Mon, Jun 29 | from Baseball Analysts
Congratulations to LSU on winning the College World Series last week. The Tigers beat the Texas Longhorns 11-4 in the third and decisive game for the school's sixth national championship since 1991. Paul Mainieri, who took over the program in 2006, was named Baseball America's Coach of th...
There was some discussion among the online fans that this weekend could be Magglio Ordonez’s “last stand.” He always seemed to hit well in Minneapolis in the past — he’s got a .376 avg, .443 OBP, .743 SLG line for 2006-09 there. If he can’t hit in the HHH Dome, does he have any hope?So Ian asks in a pol...
7 hours ago | from Mack Avenue Tigers
Year-to-year, you never know what you’re going to get, which makes the job of general manager pretty hard. The Tigers went from a total lock-down pen in 2006 to — eeeeyuuuch – a disaster waiting to happen in 2007. The Cleveland Indians thought they put the finishing touches on a pretty good p...
Thu, Jul 2 | from Mack Avenue Tigers
Well... Giambi came into today's game batting .197/.339/.366. Cust had been pushed down to the seventh or eighth spot in the A's batting order. Yet both of them hit two-run homers off Verlander this afternoon. And that was pretty much the difference in the ballgame. Cust's gave Oakland a lead it...
Wed, Jul 1 | from Bless You Boys
Magglio Ordonez went 0-for-4 and Justin Verlander lost for the third time in his last four starts. Ordonez is hitting .173 in the last 14 games.
Wed, Jul 1 | from DetNews.com
A week ago, I looked at the Tigers 40 percent of the way through the season and generally liked what I saw. The team isn’t perfect, but it is good enough to be leading the American League Central by four games almost halfway through the season. It had some flaws, but nothing overwhelming, comp...
Tue, Jun 30 | from Mack Avenue Tigers
Houston -- Brandon Inge played the roll of hero for the Tigers Sunday afternoon. His two-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning turned what looked to be a sure-fire loss into a 4-3 victory.
Sun, Jun 28 | from DetNews.com
Michael Bourn leads the run parade, scoring the first of eight Astros runs against Alfredo Figaro and the Tigers Saturday night. Once again, the Detroit Tigers made a fledgling pitcher with a previously undistinguished track record look like an All-Star. (Detroit's pattern of doing th...
Sun, Jun 28 | from Bless You Boys
On a frustrating night for the Cubs, and another grinding night of getting the job done for the Tigers, a pair of bases-loaded walks served as the difference.
Wed, Jun 24 | from DetNews.com
Detroit -- Two big swings made up for one bad pitch Tuesday night at Comerica Park as the Tigers won one of their all-time Comerica Park thrillers, 5-4, over the Chicago Cubs, on Ryan Raburn's two-run, pinch-hit homer off closer Kevin Gregg.
Tue, Jun 23 | from DetNews.com
This is an interesting thought experiment that I saw posted on MLB Trade Rumors last night and thought I’d borrow. (It originated from Joel Sherman of the New York Post). Let’s pretend Major League Baseball wants to give a break to each of its 30 teams because the economy is so bad. The NBA did so...
Tue, Jun 23 | from Mack Avenue Tigers
lt;p><img src="http://www.blessyouboys.com/images/admin/stripes_box.jpg" /> Did <b><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/players/312/Jeremy_Bonderman" class="sbn-auto-link">Jeremy Bonderman</a></b>'s shoulder sur...
Tue, Jun 2 | from Bless You Boys
Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #68, a 5-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A. In this episode we debut our daily format for the podcast. Each day during the 2009 season we’ll c...
Sun, Apr 5 | from The Daily Fungo
No longer do the Tigers start a putrid-hitting Gary Sheffield and bat him third because he’s Gary Sheffield and he used to be good. They ate his salary for one reason: he’s not good now. No longer does Leyland look down at his bench for a pinch runner and realize his fastest player not in the game...
Sun, Apr 5 | from Mack Avenue Tigers
Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #66, a 44-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Portland, Ore. In this episode we’re joined by Rob Neyer of ESPN.com, and the author of six books, in...
Fri, Mar 27 | from The Daily Fungo
Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #65, a 26-minute podcast Detroit Tigers recorded in March 2007 from Swifton, Arkansas, and Scottsdale, Arizona U.S.A. This episode was originally broadcast on March 14, 2009. In it we talk wit...
Tue, Mar 24 | from The Daily Fungo
First, we close the book on the miserable 2008 season (Mike has some thoughts on the lack of a contract extension for Jim Leyland), before shelving it in favor of 2009. Among the topics of discussion are the hiring of new pitching coach Rick Knapp, what sorts of moves the Tigers could make th...
Wed, Oct 29 | from Bless You Boys
More Detroit Tigers News
Once again, we find ourselves asking: What a difference a week makes, eh? The tumultuous nature of this Detroit Tigers team continues to frustrate and astound. Last Thursday, this team looked fantastic. Top o' the world, Ma! Now, the lineup can't score any runs again. And the possibil...
Thu, Jul 2 | from Bless You Boys
Fan voting for the 2009 All-Star game closes within days. You might want to click that lil’ logo to the left there and vote for your favorite Tigers now. Of course, far be it from me to tell you your vote doesn’t matter, but with Miguel Cabrera in fourth place at first base, and both Placido Polan...
Tue, Jun 30 | from Mack Avenue Tigers