Tigers have been playing .200 ball for the the better part of the last month, and have been even worse since I took over posting duties… So I’m going to pull them out of their rut today. Going full Tigers gear with full faith in the boys. Trevor Bell is very beatable, with a career … Continue reading Game 2010.111: Angels at Tigers
Jeremy Bonderman takes on Jake Westbrook in a pitching match-up that sounds right out of 2007.
PREGAME: And away we go. It’s September. This is like real-pennant-chase-scoreboard-watching-finger-nail-chewing-why-won’t-the-Twins-lose time. The Tigers shook off their August doldrums and posted their first winning August since 2000. Can they craft a formidable September and hold off the Twins? Tonight the Tigers send out Edwin Jackson. When Jackson last faced the Indians he threw eleventy (a … Continue reading Game 2009.131: Indians at Tigers
PREGAME: Losing streaks aren’t any fun. So let’s keep this one to just two games okay? The Tigers face Carlos Silva which has been good for Detroit this year with the 4.2 innings in his 2 starts and 14 runs. The Tigers send out Justin Verlander who has been a)striking out more people as of … Continue reading Game 85: Tigers at Mariners
A flurry of link worthy items, plus just being behind in general leads to the mother of all link round-ups: Injuries – left handed pitcher edition Bless You Boys picked up a Buster Olney report that scouts were speculating that Dontrelle Willis may be injured. That could certainly be part of his control problems. Then … Continue reading Junkballing: Almost too much to link to
Guillen still wants to play shortstop – MLive.com: Detroit Tigers He’s willing to move to first, but only if that shortstop is of a Renteria/Cabrera (and presumably Alex Rodriguez) type player. Not for a Jack Wilson type player. (tags: carlos-guillen) Inside the Tigers: JON PAUL MOROSI: Guillen willing to move from short but wants gold-glove … Continue reading links for 2007-09-19
2nd inning, 0 outs, Runners on 1st and 2ndMarcus Thames strikes out looking 2nd inning, 1 out, Runners on 1st and 3rdVance Wilson strikes out looking 3rd inning, 0 outs, Runners on 1st and 3rdBrandon Inge strikes out swinging 3rd inning, 2 outs, Runners on 1st and 2ndMarcus Thames strikes out swinging Two early inning … Continue reading Striking out
What a horrible series. The Tigers’ were fortunate to come away with a victory on Friday night, let a lead slip away on Saturday, and just played lousy on Sunday. And there’s nothing like a two game losing streak before the Fire Tram talk starts up. While Trammell did make some mistakes this series, I’m … Continue reading Ugh
Okay, so the title may make this sound more sordid than it really is. Seth Stohs from SethSpeaks and I were both online and chatted throughout the course of the game. Seth has the first part of the transcript up on his site, and I have the second part below. In the first part we … Continue reading The night I spent with a Twins fan…
With Alex Sanchez day to day Alan Trammell needed to slot someone else in the leadoff spot on Sunday. In a surprise move, he put Infante at the top of the order, and he responded going 3-5 and scoring a run. It led me to take a look at how the various spots in the … Continue reading Line up Line up