April 30, 2008
By Mike McClary in Game Recaps | 0 comments
ESPN highlights available here. The Gist: Jeremy Bonderman avoided a serious first-inning problem by yielding “only” two runs. Then he was all business: 7.2 innings pitched, five hits, the aforementioned two runs (both earned) and, oddly enough, just one strikeout. Placido Polanco appears to have caught fire in New York, highlighted by two home runs [...]
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April 30, 2008
By Mike McClary in Game Recaps | 0 comments
ESPN highlights available here. The Gist: It had its dicey moments — not the least of which was Kenny Rogers walking the bases loaded in the third — but the Tigers showed some grit in a 6-4 win over the Yankees in the Bronx. Rogers earned his second straight win and limited the Yankees to [...]
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April 30, 2008
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
So what do Jason Grilli, Zach Simons, Jack Burns and Chief Hogsett have in common? They are the only players in Tigers history to be involved in a trade on April 30. By now you’ve heard about the Grilli-to-Colorado trade, but you probably haven’t heard about the April 30, 1936 trade that sent LHP Hogsett [...]
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April 30, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 1 comment
The prayers of many Tigers fans have been answered: The Tigers have traded Jason Grilli to the Rockies for minor-league pitcher Zach Simons. More soon… Update: This move makes room for Francisco Cruceta to join the Tigers on Thursday. [Tip of the Fungo Fedora to Ian for the text message -- which arrived moments ahead [...]
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April 30, 2008
By John Milton in Milton's Musings | 3 comments
Kenny Rogers pitched 6 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out 4. He also walked 4, three of which were in the 3rd inning which loaded the bases. He was able to get out of trouble by getting Robinson Cano and Johnny Damon to fly out to left field. The bullpen [...]
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April 29, 2008
By John Milton in Milton's Musings | 0 comments
Yankee Stadium is one of the most (if not the most) majestic stadium in Major League Baseball. If you have ever been there, you know there is a lot of history surrounding the building outside and inside the park. I had the privilege of going to two games at the House that Ruth built. On [...]
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April 29, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 1 comment
That’s a quote from John Rawlings‘ article today on The Sporting News.com. If you’re looking for some objective, albeit sobering, perspective on the Tigers, your search is over: The Tigers traded for Cabrera over the winter and then signed him to a contract through 2015 knowing he is “a horrible, horrible” third baseman, according to [...]
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