All across Major League Baseball, blogs and team sites alike have been running year-in-review type posts. In fact, I did some of that myself over at the Detroit Tigers Den, which I co-write with Austin Drake. Here at Tigers Tracks, I have mostly stayed away from that temptation. Sure, they are easy stories, and I [...]
Tags: Curtis Granderson, the catch
Not much going on in the Tigersphere these days as we have to wait much longer than usual to start the Hot Stove season. That makes for a shorter offseason, though, so no complaints from me. Less time without actual baseball games makes for a better year. Here are a few things I have found interesting in [...]
Tags: Cliff Lee, Eric Hinske, Indians, Manny Acta, Mark Shapiro, Pedro Martinez, Phillies, Tigers, Yankees
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance has announced the winners of three major awards following the 2009 season. The last remaining award is the most valuable player in each league.
Although Tigers Tracks was not able to cast an official ballot in the first three polls, I will be submitting my MVP vote for the American League. Much [...]
Tags: BBA, Ben Zobrist, Bobby Abreu, Derek Jeter, Joe Mauer, Kendry Morales, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Teixeira, Marlon Byrd, Micheal Cuddyer, Miguel Cabrera
Twitter is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? Upon opening up my browser this morning I saw a tweet from Greg Eno who directed his followers to an article on Mlive.com where Bill Simonson absolutely raked Jim Leyland over the coals. Simonson called for accountability and questioned why Leyland is so revered.
Recently, on this very site, there [...]
Tags: Alex Avila, Alfredo Figaro, Clete Thomas, Dave Dombrowski, Gerald Laird, Jim Leyland
Seeing as how my playoff predictions are going oh so well, I thought I would ruin the last bit of any credibility I had by announcing my picks for the 2009 MLB awards.
Rookie of the Year
NL- J.A. Happ (P, Phillies)- Happ takes a narrow victory over Tommy Hanson and Andrew McCutcheon. Happ worked his way [...]
Tags: Albert Pujols, Chris Carpenter, J.A. Happ, Jim Tracy, Joe Mauer, Rick Porcello, Ron Gradenhire, Zack Greinke