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 [...]
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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 »
King Cabby and Grandy (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged billy rouech, cabby, curtis granderson, detroit tigers, dettigers, edgar renteria, grandy, king, miguel cabrera, mike rouech, sabermetrics on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Tigers are dragging ass through the dog days of summer, scuffling to an anti climatic ending to the 2008 season. About the only thing interesting now is the late inning carnage delivered by the bullpen, and the new and unusual ways we find to blow late leads (Renteria errors, bullpen meltdowns, etc.).
I know it’s [...]
Lack of accountability (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged attitude, billy rouech, detroit tigers, dettigers, edgar renteria, fernando rodney, jim leyland, lack of accountability, mike rouech, paws, sabermetrics on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Jim Leyland has always been a players manager. He sticks up for his guys and I admire him for that.
That said, I feel a lack of accountability has permeated the clubhouse, and much of it rests on Jim Leyland. Since Sunday’s meltdown I’ve been waiting patiently for heads to roll. The fact that Fernando [...]
Rent a wreck (detroit tigers, edgar renteria)
Posted in Latest News, tagged amazing, bitch, detroit, detroit tigers, dettigers, dribbler, edgar renteria, sabermetrics, tigers, vendetta on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OK. I promise not to turn this blog into a vendetta against an individual player or a bitch session. That said, I do need to vent about Edgar Renteria a bit. He once again turned in quite a game last night, finally ending an 0 for 20 stretch with a dribbler up the middle. Congrats. Well [...]
