Posted January 22, 2010 by John Parent under under
HistoryYet another former player has decided that Mark McGwire’s recent steroid admission and apology are not good enough for them. Ferguson Jenkins continued the trend by sending an open letter to the Associated Press in which he asserted that McGwire’s steroid-filled career “altered lives” of pitchers who gave up home runs to him.
Seriously, that’s what [...]
Tags: Ferguson Jenkins, Mark McGwire, open letters, Pot Calling the Kettle Black, steroids, stupidity
Posted January 21, 2010 by John Parent under under
HistoryBy The Numbers looks at one current or former Tiger that wore each uniform number. To catch up on numbers 1-10 click the “By The Numbers” tag at the top of this page.
As I approached number 11 on my list, I knew I would have a tough choice to make. There have been only three [...]
Tags: 1968, Bill Freehan, BTN
Posted January 11, 2010 by John Parent under under
HistoryIt shouldn’t surprise anyone by now. Another month, another of baseball’s heroes pops up into the steroid scandal which has gone on for years. In perhaps the least shocking news of the last decade, former Major Leaguer Mark McGwire admitted to use of steroids over the course of “nearly a decade.”
I have long since gone [...]
Tags: Mar McGwire, steroids
Posted January 6, 2010 by John Parent under under
HistoryThe 2010 voting results were announced today for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The BBWAA members managed to foul up the process once again. The only player elected by the writers this year was Andre Dawson. Bert Blyleven, who’s exclusion continues to baffle me, fell four votes short of the necessary 75 percent. [...]
Tags: Alan Trammell, Andre Dawson, Hall of Fame, Jack Morris, Jim Rice
Posted December 30, 2009 by John Parent under under
HistoryAs is the case with each one of the posts under this heading, By the Numbers is a regular series here at Tigers Tracks that profiles a current or former player that wore each uniform number. If you missed the previous entries, where have you been? You can catch up by clicking the “By the Numbers” tag [...]
Tags: BTN, Tommy Bridges