The Time Miguel Cabrera Called His Shot
I hadn’t heard this story until recently, but the story of Miguel Cabrera calling his shot off of than Cleveland Indians rookie, Mike Clevinger is pretty awesome, and typical Miggy!
Single Season and Two Season Detroit Tigers
Recently I was going through some older baseball cards and came across a Hideo Nomo card from when he played with the Tigers for a single season in 2000. This got me to thinking who else I could recall playing for Detroit for one year before leaving, retiring, etc. In my research I came to…
Trade Rumors Contiue To Swirl Around Nicholas Castellanos
As the GM meetings wrapped-up in Las Vegas, there were plenty of rumors involving Tigers outfielder Nick Castellanos, but all signs point to a trade happening closer to the start of spring training. The teams involved in these rumors, the Dodgers, the Braves, and potentially the Astros (who made an offer in July) all are…
Tigers Get Their Shortstop (and another 1-year deal)
The Detroit Tigers are set to agree to a 1-year contract with former Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop, 32-year old Jordy Mercer. The deal is worth $5.25mm with another $250k in incentives. Think of Mercer as a poor man’s Jose Iglesias (Yikes!!). The slugging is slightly higer, so expect a few more home runs and Mercer may…
Tigers Add Another Pitcher In Tyson Ross
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Detroit Tigers are taking a gamble on a starting pitcher on a one-year deal. Yes, this is very familar to the Matt Moore signing from last week, however this one is for a quite a bit more money, with Ross, a righthander, agreeing to the 1-year…
Matt Moore Signing, A No Risk Win-Win For Tigers
Admittedly, it’s been a minute (or season) since I’ve last written and am finally coming to grips with the Tigers being terrible for some time. With that, it can be challenging to find things to blog about, however, I’m going to give it another shot! Let’s first start off with what could be the “major”…
The Bond of Baseball
My annual post in taking a moment to remember the game is much bigger then what we watch during the season. Opening Day, a day for happiness, a day that signifies that summer is on its way, a day that everyone is in first place, a day that every team still has a chance, a…
Building A Hall of Fame Case For Lou Whitaker (Part 3, Modern Era Matchup)
So far, we’ve examined Lou Whitaker’s resume in part one and how it stacks up against other Hall of Fame second basemen in part 2. For the third part I’ll take a closer look at Hall of Fame second basemen during including slight before and after) Sweet Lou’s era. The list includes Joe Morgan who…
Building A Hall of Fame Case For Lou Whitaker (Part 2)
As did with building the case for Alan Trammell, next I’ll compare the best, worst, and average for key stat categories and where Lou Whitaker fits in amongst second basemen in the Hall (20 currently). Additionally, I’ll add in Ryne Sandberg based on Baseball-Reference.com and the three most similar batters to Lou in his career,…
Building A Hall of Fame Case For Lou Whitaker (Part 1)
Now that Tram is headed to the Hall of Fame, let’s start to take a look and see if a case can’t be made for Trams double play partner, Lou Whitaker. Lets start off with how we started for Tram with an article written by Yahoo Sports in 2011 about the 10 greatest home grown…
