Posted October 13, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Season AwardsAfter handing out my league-wide awards, it’s time to move on to team specific awards. I plan on making this a yearly event that I’m sure every Tiger player and fan will eventually anticipate with great… uh.. anticipation?
Cy Young- Justin Verlander-JV was the definition of an ace this season. Plagued early by one bad inning [...]
Tags: Aubrey Huff, Brandon Lyon, Curtis Granderson, Josh Anderson, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Rick Porcello, Ryan Raburn, Tigers
Posted October 6, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season,
Roster MovesThe names are familiar, ones we have all cheered (and probably jeered) for most of the season. Some will be easy to forget, some we will never forget, but the cold truth of baseball is that player and coaches move on. If the Tigers cannot extend their season, we could be seeing the last of [...]
Tags: Adam Everett, Aubrey Huff, Brandon Lyon, Fernando Rodney, Jarrod Washburn, Lloyd McClendon, Placido Polanco, Tigers
Posted September 26, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonDetroit 0, Chicago 2 (box)
Magic Number 8
Eddie Bonine didn’t allow a hit until the sixth inning, but when he did, Gordon Beckham made it count, blasting a two-run homer to provide all the scoring (and half the hits) in a 2-0 White Sox win.
The game was a classic pitcher’s duel, Bonine mowed through the White [...]
Tags: Adam Everett, Aubrey Huff, Brandon Inge, Eddie Bonine, Jake Peavy, Jim Leyland, Magglio Ordonez, Tiger, White Sox
Posted September 18, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonDetroit (78-68) at Minnesota (74-72)
Season Series: Twins lead 7-4
At Metrodome: Twins lead 5-1
As the Tigers get set to battle the Twins this weekend in Minnesota, I thought it would be a good time to take a deeper look at the Twins and the possible challenges the present. Former AL MVP Justin Morneau has been lost [...]
Tags: Aubrey Huff, Brian Duensing, Carl Pavano, Carlos Guillen, Curtis Granderson, Denard Span, Joe Mauer, Justin Verlander, Magglio Ordonez, Marcus Thames, Mike Redmond, Nate Robertson, Nick Punto, Rick Porcello, Scott Baker, Tigers, Twins
Posted September 15, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonToronto 5, Detroit 6 (box)
Magic Number 14
For Justin Verlander, this game had to feel eerily similar to all those starts he made in April. In six of his seven innings, the Blue Jays combined for just four hits and eight strike outs against the Cy Young candidate, but it was that one inning, the sixth, [...]
Tags: Aubrey Huff, Blue Jays, Curtis Granderson, Jim Leyland, Marco Scutaro, Ryan Raburn, Tigers