Archive for the 'Friday Freehans' Category

June 11, 2010

Friday Freehans: Interleague Gumbo

Interleague play is back! What’s that? You haven’t missed it? As the Pirates come to town let’s do an interleague reset: Since interleague play started in 1997, the Tigers have compiled a 124-108 record, 57-33 in interleague games at Comerica Park. This year they’re 1-2. In a related note, here’s the good news coming into [...]

April 23, 2010

Friday Freehans: Juan Cruz, Bill James and Andres Torres!

The other night I saw Edwin Jackson pitch for the Diamondbacks against the Cardinals and he looked sharp (eight innings, 0 walks). I sat behind home plate and couldn’t get over how hard he threw — consistently. He still would like nice in the Tigers’ rotation, wouldn’t he? Bygones. Here are some Tigers morsels for [...]

April 11, 2010

Tigers Today: April 11, 2010

Tigers’ Record: 4-1 Today’s Game Tigers vs. Indians | 1:05 p.m ET – Comerica Park | On the air: FSD PLUS/1270 Pitching Matchup Justin Verlander, 0-0, 7.20 ERA vs. Jake Westbrook, 0-1, 11.25 ERA Yesterday’s Results Tigers 4 – Indians 2 W: Jeremy Bonderman (1-0) L: Mitch Talbot (0-1) SV: Ryan Perry (1) HR: Magglio [...]

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 — [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]