Archive for the 'Friday Freehans' Category

February 12, 2010

Friday Freehans: Brocail, Uni Numbers and Chet Lemon

Less than three weeks until Grapefruit League games. Time to get loose.

If you, like me, are inexplicably fascinated by the uniform numbers worn by Tigers players, you’re going to be disappointed that the Tigers haven’t yet assigned numbers to the new guys.

Arm troubles limited Doug Brocail’s career trajectory but not his longevity — he pitched [...]

January 29, 2010

A Friday Freehans Two-Pack

Here are a couple of random items to round out the week:

The Detroit News‘ Lynn Henning hosted an online chat this afternoon and I was able to sneak in a question:

Me: Lynn, recent injuries notwithstanding, how did Jeff Larish’s star plummet so dramatically? He was viewed as a home-grown power bat until last year. Does [...]

December 4, 2009

Friday Freehans: Trades, Memories and Salt for Your Game 163 Wound

This, that and the other after a long blogging layoff:

So where were you two years ago today? You were probably glued to ESPN or the Web reading all you could about the eight-player deal that brought Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit. Time flies. (And just a year ago today Edgar Renteria spared Tigers [...]

July 24, 2009

Friday Freehans

Well, so much for Matt Holliday joining the Tigers. I’m sure Carlos Guillen will be a suitable Plan B.

Jeremy Bonderman to the bullpen, eh? Whatever works.

I’ve decided to go old school today and listen to the Tigers on MLB.com rather than watch on DirecTV. Call it The Guillen Factor. I can’t stand to see Ozzie [...]