Archive for August, 2010

August 19, 2010

Video: Galarraga/Avila Dugout Spat Discussed on PTI

A couple days late, but here’s what Dan Le Batard and Bob Ryan have to say on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption about Sunday’s set-to between Armando Galarraga and Alex Avila.

August 18, 2010

Tigers Today: August 18, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 58-62, 3rd place; 12 GB Today’s Results Yankees 9 – Tigers 5 W: Dustin Moseley (3-2) L: Jeremy Bonderman (6-9) HR: Miguel Cabrera 2 (30), Don Kelly (3) Yesterday’s Results Yankees 6 — Tigers 2 W: CC Sabathia (16-5) L: Justin Verlander (13-8) HR: Austin Jackson, Brandon Inge

August 18, 2010

Carlos Guillen déjà vu

Now that’s how you go on the disabled list. After so many trips to the DL because of a pulled this or a strained that, Carlos Guillen was shelved today thanks to an honest-to-goodness, bone-jarring collision at second base Monday night. The Tigers placed Guillen on the 15-day disabled list because he has a deep [...]

August 18, 2010

The 4-Out Save

Much has been said over the years about the expediency of a 4-out save. It is usually not until the playoffs, when a closer is brought in to get a big out in the eighth, then asked to pitch the ninth as well, that this managerial decision is highlighted. In 3 of Jose Valverde’s last [...]

August 17, 2010

Tigers Today: August 17, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 58-60, 3rd place; 10 GB Today’s Game Tigers @ Yankees | 7:05 p.m. ET – Yankee Stadium | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Justin Verlander (13-7) vs. CC Sabathia (15-5) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 3 – Yankees 1 | Box W: Max Scherzer (8-9) L: Javier Vasquez (9-9) Save: [...]

August 16, 2010

Tigers Today: August 16, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 57-60, 3rd place; 10.5 GB Today’s Game Tigers @ Yankees | 7:05 p.m. ET – Yankee Stadium | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Max Scherzer (7-9, 4.03 ERA) vs. Javier Vazquez (9-8, 4.90 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 13 – White Sox 8 W: Brad Thomas (5-1) L: J.J. [...]

August 16, 2010

Weekend Wrap: Two of Three, Rare Feats and Surging Raburn

It’s too late to impact this season but the Tigers taking two of three from the White Sox in Chicago — no matter the circumstances — always feels great. Particularly enjoyable, of course, was how the Tigers won, beating J.J. Putz in the ninth on Saturday and eighth on Sunday. The only thing that could [...]