October 1, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Game Recaps | 0 comments
ESPN highlights available here…eventually.
The Score: Twins 8 – Tigers 3
The Gist: Wasted opportunities. Sure, the usual ones — stranded runners, untimely hitting — but also new and exciting storylines. Like, four errors by the Twins, a bizarrely mediocre Joe Nathan and…oh, what’s the difference? Nate Robertson pitched well enough to not lose but not much [...]
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September 19, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Game Recaps, Wordless Game Summary | 0 comments
Remember in Spring Training last year when Jim Leyland was concerned about some Tigers “taking off” at bats knowing that someone else in the powerful lineup would likely back them up?
Maybe that’s what plagues the 2009 Tigers. Except for the powerful lineup thing.
Other thoughts on the game:
Don Kelly did not lose this game for the [...]
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April 20, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, The Monday Report | 0 comments
The Skinny:
7-5, Tied for 1st Place in A.L. Central with Chicago and Kansas City
Streak: W2
Home Record: 4-1
Road Record: 3-4
Streaks:
Last 10 Games: 7-3
Last 5 Games: 3-2
Who’s Hot from the Past Week:
Josh Anderson: .545 avg., .615 OBP, .818 SLG, 4 RBI, 2 SB
Miguel Cabrera: .455 avg., .478 OBP, .591 SLG, 10 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Gerald Laird: [...]
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April 13, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, The Monday Report | 0 comments
The Skinny:
4-3, 1st Place in A.L. Central, .5 games ahead of Chicago
Streak: W3
Home Record: 3-0 / Road Record: 1-3
Who’s Hot:
Miguel Cabrera: .520 avg., .586 OBP, .960 SLG, 3 HR, 10 RBI
Placido Polanco: .346, .393 OBP, .462 SLG
Gerald Laird: .318, .400 OBP, .455 SLG
Brandon Inge: .304, .448 OBP, .870 SLG, 4 HR, 7 RBI
Who’s Not:
Carlos Guillen:.182, [...]
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April 10, 2009
By Jim Craddock in Featured, Jim's Gems | 1 comment
Ah, Opening Day in Detroit! Happy New Year, everybody!
Great day today! The weather was nice. Not perfect, but a lot better than anticipated. And I’ve definitely seen worse.
Didn’t make it inside for the player introductions, so I didn’t hear what kind of reception Lyon received. The first pitch ceremony was nice. It was nice NOT [...]
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March 4, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles, Featured | 0 comments
Gerald Laird #8
Height: 6′ 1″ | Weight: 225
2008 Stats: .276 – 6 HR – 41 RBI
Before most general managers had checked into their Las Vegas hotel rooms at the Winter Meetings last December, the Tigers acquired catcher Gerald Laird to fill a gaping hole in their lineup. A career .255 hitter, Laird enjoyed one of [...]
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February 11, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 0 comments
Apologies for the lengthy radio silence. For the past 10 days I’ve been clicking the refresh button on my Web browser at Tigers.com waiting to see if they’ve assigned numbers to Gerald Laird, Adam Everett, Edwin Jackson and Matt Treanor.
Lo and behold, today they have. Here are the numbers you’ll see in your program:
Laird – [...]
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December 21, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 1 comment
It’s the end of the year, so that means it’s time for Top 10 Lists galore. So I thought I’d add to the list of lists with my take on the 2008 Detroit Tigers. Actually, this top-10 list — which I will reveal over the final 10 days of 2008 — is for the calendar [...]
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December 8, 2008
By Jim Craddock in Featured, Hot Stove, Jim's Gems, Trades & Rumors | 7 comments
Well, the Tigers once again barely set the suitcases down in the hotel room before getting down to business. Moving quickly to fill a hole, they acquired catcher Gerald Laird for pitching prospects Guillermo Moscoso and  Carlos Melo.
Laird is a quality catcher who can hit, and he’ll give Dusty Ryan time to grow into the [...]
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