Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: March 2009
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There are a few new nuggets here. It’s nice to see The New York Times remembering George Kell.
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The five-time All Star turns 40 today. Fryman, the Tigers’ first-round selection (#30) in the 1987 draft, spent parts of the first eight seasons of his 13-year career in Detroit and with some sorry teams. In his seven full seasons, he hit .272 and averaged 20 homers and 93 RBI — and wore #24. On…
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Detroit Free Press photographer Eric Seals created some nifty videos during his assignment in Lakeland for Spring Training. This one features Brandon Inge, Curtis Granderson, Matt Treanor and Tigers fans all talking about what autographs mean to them. Neat stuff. http://gannett.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/gannett-detroit-freep-008-pub01-live/current/articleplayer/singleclip/client/embedded/embedded.swf
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Want to feel old? Try this on for size: It was a quarter-century ago — March 24, 1984 — that the Tigers acquired relief pitcher Willie Hernandez and first baseman Dave Bergman from the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher John Wockenfuss and outfielder Glenn Wilson. And the insanity that was the Summer of ’84 began. In…
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Sad news from Swifton, Arkansas, today. I grew up with George Kell and he will always be my favorite broadcaster — apologies to Ernie. Two years ago I had the honor of interviewing him on the podcast. If you haven’t listened to it, and you want to hear his voice again, check it out here. I’m…
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Adam Everett #4 Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 180 2008 Stats: .213 – 2 HR – 20 RBI It’s difficult to get a clear picture of new Tigers shortstop Adam Everett based on his 2008 performance with the Twins. He had just 158 at bats (which produced a .213 average) and appeared in only 45…
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Brandon Inge #15 Height: 5′ 11″ | Weight: 190 2008 Stats: .205 – 11 HR – 51 RBI Brandon Inge began last season as the Tigers backup catcher and ended it as the third baseman for 2009. In between was yet another sub-par offensive performance for a player that, as recently as 2006, seemed locked…
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Gerald Laird #8 Height: 6′ 1″ | Weight: 225 2008 Stats: .276 – 6 HR – 41 RBI Before most general managers had checked into their Las Vegas hotel rooms at the Winter Meetings last December, the Tigers acquired catcher Gerald Laird to fill a gaping hole in their lineup. A career .255 hitter, Laird…
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Is this photo on the Tigers Web site this afternoon an old one? I swear that’s Matt Joyce on the right.
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I’m down to my last box of Girl Scout Cookies — Thin Mints, don’t you know — but despite this unfortunate circumstance, I present the Wednesday Walewanders. Rob Neyer yesterday linked to this list of The Worst Contracts in Baseball and, no, the entire Tigers roster does not appear. But there is some significant Detroit…
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