There certainly seems to be a building momentum towards a union between free agent outfielder Johnny Damon and the Detroit Tigers. Over the past few days, all has been quiet on the Damon front. Perhaps too quiet.This should come as no surprise, however, as the Tigers under Dave Dombrowski have alwa[...]
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February 1st, 2010 - 10:24 pm § by Polfro § in Detroit Tigers, General Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers
Senatorial Smiles
BUCKY HARRIS MAKES PLAY OF YEAR, DECLAWS TIGERS IN NAVIN THRILLER September 13, 1924 DETROIT—My trusty air pilot and his plane needed a rest, so we arrived back in Michigan a full day early. On tap was a three-game showdown between Washington and the Tigers that would go a long way to deciding t[...]
The Best and Last Game for Us
September 6, 1924 By Mickey from Warren Corner as a favor to that kidnapped writer guy OUTSIDE NAVIN FIELD, DETROIT—I never saw so many kids out on Trumbull and National as I did today, more even than on that day we were all waiting for the Babe’s 30th homer, but it wasn’t no surpris[...]
January 22nd, 2010 - 7:40 am § by Cecilia Tan § in Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, General Baseball, New York Yankees
DVD Review: World Series 1945, 1946, 1947
by Cecilia Tan of Why I Like Baseball • Tonight corwin and I continued our time warp through history, watching the next three World Series films in order with 1945, 1946, and 1947. In my mind these three series’ were The Goat Curse Series, Slaughter’s Dash, and Jackie’s First. A[...]
January 17th, 2010 - 6:06 pm § by TheConstable § in Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros
Did Ed Wade work over The Tigers?
Just a little Sunday morning stream-of-consciousness here, so work with me (because maybe you’ve already thought this through. I had not, until this morning.): Thought: By signing Brandon Lyon, Ed Wade made it inevitable that Detroit would sign Jose Valverde, resulting in the two extra draft [...]
Midnight Carousers
HIJACKED BY THE BAMBINO, WE FORGET TODAY’S GHASTLY GAME By C. Jedediah Butterworth Base Ball Freescriber August 23, 1924 I enjoyed a fine morning and early afternoon yesterday taking a water tour of Manhattan Island on a modest-sized passenger boat called The Circular Line. Words of Whitman [...]
Battle Royale in Griffith’s Yard
RIP COLLINS IS FIRST TO 20 VICTORIES, THOUGH HARDLY INVINCIBLE August 17, 1924 By C. Jedediah Butterworth Base Ball Freescriber WASHINGTON—I have no stomach today for Coolidge queries from my cohorts, nor venomous stares from a certain star center-fielder, so with absolute pleasure I take in the [...]
December 9th, 2009 - 9:04 pm § by Hippeaux § in Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, General Baseball, New York Yankees
Detroit Trades Entire Motown Catalogue; Receives Rights to Oak Ridge Boys, Jennifer Love Hewitt
I’ll admit from the start, I’m having a hard time looking at this trade objectively. For the second year in a row, there is some serious coal in my stocking. Last December, C. C. Sabathia, the big, black Buddha known for his spine-shattering clubhouse embraces as much as his incredible [...]
December 9th, 2009 - 1:25 pm § by John Parent § in Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees
Tigers Trade Granderson, Ejax
You know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach just as the rollercoaster reaches its apex and just before you go plummeting back down? That’s exactly the feeling I have as I write this post. It’s a feeling of tremendous excitement and tremendous terror. There are so many sources t[...]
