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Month: September 2009

  • October Surprise Part 4: Bullpen Collapses in Game 3

    As the Tigers and Twins square off for the biggest series of the year with the division title hanging in the balance, we continue our look back on the last great race in Tigers history: 1987 and the seven games against the Toronto Blue Jays in the season’s final 10 days. Today: Game 3. Part…

  • Game 156: Microcosm

    ESPN highlights available here. The Score: Twins 3 – Tigers 2, 10 innings The Gist: Stop us if you heard this one: The Tigers had plenty of baserunners but a dearth of clutch hitters. Rick Porcello was lights-out for the Tigers over six-and-a-third innings but his offense made Nick Blackburn look like Bert Blyleven. And…

  • October Surprise Part 3: Game 2 Skips Away

    As the Tigers and Twins square off for the biggest series of the year with the division title hanging in the balance, we continue our look back on the last great race in Tigers history: 1987 and the seven games against the Toronto Blue Jays. Today: Game 2. Part 1 – October Surprise: Tigers and…

  • October Surprise: Tigers and Jays Battle for ’87 Division Title

    Over the next week, we’ll watch the Tigers and Twins play head-to-head to decide the American League Central. While this plays out, let’s look back at the final two weekends of the 1987 season when the Tigers and Blue Jays squared off for seven heart-pounding, one-run games that would ultimately decide the American League East…

  • Sept. 3, 2002: Andy Van Hekken’s Debut Gem

    From Baseball-Reference.com: On this date in 2002, Tigers lefty Andy Van Hekken, with a fastball topping out in the mid-80s, becomes the first American Leaguer to throw a complete game shutout in his debut since Mike Norris in 1975, and the first Tiger since Schoolboy Rowe in 1933. He stops Cleveland 4 – 0. The…

  • Sept. 2, 1970: Gene Lamont’s Big Debut

    On this date in 1970, Tigers catcher (and current third base coach) Gene Lamont hit a home run in his first big-league at bat in a 10-1 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The left-handed hitting Lamont hit his shot off Boston’s Cal Koonce, capping a 2-for-3 night. Lamont, the Tigers’ first-round pick…