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 September 24, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonDetroit 11, Cleveland 3 (box)
Magic Number 9
The big boys in Detroit’s lineup showed up in a big way last night as the Tigers won their third straight game. Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three and Carlos Guillen a four RBI night, including a pair of home runs.
Rick Porcello pitched well enough, though he wasn’t [...]
Tags: Carlos Guillen, Clete Thomas, Curtis Granderson, Indians, Jeremy Bonderman, Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
Posted September 9, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonDetroit 5, Kansas City 7 ( box)
Magic Number 19
Maybe Jim Leyland could see this one coming. With the Tigers clinging to a 3-2 lead with two outs in the top of the fifth inning last night, Marcus Thames drew a walk to load the bases. Leyland immediately sent Curtis Granderson out to run for Thames. [...]
Tags: Aubrey Huff, Clete Thomas, Marcus Thames, Ryan Perry, Ryan Raburn
Posted August 21, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonSeattle 6, Detroit 7 (box)
Jarrod Washburn wasn’t very good yesterday against his former club. He allowed six runs on four home runs in six innings of work. He put his team in a 6-2 hole on get away day, a rainy, miserable afternoon before a long flight to Oakland. It would have been easy to [...]
Tags: Clete Thomas, Jarrod Washburn, Mariners, Mike Sweeney, pinch-hitters, Ryan Raburn, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Tigers, Zach Miner
Posted August 20, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonCurtis Granderson is struggling. In fact, he really has been all season. But during a stretch when Magglio Ordonez has started to break out of his season long funk, and Placido Polanco has again become a viable member of the offense, it has been the catalyst, Granderson, that has regressed.
For the season, Granderson is sporting [...]
Tags: Clete Thomas, Curtis Granderson, Ryan Raburn