April 30, 2008

Game 28: Tigers End April in the D at 13-15

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: Jeremy Bonderman avoided a serious first-inning problem by yielding “only” two runs. Then he was all business: 7.2 innings pitched, five hits, the aforementioned two runs (both earned) and, oddly enough, just one strikeout. Placido Polanco appears to have caught fire in New York, highlighted by two home runs on [...]

April 30, 2008

Game 27: Roger, Rogers. We have clearance, Clarence.

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: It had its dicey moments — not the least of which was Kenny Rogers walking the bases loaded in the third — but the Tigers showed some grit in a 6-4 win over the Yankees in the Bronx. Rogers earned his second straight win and limited the Yankees to two [...]

April 26, 2008

Game 25: Hmm, Maybe This Was the Best Game of the Year

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: Armando Galarraga continues to wow and the Tigers’ Curtis Granderson, Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordoñez each knocked two hits in a 6-4 win over the Angels. Galarraga took a no-hitter into the sixth but ended up without a decision. He allowed three runs (one earned), three hits and two walks [...]

April 24, 2008

Game 23: At Last, A Sweep

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The Gist: Magglio Ordonez goes deep twice, Jeremy Bonderman continues to frustrate and Jacque Jones is added to the injury list, yet the Tigers finally reach double digits in wins, defeating the Rangers 8-2. What else?

Curtis Granderson led off the Tigers half of the first with a home run
Zach Miner continues his [...]

April 21, 2008

Polanco Day-to-Day, But Aren’t We All?

According to Mario and Rod on the telecast, Placido Polanco’s back will not send him to the DL. The MRI showed no damage.
Update: The Freep story

April 9, 2008

Game 8: Tigers 1-1 on Wednesdays in 2008

The Gist: It took more than a week, but the Tigers left the field with a win on Wednesday night, 7-2 over the Red Sox. Naturally, Todd Jones did his thing to make any level of comfort more than a bit tenuous. Huzzah, Marcus Thames! The man simply delivers when the Tigers need him. Jeremy [...]

August 6, 2007

Tigers’ Offense Returns and So Does The (Abbreviated) Non-Sequiturs

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Never in my life have I ever experienced such a torturous Tigers vs. Devil Rays game as Monday night’s tilt. (Never, that is, since 1998 when the team came into being.) Making things worse, I had to follow the game on Yahoo! Sports GameChannel.After two mind-numbing days of driving from Phoenix to [...]

August 6, 2007

Tigers’ Offense Returns and So Does The (Abbreviated) Non-Sequiturs

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Never in my life have I ever experienced such a torturous Tigers vs. Devil Rays game as Monday night’s tilt. (Never, that is, since 1998 when the team came into being.) Making things worse, I had to follow the game on Yahoo! Sports GameChannel.After two mind-numbing days of driving from Phoenix to [...]

July 19, 2007

Blogging a Thursday Matinee Game

The beauty of being self-employed: watching a Tigers matinee game on my office TV while working away. I don’t do this very often but he are my thoughts updated throughout the game.Jeremy Bonderman clearly has the slider going today.Wow, Timo Perez. As I’ve mentioned before, never in their history have the Tigers had a [...]

July 17, 2007

T3: Tigers/Twins Tidbits

This and that courtesy of the Game Notes and yours truly:Lovin’ the road. The Tigers enters tonight’s game at Minnesota with wins in 14 of the club’s last 18 games on the road. Detroit leads the majors with 29 wins on the road in  2007. The Tigers lead the American League with a .291 [...]