Archive for the 'Doug’s Dispatches' Category

April 23, 2008

Holy Heck!

I know it’s just the Texas Rangers and they came in beaten up after a lost weekend in Fenway, but sakes alive. That Tiger offense tonight was punishing! Now can they do it again tomorrow afternoon?

April 7, 2008

The Doug Report – Weak (sic) 1

Greetings, I figured if this Drudge fellow can have his own report, why can’t I have mine? (Plus, during the school year, once a week is about all I can muster for blogging.) Well, here I sit staring at this morning’s paper and an 0-6 record after six home games. I haven’t even found the [...]

December 16, 2007

Emptying Out the Mental Notebook

There have been lots of thoughts percolating around my head lately. Now that I’ve cleared my driveway of snow for the third time today, it’s time to get those thoughts out to the masses. Brandon Inge If you recall prior to the 2004 season Mr. Inge acted like a petulant little child when the Tigers [...]

December 4, 2007

Double-D Cookin’ Up Some Hot Stove Fun

Are you kidding me?When Mike first broached the possibility of Dave Dombrowski‘s blockbuster this afternoon late this morning by forwarding me Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal I thought it must’ve been some posturing and cheap talk.When I nosed around ESPN.com and saw Peter Gammon‘s blog entry saying there was some validity to it I let my [...]

October 4, 2007

Out of all the Tigers …

… to break Spring Training with the big club, who would’ve thought Jose Mesa would be the only one seeing post-season action in the Divisional Series? And what a debut it was today: 1/3 of an inning, 1 H, 3 Rs, 2 BBs, and an ERA of 81.01. Yep, he threw 16 pitches, only six [...]

September 26, 2007

Should he stay or should he go?

Well, the Tigers played most of Game 159 with a playoff spot still on the line. I guess you’ve got to consider it a successful season. Still, those games squandered back in April, May, and June loom large now. Injuries were a factor, but as WDFN’s Mike Stone noted today on his afternoon radio program, [...]

September 22, 2007

Fungo Summit

Totally unauthorized post follows. Our host Mike McClary may take it down before anyone sees it. Tigers at D’Backs May 16-18, 2008. Who’s in? If wet get enough, maybe we can get the highly-coveted pool seats! Frontier Airlines for $289 RT with a stop in Denver leaving Friday morning early and returning Sunday morning.