Archive for the 'Doug's Dispatches' Category

… 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 [...]

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, [...]

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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.

Allow me to preface this by saying Brandon Inge seems to be a nice enough guy and is certainly a pretty slick fielder. My fellow TDF blogger Josh Wallen will even tell you he might be the face of Motor City Sports (though following Jon Kitna’s gritty performance Sunday I think there’s a new sheriff [...]

How is it that the Tigers and White Sox get Labor Day off? I realize the Tigers are jetting back from the left coast, but it is a national holiday for goodness sakes. Isn’t this the equivalent of taking a Saturday in May off?
There are plenty of beefs with MLB schedulers this year (check with [...]

Based upon nothing but a feeling in my gut – and the announcement that Andrew Miller is bumping Chad Durbin back to the bullpen Friday night – I believe Jair Jurrjens will hang around and hold down the rotation spot until/if Kenny Rogers returns.
The odd man out … I say it’ll be Jason Grilli.
This will [...]

Now that everybody’s favorite Tiger whipping boy Craig Monroe has left the building, Brandon Inge falls in the crosshairs of Detroit baseball fans growing increasingly frustrated from a baseball team that appears to be gasping for its final breath. (What with a starting pitcher who hasn’t mastered the first inning, a Jekyl and Hyde bullpen, [...]

Cameron Maybin’s fist MLB hit was a thing of beauty today. The hit and run was on and the youngster shot the Roger Clemens pitch right through the hole at second base.
The beautful thing, of course, is that once on first Maybin had Clemens, Jorge Posada, and much of the rest of the Yankees [...]

… Fernando Rodney’s rounding back into form (tognue firmly in cheek!).
Lead-off single, a one-out walk, wild pitch, 21 pitches, and a side struck out in the 8th.

ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark heaps some praise on Tigers’ centerfielder Curtis Granderson in his notes column today.
Granderson, along with Philadelphia Phillie Jimmy Rollins, is on pace to potentially join Hall of Famers George Brett and Willie Mays by having 20 homers, triples, doubles, and stolen bases. He’s also not grounded into a doubleplay this year which [...]