Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: October 2009
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If someone with a stopwatch had timed my lightning-quick zap of the TV last Tuesday evening after Game 163, my guess is that the stopwatch would’ve read less than three seconds. I couldn’t watch the Twins celebrate, again, on their turf. (Still can’t.) Think about it: the last time the Tigers were a division champion,…
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Not sure when the last time (if ever) the Detroit Tigers appeared in anything related to The New Yorker, but Tuesday’s game was fascinating enough to earn a blog post from veteran baseball writer Roger Angell. Here’s a taste: The only complaint anyone could mount against last night’s one-game playoff victory by the Minnesota Twins,…
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ESPN highlights available here. The Score: Twins 6 – Tigers 5, 12 innings The Gist: The Tigers and Twins played a game for the ages and both teams followed the respective scripts of the past three weeks. For the Tigers, that meant squandering countless opportunities and watching a division lead evaporate. For the Twins: everything…
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On Oct. 6, 2006, Kenny Rogers began etching himself into the Tigers’ postseason lore with 7.2 innings of five-hit mastery of the Yankees at Comerica Park. (As if you’ve forgotten.) He walked just two and struck out eight as the Tigers beat the Yankees 5-0 — and Rogers slew a personal postseason dragon — to…
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ESPN highlights available here. The Score: Tigers 5 – White Sox 3 The Gist: You couldn’t ask for more than Justin Verlander delivered on Sunday afternoon in the Tigers’ home finale of the as-yet-undecided 2009 season. Ryan Raburn went yard twice and the resurrected Magglio Ordonez went 4 for 4 to power most of the…
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On the next-to-last day of the 2009 season, with the Tigers’ fate still undecided, we continue our series on the Tigers’ and Blue Jays’ battle for the A.L. East crown on the next-to-last day of the 1987 season. American League East Standings: October 3, 1987 Team Record Pct. GB Detroit 96-64 .600 – Toronto 96-64…
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The final weekend of the 2009 season is here and the Tigers are in position for the American League Central title. Twenty-two years ago tonight the Tigers started the final season with the A.L. East in their sights. Here’s part seven of our series. American League East Standings: October 2, 1987 Team Record Pct. GB…
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In the spirit of the Tigers’ and Twins’ battle for the division title, 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: A brief intermission ahead of the season’s final weekend in Detroit. Part…
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