Archive for April, 2008

I know it’s just the Texas Rangers and they came in beaten up after a lost weekend in Fenway, but sakes alive.
That Tiger offense tonight was punishing!
Now can they do it again tomorrow afternoon?

While Friend of the Fungo Gary Gillette and the non-profit Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy work feverishly to raise funds to avoid, ahem, razing the ballpark, the City of Detroit’s demolition wheels are in motion.
At the very least, a demolition team is likely to start razing about 75% of the ballpark in May or June, as [...]

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: When Ramon Santiago goes yard, that’s gotta be a good sign for the Tigers, right? It certainly was on Tuesday night when the Tigers’ second baseman drove in three runs and Justin Verlander finally put together the start we’d been waiting for: six innings pitched, six hits, one earned run. [...]

The Tigers pounded out an 11 hit attack, including 3 home runs, that propelled them to a 10-2 win over the Texas Rangers in front of a paid attendance of 33,629.  Justin Verlander got his first win of the year as he pitched 6 innings and allowed 1 run and 6 hits.
Jacque Jones contributed with a triple and [...]

No joke. He just announced it in his post-game press conference.
Updates: From The News.
Insight from Rob Neyer [$].

Mystery reliever Francisco Cruceta has been assigned to Toledo.
The club has approximately two weeks to decide whether to put Cruceta on the 25-man big-league roster or to try to get him through waivers so he can stay in the minors.
It sure would be nice to see this guy pan out after all the international [...]

Hello Everyone,
Did you miss me?
The Family Hill is fresh off a Toronto vacay where we were able to catch the Tigers-Jays on Saturday. Suffice to say it wasn’t the best of the four days to be in attendance at the Rogers Centre, what with Miguel Cabrera kicking the game away on what should be an [...]

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: While he wasn’t as sharp as his Tigers debut in Cleveland last week, Armando Galarraga gave the Tigers another solid outing in the finale at SkyDome — or whatever — 5-1, to earn a split against the Blue Jays. The bullpen was superb though Todd Jones allowed a ninth-inning home [...]

From Wednesday…

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: The Tigers lost 5-3 to the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday at Rogers Centre. Nate Robertson showed no sign of turning the corner for the Tigers and allowed five runs on eight hits in five innings of work to take the loss. Clete Thomas led the Tigers offense with three [...]