [...]

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Game 2013.40: Tigers at Rangers

17.05.2013 44 comments

22-17, 1st place, tied w/Cle. Yu gotta be kidding me. That was awful. Worst inning of Verlander’s career. Let’s move on to the next game as soon as possible. We’ll need little Ricky P to step up tonight or else we’ll be in danger of a very nasty 4 game series. (1-3 always feels like [...]

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Game 2013.39: Tigers at Rangers

16.05.2013 25 comments

22-16, 1st place, .5 games up. The Tigers are 6-1 v. the Astros, outscoring them 55-19. (They could be 7-0 with a margin of 59-19 if Tiger stadium weren’t so big…) They are 16-15 versus everyone else. So how good are the Tigers, really? Well, the numbers, as posted by Coleman yesterday, are pretty darn [...]

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Game 2013.38: Astros at Tigers

15.05.2013 28 comments

Detroit Tigers: 22-15, 1st Place (1.5 ahead of Cleveland) Well, as I promised, here comes more about where the Tigers are after two “innings” of the 2013 season, or 2/9 of the season if you prefer.  It may be a bit unwieldy for a game post; perhaps you may wish to save it for a [...]

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Game 2013.37: Astros at Tigers

14.05.2013 20 comments

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 [...]

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Game 2013.36: Astros at Tigers

13.05.2013 46 comments

Detroit Tigers: 20-15, 2nd Place (.5 behind Cleveland) The Tigers slipped down into 2nd place after losing 2-of-3 to the Cleveland Native Americans, and even though they didn’t win the series there were some things to like about how they played (and things not to like). The big news for today though, is that the [...]

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