Archive for April, 2008

Browsing for Tigers historical tidbits proved to be extraordinarily fruitful this weekend. Here’s what I found on Baseball-Reference.com:
Friday, April 25, 1901 - At Bennett Park, the Detroit Tigers make an incredible comeback in their American League debut. Trailing 13 - 4 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Tigers score 10 runs in [...]

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: Armando Galarraga continues to wow and the Tigers’ Curtis Granderson, Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordoñez each knocked two hits in a 6-4 win over the Angels. Galarraga took a no-hitter into the sixth but ended up without a decision. He allowed three runs (one earned), three hits and two walks [...]

The Gist: The Tigers lost 4-3 to the Angels in one of the best baseball games the Tigers have played this year — i.e., both teams played well. Nate Robertson gave up four runs in the Angels fourth and the Tigers chipped away but couldn’t overcome Ervin Santana. Curtis Granderson went yard for the second [...]

Tonight’s game was a good game to watch, especially if you were an impartial observer.  For Tiger fans, it was also a good game, but they saw a 4 game winning streak by their team end.  Here’s a recap.
Both starting pitchers looked great in the first 3 innings not allowing a run.  In the 4th, Nate [...]

Happy 33rd Birthday to Jacque Jones. Let’s hope he’s recuperating nicely from his collision with an unruly guard rail on Thursday.
• Speaking of birthdays, Feliz Cumpleaños to former Tigers Tony Phillips (49) and Larry Pashnick (52).

• The Tigers moved up seven slots on ESPN.com’s Baseball Power Rankings this week: from 27 to 20.
• On today’s [...]

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #44, a 24-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz. and St. Clair Shores, Mich.
In this episode we are joined by John Milton of The Daily Fungo.
And we hear from Justin in Grand Rapids who [...]

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The Gist: Magglio Ordonez goes deep twice, Jeremy Bonderman continues to frustrate and Jacque Jones is added to the injury list, yet the Tigers finally reach double digits in wins, defeating the Rangers 8-2. What else?

Curtis Granderson led off the Tigers half of the first with a home run
Zach Miner continues his [...]

Just to clarify the Rangers starting pitchuation from today: Last night the Dallas Morning News Rangers blog reported that Jason Jennings would not pitch the series finale today. Apparently that changed and here’s why — again, from the Morning News blog:
[W]ith the bullpen in disarray (Both Josh Rupe and Frank Francisco) are unavailable, the Rangers [...]

If you want to read one of the more bizarre stories about a member of the Detroit Tigers and his shortstop counterpart on the White Sox, read this one from ESPN.com titled:
NOW IT’S PERSONAL

The two best baseball players ever from Colombia, Edgar Renteria and Orlando Cabrera, are engaged in a bitter feud and trading verbal [...]

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The Gist: One night after Tigers’ TV analyst Rod Allen predicted that Detroit would put 20 runs on the board in a game this year, the Tigers got darned close in crushing the Rangers, 19-6. Kenny Rogers was nothing short of dreadful in his 3.1 innings pitched: nine hits, six runs (all [...]