Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: July 2009
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As the trade-deadline hysteria gains steam, let’s look back on this date in 2002 when the Tigers made another non-blockbuster for three prospects that amounted to bupkis. Detroit traded righty Brian Moehler and infielder Matt Boone to Cincinnati for infielder David Espinosa and two players to be named. The Reds sent Noochie Varner and Jorge…
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Today’s the 46th birthday of one-year Tigers outfielder/DH Mark Carreon. He came to Detroit in a trade with the Mets for lefty reliever Paul Gibson — one of many curious deals the Tigers made in the 1990s. Carreon hit just .232 with 10 homers in 101 games.
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My brother and I attended the 1984 ALCS Game 3 Clincher versus the Royals at Tiger Stadium (seated in straightaway centerfield in the lower-deck bleachers) but this was before we had a VCR (remember those?) and I never got to see it replayed. Twenty-five years later, it’s iTunes to the rescue. I stumbled on the…
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Yeah, so Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney ruined our night tonight. We’re used to that. Take heart. The Tigers still cling to first place. Doesn’t do much for you? Me either. So instead of cursing the Tigers bullpen, let’s travel back 30 years to July 12, 1979 and revisit Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park,…
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