Archive for February, 2011

February 27, 2011

Name Your Price! Which of Jim Price’s catch phrases does he use the most in a Tigers broadcast?

February 25, 2011

Video: Miguel Cabrera’s Statement

February 24, 2011

The Detroit Tigers Podcast #128: That’s a Bummer

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast. This is Episode #128 a 50-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Asheville, N.C. In this episode we touch on: Miguel Cabrera‘s arrest last week The second-base competition Ian’s trip to Lakeland …and much more. Download the audio file or grab the RSS feed [...]

February 17, 2011

Sheff Checks Out

So Gary Sheffield is calling it quits. Had he not played for the Tigers, I wouldn’t give this much thought, but he did, so I do. That’s because there’s been no other Tigers player in my lifetime that has left me wanting more than Sheff. Sure it would’ve been nice to see something, anything from [...]

February 17, 2011

PR Strategy for Cabrera: ‘Easy Does It’

Note: I asked my friend and public relations and crisis-management expert Len Gutman to provide a glimpse into how the Tigers should — and likely will — handle the Miguel Cabrera situation from a communications perspective. Though Len, a San Diego native, is still stinging from the outcome of the 1984 World Series, he was [...]

February 17, 2011

Video: Olney on Cabrera Situation

Nothing new. Just sharing what’s out there.

February 16, 2011

Meet the Kinder, Gentler Kirk Gibson

The next best thing to Kirk Gibson being the Tigers’ manager is watching him lead my local team, the Diamondbacks. He’s getting lots of attention as the Dbacks arrive in camp as 2011 marks his first full season as the club’s skipper. The focus seems to be on how he and his staff, which includes bench coach [...]