Archive for March, 2010

March 25, 2010

Will He or Won’t He? Tracking the Dontrelle Willis Mystery

It’s almost as if the Tigers are afraid to talk about Dontrelle Willis, today’s starter against the Blue Jays in Lakeland. Maybe not to talk about him but rather carefully measure what they say about him. Despite amassing some solid if unspectacular numbers this spring — 1-0, 0.82 ERA, 11.0 IP, 7 H, 5 BB, [...]

March 22, 2010

The DTP #98: So, What Have I Missed?

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast. This is Episode #98, a 45-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Ann Arbor, Mich. In this episode we resurrect the podcast with new co-host (but old friend) Ian Casselberry. After a few minutes of playing catchup, we touch on: Offseason highlights: Grandy trade, [...]

March 16, 2010

Two for Tuesday: The Tigers Traded Ty Cobb?

How’s this for interesting? On this date in 1907: In a trade of legendary outfielders, the Detroit Tigers send Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for Elmer Flick. Cleveland’s manager, Nap Lajoie, rejects the trade of future Hall of Famers. Flick will bat .302 in 1907 while Cobb will lead the American League [...]

March 2, 2010

Clearing the In Box

Some random bits of Tigers this-and-that for you: The Tigers lead off MLB Network’s Spring Training series “30 Clubs in 30 Days” on Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET. Based on photos from someone’s Twitter stream today (can’t remember whose) it looks like the show will be hosted by the unfortunate Hazel Mae. I might be [...]