Archive for April 17th, 2008

April 17, 2008

Happy Birthday, Ryan Raburn and Other Notes

Raburn turns 27 today.
A bevy of Tigers historical items occurred on this date in history. Here they are courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com:

1955 - Al Kaline hits three home runs in Briggs Stadium, including a pair in the sixth inning, to drive in six runs. The Tigers rout the A’s 16-0, behind Steve Gromek’s strong pitching.

1960 - [...]

April 17, 2008

What’s Up With Our Ace?

We have seen the hitting come around(although not present tonight), so what is wrong with Justin Verlander?  Although he had a good outing through 7 innings in Chicago on April 12, he has not been the dominant pitcher he can be in most of his starts.  The Tigers need him to find his rhythm and get [...]