Somebody please explain Leyland’s infatuation with Zach Miner? Seriously, why do we keep trotting this guy out there? To recap the game, Bonderman gives us a strong outing, pitching 6 innings. He gets in trouble in the 7th, and who do we call on? No, not Rapada and his .93 ERA. No, not Lopez and [...]
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Miner league (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged bonderman, carlos guillen, classic, coach, coal miner, detroit, detroit tigers, dettigers, jim leyland, leyland, lopez, rapada, sabermetrics, terrible, tigers, zach miner on May 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Spring on the Thames (detroit tigers, marcus thames)
Posted in Latest News, tagged alan trammell, athletics, detroit, detroit tigers, dettigers, glass ceiling, hell, illustrate, leyland, lineup, manager, marcus thames, my tiger, randy johnson, sabermetrics, spring, thames, tigers, trammell, who's your tiger, yankees on May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For some reason Marcus Thames never gets any love. I’ve been calling this guy “my Tiger” for 2+ years now. Think about all the big hits he gets. Hell, Thames is averaging 1 home run every 15 at bats on his career, and they almost always seem to come in big spots (late in the game or [...]
Leyland ponders change (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged bonderman, detroit, detroit tigers, dettigers, groove, guillen, leyland, lineup, sabermetrics, sheffield, tigers on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Leyland recently warned of “drastic changes” to the batting order. So what happened? Jones got cut and Guillen and Sheffield switched places at the 3 and 6 spot. Bonderman gives up 4 runs in the first 4 innings and the Tigers lose their 4th straight.
First off, shuffling a lineup that has finally come together after [...]
Don’t move Grandy (detroit tigers, curtis granderson)
Posted in Latest News, tagged granderson, detroit tigers, tigers, curtis, centerfield, leyland, sabermetrics, baseball, dettigers on May 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Leyland is contemplating major changes to the batting order. Speculation has risen that he may be moving Curtis Granderson down in the order (to the 3 spot). This would be a bad idea. Old time managers like Leyland tend to use archaic reasoning when filling in a lineup card. Bottom line, [...]
