Justin. As in Justin case you missed it, Verlander threw his second career no hitter yesterday, and was one excruciating 12-pitch-AB-walk away from a perfect game. Ian Casselberry has a look at the Pitch F/X of the walk, in which it appears that it was indeed a ball. MLB.com has a video of all 27 … Continue reading Game 2011.35: Tigers at Blue Jays
– Lee Panas, who runs a great Tigers blog and comments here from time to time, ran some numbers on the low offensive output in the AL thus far this year, and reasons for it. – Lincecum had some real gems on baseball playoff expansion. His contention that adding a team or two means that … Continue reading News and Notes: 4.25.11
Detroit returns to Comerica for some home cooking with a 3 game series against the Chicago White Sox. They likely will be fed a diet of cutters and changeups by Mark Buehrle, who faces Justin “Hop-Throw” Verlander. Verlander was 2-0 vs the White Sox in 2010; Buehrle was also 2-0 vs Detroit in 2010. May … Continue reading Game 2011.20: White Sox at Tigers
The forum is yours today. Care to debate the merits of Johnny Damon in a Tigers uniform? Go for it. How about an extension for Verlander? Have at it. Are you going to spring training this year? What games are you targeting when single game tickets go on sale March 6th? If you’re a fantasy … Continue reading Blank Page Monday
The city of Detroit and the Tigers in particular are about to receive some big time attention from Sports Illustrated as the featured story in the September 28th edition of the magazine. Get your jinx reversing gear prepared.
Being at the game last night, I’m way behind on the injury updates. But let’s get caught up… Rodney It’s not quite official, but it’s looking like Fernando Rodney might be toast – at least for this season. He is headed to Alabama for a consult with Dr. James Andrews. Given his injury prone past, … Continue reading Junkballing: Injury updates and more
Evaluation of SI.com’s Baseball’s Top 20 Young Pitchers for 2008 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). Batter’s Box Interactive Magazine – Franchising, 2008 Edition: … Continue reading links for 2008-03-18
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog: No Sophomore Slump for Verlander Verlander pitched better this year than last, but had very similar results. (tags: justin-verlander) Tigers’ Rogers unsure about his future I think he’s a slam dunk resign if he wants to come back. It’s just whether or not he (and the family) still want … Continue reading links for 2007-09-30
Adam Pettyjohn still pitching Former Tiger prospect Adam Pettyjohn is trying to get back to the majors. Neat story about a guy who wasn’t only battling for a job, but battling for his life. What’s the forecast for Maroth Mike Maroth does a guest turn on The Weather Channel Thursday night (tags: mike-maroth) SI.com – … Continue reading links for 2007-06-20
D-Town Baseball – A Detroit Tigers Blog » Broken toe jump starts Inge’s bat Eric graphs Inge’s rising stats (tags: brandon-inge) Baseball Prospectus | Articles | Under The Knife: Seeing Verlander in a Different Light Will Carroll riffs on Verlander, and that while he may be an injury risk still, he may also be a … Continue reading links for 2007-06-14
After a couple of weeks of, I’m charged up and ready to go. Thanks for sticking around. Lynn Henning’s article yesterday has a number of quotes from Ivan Rodriguez. Essentially Rodriguez told a number of reporters that he is frustrated by the losing. I view this as a good thing. Nobody should be satisfied with … Continue reading Touch ’em all
The trouble with work is that it tends to get in the way of hobbies, kind of like this blog. I was in San Luis Obispo this week, and I found myself with out a lot of time to write. The result is another crappy bullet point post. 4 game FunSo the Tigers have been … Continue reading Miscellaney