Posted December 22, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster Moves
Last night, the Chicago Bulls held a 35 point lead with eight minutes to go in the third quarter, but couldn’t hold off the Kings. In 1992, the Houston Oilers lead the Buffalo Bills 35-3 in the third, only to lose the playoff game(That one still hurts). And in 2009, the Tigers blew a three [...]
Tags: Dave Dombrowski, Dusty Ryan
Posted December 10, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster Moves,
Roster Rumblings
The trade became official yesterday around 4:30 pm. Unfortunately, that was just as I was leaving work, so I didn’t catch the presser. I’ll be spending the majority of my morning today reading up on it. If I find anything of note, I will point you to it.
As we noted at the time, the trade [...]
Tags: Brandon Lyon, Dusty Ryan, Freddy Dolsi, Juan Pierre, Scott Podsednik
Posted December 9, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster Moves,
Roster Rumblings
Now 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 August 5, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season,
Roster Moves
After last night’s debacle against the Orioles, the Tigers announced that catcher Dusty Ryan and outfielder Wilkin Ramirez were optioned to Toledo. To replace them , the Tigers brought RHP Chris Lambert and catcher Alex Avila to the big league club.
My gut reaction to these moves is that I don’t like them, not one bit.
I’m [...]
Tags: Alex Avila, Chris Lambert, Dusty Ryan, Jim Leyland, Wilkin Ramirez
Posted June 20, 2009 by John Parent under under Uncategorized
Marcus Thames is “country strong”. He showed that Friday night, clubbing two big flies, propelling the Tigers to a 10-4 rain-shortened victory over Milwaukee.
After Armando Galarraga yielded a three-run bomb to Prince Fielder in the first, it was Thames who responded with a two-run shot off Braden Looper in the bottom of the inning to [...]
Tags: Alfredo Figaro, Dane Sardinha, Dusty Ryan, Gerald Laird, Jim Leyland, Magglio Ordonez, Marcus Thames, Miguel Cabrera