Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: December 2008
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Happy birthday to the southpaw who, on Dec. 4, 1978, was traded by the Tigers with minor-leaguer John Murphy to the Cardinals for Jerry Morales and Aurelio Lopez. Sykes’ career numbers: 23-26, 4.65 ERA in five seasons (1977 and ’78 in Detroit, ’80 and ’81 in St. Louis.)
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Meet your new number-three starter: Edwin Jackson. Or maybe he’s number two. Who knows? All we do know is that the Tigers made the most curious trade since…since…Dickie Noles-for-Dickie Noles? While the Mets, Mariners and Indians were swingin’ a 12-player trade (with J.J. Putz as the centerpiece) the Tigers were not zeroing in on a…
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I really want to give Dave Dombrowski the benefit of the doubt on this one. I really do. But I am not seeing it. Matt Joyce is a lefthanded power bat, something the Tigers have needed for a while, who could take over at either of the corner OF spots once Sheffield was gone and…
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Well, the Tigers once again barely set the suitcases down in the hotel room before getting down to business. Moving quickly to fill a hole, they acquired catcher Gerald Laird for pitching prospects Guillermo Moscoso and  Carlos Melo. Laird is a quality catcher who can hit, and he’ll give Dusty Ryan time to grow into…
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