Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Month: March 2011
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In Phil Coke’s three-year major-league career, he’s finished 31 games and he’s started just one — the Tigers’ final game of the 2010 season. That outing could best be described as abbreviated; he threw 1.2 innings, allowing five hits, a walk and two runs. What conclusions can we draw from this micro-sample size? Less than…
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By any chance did you see this hatchet job on Marcus Thames by the Los Angeles Times‘ T.J. Simers? I’m not sure what Country Strong did to deserve this: Marcus who? According to Dodgers’ propaganda, this no-name thumper hits a home run every 15.58 at-bats — ranking him 27th in baseball history. Yowza! Now you…
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Rich Monteleone Born: March 22, 1963 in Tampa, Fla. Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6′ 2″ Weight: 205 lb. Acquired: Drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Seasons in Detroit: 0 Usually these installments have featured players that actually appeared in games for the Tigers, but we’re…
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I love “where-are-they-now” pieces as much — and probably more — than the next guy. So, when I saw Tom Gage’s piece about Enos Cabell over the weekend, I was interested to read why Cabell, who hit .311 for the 1983 Tigers, moved on after that season. He wanted to stay a Tiger, and they…
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