Game 2012.104: Tigers at Red Sox
Detroit Tigers, 54-49, 2nd place, 1.5 back. With the trade deadline past and the Tigers standing pat, perhaps it is time once more to look at the Detroit DH situation. The Tigers still rank 13th of...
View ArticleGame 2012.115: Tigers at Rangers
61-53, 2nd place, 1 game behind CWS, .5 games behind Brandon Inge and Oakland for the WC lead (which means tied for 2nd WC spot) Last night’s heart breaker ended on a Mike Olt single in the bottom of...
View ArticleGame 2012.133: White Sox at Tigers
71-61, 2nd place, 1 game behind CWS, 2 games behind WC. One game at a time. Max Scherzer continued his August assault on the American League with a masterful 4 hit, 1 walk, 0 ER and 9 strikeout...
View ArticleGame 2012 Playoffs.3: Tigers at A’s
The Tigers swept the home series with the A’s and now have 3 tries to finish the job in Oakland. John Lowe gives 3 reasons why we shouldn’t assume a Tiger series win: The Tigers haven’t really hit the...
View ArticleLate Spring Roundup
Lots of news over the past 4-5 days. You’re already aware of these items, most likely, but here’s a little roundup to “put them in the paper,” so to speak: ROSTER MOVES: IF Jeff Kobernus was sent back...
View ArticleGame 2013.10: Tigers at A’s
Yes, the game post picture is a mite creepy. But then again, it is a 10:00 pm EST game, and creepiness is thematically apt. Whenever the Tigers play at Oakland, there are three unavoidable questions...
View ArticleGame 2013.11: Tigers at A’s
Well, that is the A’s for you–beating you with a guy like the testosterone-deprived Bartolo Colon, who really did manage to shut down the Tigers, who, with the exception of Prince Fielder, were...
View ArticleGame 2013.45: Twins at Tigers
Detroit Tigers: 25-19, 2nd Place (.5 behind Cleveland) After a brief, but lengthy (the two games took 8 hours and saw almost 800 pitches) two-game sweep of the Central-leading Indians, the Tigers...
View ArticleGame 2013.88: Tigers at Indians
Detroit Tigers: 48-39, 1st Place (2.5 ahead of Cleveland). Well the Tigers made what looked like a potential blowout game interesting, only to have a bullpen fail that left them a few runs short. The...
View ArticleGame 2013.102: Phillies at Tigers
56-45, 1st place, 3 games up on Cleveland. Well, it was almost euphoria. Maybe you have to live in the Chicago area to relate, but sweeping the White Sox 4 straight in Chicago would have been the...
View ArticleGame 2013.112: Tigers at Indians
66-45, 1st place, 5 games up on the Tribe. Well, that was nice. Justin Verlander started out looking a bit uh-oh, but put together the strongest 8 innings we’ve seen from him since… when? Velocity,...
View ArticleGame 2013. Playoffs 4: A’s at Tigers
Well, here we are facing elimination, which is never a pleasant thing. The series so far has been a bit dispiriting, which is why I am muttering to myself and throwing the F-bomb around to keep myself...
View ArticleGame 2013. Playoffs 8: Red Sox at Tigers
ALCS: Detroit 1, Boston 1. ALCS Game 2: Boston 6, Detroit 5. Painful. The loss Sunday night is one game I will not review in its entirety. During the regular season, there was at least one (Toronto 8,...
View ArticleGame 2015.8: Tigers at Pirates
Well all good streaks must come to an end, although this apparently does not apply to the Kansas City Royals, which means the 6 – 1 Tigers are now in 2nd place. Last night was a rough one for Mr....
View ArticleGame 2016.13: Tigers at Royals
To say that there were problems with runners in scoring position last night would be an understatement, but the good news is: lots of runners in scoring position. You couldn’t ask for much more than to...
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