October 6, 2009

Game 163: Microcosm, The Sequel Nutshell

ESPN highlights available here.

The Score: Twins 6 – Tigers 5, 12 innings

The Gist: The Tigers and Twins played a game for the ages and both teams followed the respective scripts of the past three weeks. For the Tigers, that meant squandering countless opportunities and watching a division lead evaporate. For the Twins: everything going their [...]

October 1, 2009

Three for Thursday: ‘06 All Over Again

Looking at the scene today at Comerica Park — brilliant blue skies, a sun-drenched field — I can’t help but think back to three years ago today when the Tigers choked on a golden opportunity to win a division title. History repeating itself?

Dan Gladden made an interesting point on the pre-game interview with Jim Price [...]

September 29, 2009

Game 156: Microcosm

ESPN highlights available here.

The Score: Twins 3 – Tigers 2, 10 innings

The Gist: Stop us if you heard this one: The Tigers had plenty of baserunners but a dearth of clutch hitters. Rick Porcello was lights-out for the Tigers over six-and-a-third innings but his offense made Nick Blackburn look like Bert Blyleven. And just [...]

September 23, 2009

Game 151: Juggernaut!

ESPN highlights available here.

The Score: Tigers 11 – Indians 3

The Gist: Hey-yo! The Tigers showed no mercy on Justin Masterson, the Indians, Eric Wedge or the drum-beat guy. Instead, they dropped 11 runs on Cleveland — thanks to a pair of Carlos Guillen homers and a 440-foot missile from Miguel Cabrera — and Rick Porcello [...]

April 13, 2009

The Monday Report: Week 1

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, [...]

April 8, 2009

Three for Thursday

As anticipation builds for the debut of Rick Porcello, here are three items for your Thursday consideration.

Over at Dugout Central, Teddy Mitrosilis says the Tigers Are a Club You Can Root For:
The faults of Motown have been well documented, but if there is ever a city that can use your support, and a franchise that [...]

April 4, 2009

The Non Sequiturs: Final Four Edition

Watching countless commercial breaks and a little Final Four hoops, I thought I’d finger-roll some non sequiturs:

There’s no place to put him, unfortunately, but I wish the Tigers could right and old wrong and bring back the now-available Frank Catalanotto.

In case you were wondering, with the Opening Day roster set, the Tigers have assigned official [...]

March 17, 2008

Vance Wilson’s St. Patrick’s (Birth)Day Celebration

Three quick hits:

This past weekend my wife and I traveled to Indian Wells, Calif., to watch the second round of the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament.

When you take away the two-hour line to park and the gale-force winds, we had a great time watching some big-name players including Lindsay Davenport, Ana Ivanovic, Carlos Moya and [...]

December 16, 2007

Emptying Out the Mental Notebook

There have been lots of thoughts percolating around my head lately. Now that I’ve cleared my driveway of snow for the third time today, it’s time to get those thoughts out to the masses.
Brandon Inge
If you recall prior to the 2004 season Mr. Inge acted like a petulant little child when the Tigers signed Pudge [...]