Posted December 9, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster Moves,
Roster RumblingsNow that the Big Deal is all but official, the Tigers are going to be faced with a slew of questions as to what their next course of action will be. There is an impending roster crunch as two player will have to be removed from the 40-man to get under the limit. The Tigers [...]
Tags: Alex Avila, Bobby Seay, Curtis Granderson, Dave Dombrowski, Dusty Ryan, Edwin Jackson, Fu-Te Ni, Gerald Laird, Phil Coke, Robinzon Diaz
Posted October 14, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season,
2009-10 Hot StoveTwitter 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
Posted August 26, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonDetroit 5, Los Angeles 3 (box)
This one had all the makings for disaster. Jarrod Washburn hadn’t won a game since joining the Tigers in a deadline deal. He hadn’t won a game at Angel Stadium since leaving the Angels four years ago. John Lackey had never lost to the Tigers, going 6-0 in eight career starts. The [...]
Tags: Alex Avila, Angels, Aubrey Huff, Brandon Inge, Chad Fairchild, Curtis Granderson, J. Ellet Lambie, Miguel Cabrera, Tigers, Zach Miner
Posted August 19, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonSeattle 3, Detroit 5 (box)
For seven and a half innings, it looked like one of those games. Tiger fans have seen for too many games like this one. The starting pitcher threw the heck out of the ball, but the Tigers fell behind and a two run deficit would seem insurmountable.
Coming into this game, the [...]
Tags: Alex Avila, Bobby Seay, Curtis Granderson, Felix Hernandez, Josh Wilson, Mariners, Mark Lowe, Miguel Cabrera, Rick Porcello, Tigers
Posted August 17, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonSaturday: Kansas City 3, Detroit 10 (box)
Sunday: Kansas City 3, Detroit 2 (10 innings) (box)
I like to sleep in on Sundays, so I didn’t get around to doing a recap for Saturday night’s game until just about time for the first pitch on Sunday. For that reason, I decided to post both recaps at the same [...]
Tags: Alex Avila, Armando Galarraga, Carlos Guillen, Edwin Jackson, Magglio Ordonez, Marcus Thames, Miguel Cabrera, Royals, Ryan Raburn, Tigers