By Mike McClary in Featured,Game Recaps | 0 comments
ESPN highlights available here. The Score: White Sox 5 – Tigers 1 The Gist: With only a chance to avoid humiliation and the record books, the 2003 Tigers played with fire and grit in the last series of the year and managed to not lose 120 games. With a chance to advance closer to a [...]
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By Mike McClary in Tweets | 0 comments
Last year at this time, Freddy Garcia was a #Tigers pitcher and we hoped he'd be a factor this year. Not what we had in mind. #Makinghistory # Wouldn't it be nice if Miguel Cabrera showed up at Comerica Park today and said "I'm taking over, boys." — and backed it up? #Tigers # The [...]
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By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
On the next-to-last day of the 2009 season, with the Tigers’ fate still undecided, we continue our series on the Tigers’ and Blue Jays’ battle for the A.L. East crown on the next-to-last day of the 1987 season. American League East Standings: October 3, 1987 Team Record Pct. GB Detroit 96-64 .600 – Toronto 96-64 [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Game Recaps | 0 comments
ESPN highlights available here. The Score: White Sox 8 – Tigers 0 The Gist: The Tigers didn’t show up to play Friday night, but that didn’t stop the White Sox’ Jake Peavy from dicing them like ripe tomatoes. Three hits for Detroit. Three. And Edwin Jackson was awful. The View: One of my top-three movies [...]
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By Mike McClary in Tweets | 0 comments
I'm out of the prediction bidness. Promise. #Tigers # This isn't an historic collapse, but it's close. #Tigers fans won't forget this one for a long time. #theawfultruth # I predicted a 5-2 #Tigers win. The Sox have their two. When will the Tigers arrive at Comerica Park? # What a moribund crowd at Comerica [...]
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By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
The final weekend of the 2009 season is here and the Tigers are in position for the American League Central title. Twenty-two years ago tonight the Tigers started the final season with the A.L. East in their sights. Here’s part seven of our series. American League East Standings: October 2, 1987 Team Record Pct. GB [...]
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By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured | 0 comments
In the spirit of the Tigers’ and Twins’ battle for the division title, we continue our look back on the last great race in Tigers history: 1987 and the seven games against the Toronto Blue Jays in the season’s final 10 days. Today: A brief intermission ahead of the season’s final weekend in Detroit. Part [...]
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