Early March, springtime, a (hopefully) bottoming out economy and Tiger baseball. Cautious optimism seems an appropriate tone to take heading into spring/summer months. Gone is the giddy optimism of years past, blockbuster trades, and multimillion dollar contract extensions.
It’s hard not to draw parallels between last year’s Tigers and our rotten economy. Foolish spending, bad decisions [...]
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Cautiously Optimistic (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged adam everett, brandon inge, cael iorg, detroit tigers, dettigers, gonzo journalism, hunter thompson, joker marchant stadium, lakeland florida, lyon, michael rouech, mike rouech, renteria, spring training on March 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Least Valuable Tiger Award (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged 2008, billy rouech, brandon inge, detroit free press, detroit news, detroit tigers, dettigers, edgar renteria, fernando rodney, gary sheffield, jim leyland, least valuable player, LVP, lynn henning, mike rouech, nate roberston, sabermetrics on August 21, 2008 | 9 Comments »
After another inspiring performance by Nate Robertson last night, I thought I would open a discussion about awarding a 2008 Tiger LVP. There are plenty of candidates and they each make a strong case. But, there can be only one.
Edgar Renteria
Put aside the fact that we gave up a promising young pitcher in the trade [...]
Carlos settling in (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged brandon inge, carlos guillen, carlos mencia, detroit tigers, dettigers, jim leyland, miguel cabrera, radar, sabermetrics on June 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Tigers have won 6 games in a row and it seems most everything is suddenly going their way. Thames is hitting the hell out of the ball, the Inge/Rodriguez platoon at catcher is working to keep them both fresh and engaged, the starting pitching has been solid, and the bullpen is getting healthy.
One thing that may [...]
Downward spiral (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged black hole, bologna, brandon inge, curse, detroit tigers, dettigers, dionne warrick, downward spiral, sabermetrics, tony bologna on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ll come right out and say what everyone is thinking. Yes, the Tigers are 0-5 since the launch of DetTigers blog. Some have even suggested there may be a correlation between the losing streak and the blog, hinting at a “DetTigers curse.” This is pure bologna. Tony Bologna.
Speaking of Bologna. Others have cited the offseason [...]
