Monthly Archives: April 2007
Tigers stacked with clutch hitting
Taking another look at ‘clutch hitting’, John Perrotto at Baseball Prospectus (Subscription) delved directly into individual players who are consistent leaders of RISP (batting average with Runners in Scoring Position). Thus, we took a look at the top 10 in … Continue reading
Game 21 Preview: Tigers vs White Sox
Detroit Tigers (11-9) vs Chicago White Sox (11-8) U.S. Cellular Field @ 8:11pm EST FSND / ESPN / AM 1270 / FM 97.1 Chad Durbin (0-1, 10.54 ERA) vs John Danks (0-2, 5.06 ERA) So they meet again. Chad Durbin … Continue reading
Extra innings yet again as Tigers lose on Jones blown save
Box Score Summary This was an extremely tough loss. Detroit is off to a season like last year in terms of close games and late-inning comebacks and extra innings. This game seemed very much out of reach after the first … Continue reading
Game 20 Preview: Tigers vs Angels
Detroit Tigers (10-8) vs Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (9-9) Angel Stadium @ 3:35pm EST FSND / AM 1270 / FM 97.1 Jeremy Bonderman (0-0, 2.25 ERA) vs Kelvim Escobar (1-1. 3.18) Seems like the Tigers just got here but … Continue reading
Tigers take first game behind Granderson’s bat
Box Score Summary Tigers quickly disposed of Jered Weaver forcing him to pitch 70 pitches in just 1.2 innings of work. The bats were very hot to start off lead by Curtis Granderson who hit a home run, a double … Continue reading
Game 19 Preview: Tigers vs Angels
Detroit Tigers (10-8) vs Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (9-9) Angel Stadium @ 10:05pm EST FSND / AM 1270 / FM 97.1 Mike Maroth (2-0, 5.40 ERA) vs Jered Weaver (0-1, 4.50 ERA) This is a weird western road trip … Continue reading
Extend Pudge or not?
Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodriguez’s contract is up at the end of this season with a $13M dollar option or $3M buyout. The folks at MLB Trade Rumors looked at a number of players who are coming up on club options and … Continue reading
Tigers postgame celebration video
Below is some video after Polanco’s hit which brought Rodriguez home for the win. Very exciting game that I’ve summarized below. [kml_flashembed movie="/wp-content/tigerpics/whitesox_win.swf" width="320" height="254"/] The crowd was very into the game and the majority stayed to the end and … Continue reading
Thames and Polanco come through for Tigers win
Box Score Summary Great game today on a great day for baseball with a game-time temperature of 76 degrees fahrenheit. . I’ll be showing up for work tomorrow looking like a raccoon from all of the sun but it was … Continue reading
Game 17 Preview: Tigers vs White Sox
Detroit Tigers (9-7) vs Chicago White Sox (8-7) Comerica Park @ 1:05pm EST FSND / AM 1270 / FM 97.1 Nate Robertson (2-1, 1.80 ERA) vs Jose Contreras (1-2, 6.00 ERA) Tigers look to rebound after last night’s tough loss. … Continue reading
White Sox take first in series in close game
Box Score Summary Well, I missed most of this game as I was at a wedding rehearsal for a member of the family but caught an inning here & there when I could get near a TV. This was certainly … Continue reading