The American League Central has bore the brunt of the weather woes around MLB in both games postponed as well as injuries and roster adjustments. Yes, these postponed games so early in the season can cause managers to scramble to get the matchup’s they were looking for early in the season.
Take for instance the Tigers […]
Now that the Cardinals and Mets are playing I guess it really isn’t the pre-season any longer but I’ll make my predictions anyway. After rigorous calculations I present to you the 2007 MLB Results! (ok, there were no calculations involved.) I just couldn’t let the season start without putting these out there.
American League East
Boston Red […]
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I was checking out the New Era site the other night and I have to say there are some awful, awful hats available. Maybe others taste in a cap is changing where mine is not but below are the hats I found to be the worst.
Detroit Cap One
Detroit Cap Two
Detroit Cap Three
Let’s take a vote […]
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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 a bit about two Tiger coaches, one former and then the present coach, Jim Leyland.
Ozzie […]
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 he did here in Detroit. His teammate, Chad Bradford, summed him up in three words:
Backwoods, […]
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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 does like to steal in general.
It’s a nice in-depth view into a relative rarity in […]
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Sports Illustrated has put up their Scouting Reports on all MLB teams as well as placement predictions. These predictions show each teams place within their division as well as amongst all teams. For the American League Central they have:
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals
This is a bit different than most other predictions that […]
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Attendance around all of MLB has grown this spring but the Tigers have gotten a heck of a boost. From the Orlando Business Journal:
The Detroit Tigers, last year’s American League champions, have enjoyed a boost in attendance this spring at Lakeland’s Joker Marchant Stadium, averaging 7,375 per game, an increase of about 2,100 fans. For […]
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This year’s on-field caps by New Era are available and named the 59FIFTY. These unlike the new BP caps, which is what is shown to the left here, don’t look much different at all but there are some changes. They have a black under visor to help with glare, they contain no wool to help […]
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