February 2004

In Peter Gammons preview of the AL central he says:
Trammell and his staff inherited a mess, a team that was undisciplined on and off the field. He, Kirk Gibson and the rest of the coaches insisted that the players had to be professional and responsible, and one year later the values of the Sparky [...]

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This is the third in a continuing series of previews I’m writing about the Detroit Tigers. The first part was on starting pitching, and the second part took a look at the bullpen.
We’ve heard all offseason that the Tigers have significantly improved their defense, but I’ve yet to see any evidence to [...]

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Here’s a shot of Joker Marchant stadium in Lakeland that Deran sent me. Take it in, enjoy the green grass, think spring, think summer. And here’s the list of spring training non-roster invites

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In one of the Tigers’ best moves since Comerica Park opened, the McDonalds restaurant will be replaced with Montgomery Inn. When my friends and I visited Great American Ballpark last year we went to the Montogomery Inn Boathouse before the game. The ribs were awesome.
While I prefer going to baseball [...]

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The Tigers sold 1.2 million in new season tickets in the 8 days following the Pudge signing. That doesn’t even count the 4 tickets my friends and I picked up prior to the signing.

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Last week we took a look at the prospects for the Tigers starting pitching. Today we’ll take a look at who the starters will hand the ball to. Last year the bullpen allowed 285 earned runs in 553 innings.
Closer:Going into 2003 the bullpen was supposed to be a relative strength. Matt [...]

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Baseball America released it’s Top 10 Tiger Prospect list today. Non-subscribers can read the overview, and the scouting report on #1 Kyle Sleeth. To read reports for 2-10 you need to subscribe. Here are the top 10 according to Baseball America and Pat Caputo. Expected team in parentheses.
1. Kyle [...]

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Gene Guidi writes in the Free Press that the Tigers might try to swing a trade with the Angels for one of their starters, Aaron Sele, Ramon Ortiz, or Jarrod Washburn. As for who the Tigers would be offering up: Craig Monroe or Brandon Inge. I’d imagine the deal would also [...]

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I’d planned on writing an analysis of the Tigers bullpen for this year. However, a discussion on Primer inspired this post instead. Craig Monroe was a stud against lefties last year, and a dud against righties. Can we expect the same this year?
I frequently read the Clutch Hits at Baseball Primer [...]

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Now that Pudge mania has died down, I figured it would be a good time to take a look at the pitching staff he’ll be handling. While the Tigers offense is bound to produce more runs, will it be enough to compensate for a pitching staff that gave up 928 runs last year? [...]

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I saw a link to this on Primer and apparently there is a group of investors that want to buy the Expos and bring them to Detroit. The plan is that they would play in Tiger stadium.

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