March 4, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes,Wednesday Walewanders | 3 comments
I’m down to my last box of Girl Scout Cookies — Thin Mints, don’t you know — but despite this unfortunate circumstance, I present the Wednesday Walewanders. Rob Neyer yesterday linked to this list of The Worst Contracts in Baseball and, no, the entire Tigers roster does not appear. But there is some significant Detroit [...]
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March 3, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
Carlos Guillen #9 Height: 6′ 1″ | Weight: 215 2008 Stats: .286 – 10 HR – 54 RBI You can’t blame Carlos Guillen if he’d like to forget the 2008 season. After being tapped as the starting first baseman, Guillen lasted there only a few weeks before moving across the diamond to third, where his [...]
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March 2, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
Gary Sheffield #3 Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 215 2008 Stats: .225 – 19 HR – 57 RBI Gary Sheffield entered the 2008 season looking to improve on a sub-par debut campaign in Detroit. A shoulder injury sustained in an outfield collision in ’07 required surgery and off-season rehab, and it slowed Sheffield at the [...]
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March 2, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
On this date in 1995, the first-ever major league trade of utility players was made between the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians. Cincinnati obtained former Tigers first baseman/DH Barbaro Garbey and four others in return for “future considerations.” Garbey — whom Sparky called “Bobby” because he (apparently) couldn’t pronounce Barbaro — hadn’t appeared in the [...]
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March 1, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
Magglio Ordoñez #30 Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 215 2008 Stats: .317 – 21 HR – 103 RBI Few hitters can weather a 50-point drop in batting average and still be within shouting distance of a batting crown. But that’s how 2008 shaped up for Tigers rightfielder Magglio Ordoñez. The 2007 A.L. batting champ served [...]
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March 1, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 0 comments
You are forgiven if you don’t remember lefty pitcher Jeff Holly: he never pitched in the majors for the Tigers. He did, though, appear in 39 games for the Twins from 1977-79 amassing a 3-4 record and a 5.60 ERA. He came to Detroit on Dec. 5, 1979, in a trade for pitcher Fernando Arroyo. [...]
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