Posted November 16, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsIn the wake of last week’s frenzy of information and speculation about the Tigers being open to trading a few of their players, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports decided to go all shock-jock on us and toss out a ridiculous scenario where the Tigers would trade Miguel Cabrera to Boston. In return,the Red Sox would surrender [...]
Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Jonathan Papelbon, Ken Rosenthal, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Lowell
Posted October 22, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season,
Season AwardsThe Baseball Bloggers Alliance has announced the winners of three major awards following the 2009 season. The last remaining award is the most valuable player in each league.
Although Tigers Tracks was not able to cast an official ballot in the first three polls, I will be submitting my MVP vote for the American League. Much [...]
Tags: BBA, Ben Zobrist, Bobby Abreu, Derek Jeter, Joe Mauer, Kendry Morales, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Teixeira, Marlon Byrd, Micheal Cuddyer, Miguel Cabrera
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 9, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsTigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski held a “media availability” session with reporters Thursday to discuss the end of the Tigers’ season. Apparently, this was not a press conference, as those are called such when an announcement is to be made. Seems like semantics to me, but no major announcements were made, so…
MLB.com’s Jason Beck was [...]
Tags: Dave Dombrowski, Lloyd McClendon, Miguel Cabrera, Placido Polanco
Posted October 7, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonDetroit 5, Minnesota 6 (box)
Final Record 86-77 (second place)
Devestation. That’s what I felt last night as the Twins celebrated following their 12th inning walkoff, that’s what I’m feeling this morning as I write this.
The back and forth nature of this game made it a classic. The stakes made it one of the greatest in recent [...]
Tags: Jim Leyland, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Orlando Cabrera, Rick Porcello, Ryan Raburn, Tigers, Twins, Zach Miner