By Mike McClary on May 1, 2008 in Game Recaps | 0 Comments
ESPN highlights available here.
The Gist: The Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees in New York Thursday night — the first since yours truly was a negative two years old — with an 8-4 win. Ramon Santiago, in his first start at shortstop this year, hit a key triple in the sixth to break [...]
By John Milton on May 1, 2008 in Milton's Musings | 0 Comments
The Tigers swept the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium for the first time since the beginning of the 1966 season when they won the opener on April 12 and swept a doubleheader on April 14. The Yankees returned the favor in the Bronx from August 26 - 28 of that year. The Tigers will never be swept [...]
By Mike McClary on May 1, 2008 in Blast from the Past, Featured | 0 Comments
You are one die-hard Tigers fan if you remember right hander Dan Gakeler.
It’s scary because I remember him.
A former number-one pick of the Red Sox in the 1984 draft (secondary phase), Gakeler appeared in 31 games for the 1991 Tigers, seven of them were starts.
Wearing the number 32, he assembled a record of [...]
By Mike McClary on May 1, 2008 in Monthly Recaps | 0 Comments
Tigers April Record: 13-15
Individual Batting Leaders (minimum 20 games, my totally subjective criteria)
Average: Carlos Guillen, .321
Home Runs: Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez, 5
RBI: Cabrera/Ordonez, 19
OBP: Guillen, .414
OPS: Guillen, .938
SLG: Guillen, .524
SB: Guillen, Pudge Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, 3
Individual Pitching Leaders
Wins: Five pitchers tied with two each - Jeremy Bonderman, Armando Galarraga, Aquilino Lopez, Clay Rapada, Kenny Rogers
ERA
Starter: [...]
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