Detroit Tigers Baseball

Beautiful. The Tigers needed a sweep, and sweep they did - outscoring the Rangers 37-10 in 3 games. The offense has really started to gel, but we need to see how things look against the Angels.
But it’s not all bright and rosy. Bonderman needed 111 pitches in 4 1/3 innings. He only gave up […]

Well, Granderson made his first appearance in “08, and The Tigers promptly hung 19 runs on the Rangers. He contributed by going 2-4 with 2 RBI’s, but more importantly provided the spark the Tigers needed. It was nice to see Grandy patrolling Centerfield again.
Rangers pitchers looked so bad I actually felt sorry for them, […]

Verlander looked shaky in the first two innings due to some “adjustments” he made in his delivery, but he brought it together and looked great through his last 4 innings. Granted - it’s the Rangers, but last year after some miserable outings he made a few adjustments and became almost unhittable near the end of […]

First - congratulations are in order for Miguel Cabrera being named co-player of the week for the American League after hitting .429 with four doubles, four home runs and 11 RBI in the last week. A sign of what’s to come, we hope.
Back to Galarraga. First, the numbers. In his two starts he is […]

Robertson looked serviceable for the first few innings, then fell apart.
Sheffield is out with a bum shoulder.
Polanco hasn’t hit well this year, and is out with a bad back.
Jacque Jones has proven nothing.
Cabrera will do well, along with Ordonez, Guillen and maybe Renteria. But we will see no “Murderers Row”, as I mistakenly predicted after […]