February 12, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 0 comments
ESPN’s Buster Olney checked in with Jeremy Bonderman this week, and it seems that Justin Verlander’s assesment of Bondo is spot on. And, just in time, Bonderman pinpointed some mechanical issues not long before he arrived in Lakeland:
About a month ago, he and his father, Gene, reviewed some videotape from earlier in his career and [...]
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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 16, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Wednesday Walewanders | 2 comments
I can’t seem to get rid of this beeping sound in my ears. I’m starting to think it’s the Tigers backing into a division title or backing out of the playoffs.
Can’t decide.
Given the Tigers’ suddenly porous rotation, don’t they at least have to consider throwing Jeremy Bonderman out there to start? Even if [...]
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July 24, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Friday Freehans | 0 comments
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 [...]
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February 22, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles, Featured | 0 comments
Jeremy Bonderman #38
Height: 6′ 2″ | Weight: 220
2008 Stats: 3-4, 4.29 ERA
It seems that every season baseball experts predict that it will be the year that Jeremy Bonderman finally emerges as an ace, discovers an effective third pitch, and challenges for the Cy Young Award. The 2008 season was no different but the lofty [...]
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December 31, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 0 comments
If we had to narrow the Tigers’ dismal 2008 to one culprit it would be the pitching. While Detroit’s offense had many fits and starts throughout the season, the pitching was pretty much the same from March 31 to Sept. 28: awful.
Whether it was Dontrelle Willis‘ sudden inability to throw strikes or Justin Verlander’s season [...]
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December 30, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 0 comments
There were plenty of signs early on that 2008 was not going to be a championship season for the Tigers. Yet, an occasional (albeit short) winning streak would buoy the spirits of the faithful only to be smashed to smithereens by the news of, oh, another injury.
Take Jeremy Bonderman for example.
On June 1 in [...]
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November 6, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Hot Stove | 3 comments
ESPN.com’s trip through each MLB team’s roster continued today with write Jonah Keri’s lens focused on the American League Central and the Tigers.
If you’re looking for a positive outlook to end your week, look elsewhere. Here’s a taste:
Aside from a younger, more athletic band of glove men, the Tigers need about a half-dozen new pitchers. [...]
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September 29, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 1 comment
Every time I sat down to write about a bit of Tigers news in the past five days, another shoe would drop and I’d think “I’ll write about both of those items.” Then another and another, etc.
So, as I wait out this Tigers/White Sox rain delay from bright, sunny Phoenix, it’s time to weigh in [...]
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August 15, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes | 4 comments
It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
Here we are, approaching the third weekend of August, and the Tigers are mired in third place, nine-and-a-half games out of first place. And, as I’m always reminding myself, only five games out of last place. This was supposed to be like 1984, 1968 or even 1945. It [...]
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