Monthly Archives: March 2007
Ozzie Guillen on Leyland
Thanks to The Dugout for pointing out this article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Ozzie Guillen the Chicago White Sox manager, who is known for his spouting off, has done so again about numerous managers around the league. He talked … Continue reading
White Sox set starting rotation
The Chicago White Sox have settled on who will be their fifth starter. John Danks has beat out a number of players, most notably Gavin Floyd, to be in the starting rotation. At this point it’s not much of a … Continue reading
Detroit Battle for the Bullpen
Today’s game, in some sense, was a battle for the last starting slot in the Tigers bullpen. Detroit played two games today (split squad) with Durbin starting against Houston and Kenny Rogers starting against the Braves. The game against the … Continue reading
Jamie Walker making impression on O’s clubhouse
Good article available over at the Baltimore Sun on Jamie Walker’s Orioles teammates thoughts on him and an update on how he’s settling into the swing of things in Baltimore. Suffice to say he stands out there as much as … Continue reading
McFarlane 2007 Justin Verlander Figure
For those into collectibles, McFarlane toys has an upcoming figure for Justin Verlander. I’m not really into these things but these are extremely detailed and look pretty cool. They only make a few every year so them picking a Tiger … Continue reading
What went right for the Tigers today? Chris Shelton
The Tigers got whooped today against the Washington Nationals who have two recent ex-Tigers Dmitri Young and Nook Logan. Much went bad, they were struck out nine times, had three fielding errors, gave up ten runs over eleven hits, Robertson … Continue reading
A’s sign ex-Tiger Colby Lewis
Remember him? Maybe not as he made only a few appearances in relief for the Tigers last year. The Nationals signed him this off season but cut him during Spring Training. Now the A’s have signed him to a minor … Continue reading
Free Press’s Jon Paul Morosi talks Sheffield on MLB Radio Daily
Ok, I’m a day late but for those who don’t subscribe to the MLB Radio Daily below is a pointer to an interview with Jon Paul Morosi from the Detroit Free Press. He talks about what Gary Sheffield brings to … Continue reading
Leyland clarifies Tiger’s lineup
Finally the silence has been broken on what the Tigers plans were for the batting lineup. There has been quite a bit of chatter about Leyland batting Pudge first in the lineup often this Spring Training. This was followed earlier … Continue reading
Leyland and the Double Steal!
Good article over at BP today on double steals. Last year Leyland ranked 5th (tied w/ Dusty Baker) with six attempts succeeding four times. So we’re not really talking a whole heck of a lot of tries here, but Leyland … Continue reading
KC top prospect Gordon gets starting nod
In news from the Kansas City Star, Alex Gordon has gotten the nod to be the starting third-baseman for the Royals. I’ve written about Alex before on this blog and he topped Kevin Goldstein’s list of Top Prospects. They have … Continue reading