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 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
Posted October 4, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonChicago 3, Detroit 5 (box)
Magic Number 1
Justin Verlander probably will not win the American League Cy Young award. He won’t win the MVP, either. But today he won the most important game of the 2009 season for his club.
For the first seven innings, Verlander flat out owned the White Sox. He allowed just two hits, both [...]
Tags: Gerald Laird, Justin Verlander, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Royals, Ryan Raburn, Tigers, Twins, White Sox
Posted September 23, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 SeasonDetroit 3, Cleveland 1 (box)
Magic Number 10
Edwin Jackson certainly wasn’t as sharp as he would have liked. He fell behind every single hitter he faced until the third inning, and was 1-0 or worse on 21 of the 27 hitters he faced, hardly a recipe for success. But Jackson battled all day and in the [...]
Tags: Bobby Seay, Brandon Lyon, Edwin Jackson, Indians, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Ryan Raburn, Tigers
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