@Lynn_HenningToledo muscleman Mike Hessman just hit a monstrous grand slam at Fifth Third Field. It makes him the all-time minor league HR hitter: 433.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:37 (nine years ago) link
Waiting for the lengthy Mitch Albom profile with a subheading for every other paragraph.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link
dombrowski out
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
i guess winning four straight division titles doesn't have the cachet it used to
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
what have u domb for me lately?
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Cold business. Apart from a handful of bad contracts and only a couple bad trades, he was great here.
Looking forward to bombing a different team's seasonal threads with dombrowskipout jpgs.
@JeffPassanDave Dombrowski is out as Detroit president/GM. Stunning. Players heard the news about 15 minutes ago. Speculation he ends up in Toronto.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
I'll always wonder how Dombrowski would have spent the money used to get Prince. Seriously doubt anyone but Ilitch wanted that to happen.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
@Tom_Gageif DD was fired for performance, you'd think Avila would have been dumped, too-as Avila just said on FSD, "I've been involved in everything"
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
Avila just said that Castellanos "is having a good year." Uh oh.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
Odd press conference. Avila was up there alone -- no Ilitch or Ilitch family.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
@pgammoThis has been the greatest decade in Tigers history, in wins, attendance, revenues. Thanks for the memories, Dave Dombrowski. Joke
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
Gammons OTM
@Tom_Gage 25s25 seconds agoreally odd timing on the DD move - before a night game instead of Monday's day off - when Avila said he was told Saturday??? odder than odd
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
pretty wild that their greatest decade didn't involve any of their four titles
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link
i guess i assume that the now-horrendous long-term deals that are burying the tigers were mostly ilitch's doing, and while of course you trade away prospects to bolster a contender, maybe not quite to this extent of depletion
also wouldn't be surprised if dombrowski was like fuck it, i don't want to do another rebuild
just guessing, i dunno. seems weird on its face, tho. and it's going to be strange with avila jr. going into free agency on a down year
they better bring up hessman next month imo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 23:51 (nine years ago) link
while of course you trade away prospects to bolster a contender, maybe not quite to this extent of depletion
Did the Jays cross that line this year? Eleven pitchers in a week. Anyway, I know this is the Tigers thread.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 00:26 (nine years ago) link
Maybe!
Norris and Boyd's first starts as Tigers: 14.1 IP, 11 H, 2 ER, 7 K, 1 BB
Tiger fans: "Waaaaa, wake us when Avila's off the team, waaaaa..."
― Andy K, Thursday, 6 August 2015 01:24 (nine years ago) link
Yikes.
https://twitter.com/blessyouboys/status/629828436849238017
https://twitter.com/blessyouboys/status/629829251290787840
― Andy K, Saturday, 8 August 2015 01:49 (nine years ago) link
@Lynn_HenningQuite candidly, the last two guys on this team you'd expect to squabble would be James McCann and Jose Iglesias. But 2015 hasn't made sense.
― Andy K, Saturday, 8 August 2015 01:55 (nine years ago) link
digging the spanish jerseys
― slothroprhymes, Saturday, 8 August 2015 23:30 (nine years ago) link
new vp of player development: dave littlefield
rip
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
Promising:
"One thing I will bring different is expanded analytics," Avila said. "I will tell you that I feel that we have a ways to go to catch up with the industry. We have been making some strides, but we'll fast-forward a little bit and add to that department."You'll see a big difference there."
"You'll see a big difference there."
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2015/08/12/avila-bringing-new-look-tigers-front-office/31595203/
― Andy K, Thursday, 13 August 2015 13:03 (nine years ago) link
daniel norris, career: 1.000/1.000/4.000
also he grows a beard and camps out on the way to spring training cause he's a lefty
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 August 2015 01:00 (nine years ago) link
Left the game with a strained oblique.
Wonder how that happened.
― Andy K, Thursday, 20 August 2015 10:38 (nine years ago) link
Welcome, Guido Knudson.
― Andy K, Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
Really appreciate HR-allowed leader Sanchez pitching through a strained rotator cuff "the past few months."
― Andy K, Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
Farmer Tanned
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 August 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
Whole staff tanned.
― Andy K, Sunday, 30 August 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Gose cooked.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 30 August 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
Playoff tix on sale!
― peepee, Monday, 31 August 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
From a Detroit Free Press article on Gose's Saturday mishap:
"Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said after the game that Gose knew he screwed up and it wouldn’t happen again."
It did happen again--on Sunday.
― clemenza, Monday, 31 August 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link
So...who managing this team next April???
― peepee, Monday, 31 August 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
Todd Jones and the cast of Sharknado 4.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:57 (nine years ago) link
kingfish?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:03 (nine years ago) link
Seems like the least surprising choice would be Gardenhire.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:10 (nine years ago) link
Guido Knudson gave up a home run to Cheslor Cuthbert.
Guido Knudson is the first relief pitcher to give up a home run in each of his first four career appearances.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 September 2015 04:47 (nine years ago) link
The Tigers were already in a 4-0 hole by the fourth inning, and losing their best hitter did not help matters, as Cabrera was ejected for arguing after a called strike. The 32-year-old slugger was visibly upset after Quinn Wolcott punched him out following a pitch that Cabrera clearly felt was a ball.Cabrera voiced his displeasure to Wolcott and appeared headed back to the dugout when third-base umpire and crew chief Gary Cederstrom tossed him from the game.It was not immediately clear what prompted Cederstrom to toss him, though Cabrera appeared to gesture at him at one point before heading to the dugout."He don't got nothing to do with that play," Cabrera said of Cederstrom. "I don't know. Eventually, [the media is] gonna write something and Major League [Baseball] is gonna fine me, so I don't care. What am I gonna do? I didn't do anything."After being ejected, Cabrera approached Cederstrom, with manager Brad Ausmus trailing close behind.Ausmus said Cabrera was restrained when he approached Cederstrom after the ejection."Miggy was very calm when he was talking to Cederstrom," Ausmus said. "He didn't use any bad language."The Tigers manager wouldn't venture a guess as to why Cabrera had been ejected."You'd have to ask Gary that," Ausmus said.
Cabrera voiced his displeasure to Wolcott and appeared headed back to the dugout when third-base umpire and crew chief Gary Cederstrom tossed him from the game.
It was not immediately clear what prompted Cederstrom to toss him, though Cabrera appeared to gesture at him at one point before heading to the dugout.
"He don't got nothing to do with that play," Cabrera said of Cederstrom. "I don't know. Eventually, [the media is] gonna write something and Major League [Baseball] is gonna fine me, so I don't care. What am I gonna do? I didn't do anything."
After being ejected, Cabrera approached Cederstrom, with manager Brad Ausmus trailing close behind.
Ausmus said Cabrera was restrained when he approached Cederstrom after the ejection.
"Miggy was very calm when he was talking to Cederstrom," Ausmus said. "He didn't use any bad language."
The Tigers manager wouldn't venture a guess as to why Cabrera had been ejected.
"You'd have to ask Gary that," Ausmus said.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/numlocation.php?pitchSel=570649&game=gid_2015_09_02_detmlb_kcamlb_1/&batterX=28&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=3&league=mlb&pnf=&zlpo=&cache=1
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 September 2015 13:40 (nine years ago) link
http://m.rays.mlb.com/tb/video/v461145183/?partnerId=as_tb_20150907_52089086&adbid=640958719941935104&adbpl=tw&adbpr=39682297
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 00:53 (nine years ago) link
Better reaction: Wolf's or the Rays fan's?
― Andy K, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 01:47 (nine years ago) link
Detroit Tigers Minor League outfielder Magglio Ordoñez, Jr. has received a 50-game suspension without pay following a second positive test for a Drug of Abuse.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
Looks like the manager's firing is being handled as well as that of the GM.
If Brad Ausmus is going to be fired at the end of the season, as WDIV was reporting late Thursday night, it’s news to him.“I haven’t been told anything,” Ausmus said in a text message to The Detroit News.
“I haven’t been told anything,” Ausmus said in a text message to The Detroit News.
― Andy K, Friday, 11 September 2015 12:13 (nine years ago) link
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 51s52 seconds ago#Tigers GM Al Avila: “I spoke to Mr. I today and to Brad and I can reconfirm that our evaluation is ongoing and decision has not been made.”
decision to arrive by the end of the season, apparently?
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 11 September 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
Whenever Gardenhire's ready.
― Andy K, Friday, 11 September 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
@DannyKnoblerOn clumsily-handled Ilitch manager firings, Larry Parrish still ranks first. This one would fight for a spot with Buddy, Tram, Garner.
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 September 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
Tigers rookie James McCann has done something no other catcher in modern baseball has done before. In 102 appearances behind the plate, he's been completely flawless.The record was previously held by former Cleveland Indians catcher Frankie Pytlak, who didn't commit an error in his first 93 games in 1932-34.
The record was previously held by former Cleveland Indians catcher Frankie Pytlak, who didn't commit an error in his first 93 games in 1932-34.
― Andy K, Sunday, 13 September 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
As expected, the Tigers lost the Verlander start and won the "nightcap" in which their AL-worst bullpen went six innings. Cabrera went 0-for-5, team scored nine runs -- of course.
― Andy K, Monday, 14 September 2015 13:04 (nine years ago) link
Sanchez's rotator cuff strain, which put him on the DL Aug. 19, flared up at the end of his bullpen session Monday. He said he planned to be examined by Dr. James Andrews, possibly as soon as Tuesday.
Thanks again for being a bulldog and toughing it out.
2014 HR9: 0.32015 HR9: 1.7
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
And the same to you, Victor Martinez (.291/.347/.637).
There are reasons for the falloff. He had surgery to repair his left meniscus on Feb. 10. It was the second operation in three years on that knee, and in hindsight, with Martinez being 36 years old, he probably tried to come back too soon.He's never been fully healthy. Compensations were made in his swing early on, particularly from the left side, which threw off his mechanics. To alleviate the stress on the back leg, he began hitting more off his front leg, losing balance and power.And try as me might, even as the knee has strengthened through the season, he hasn't been able to get his old, smooth swing back."When you are hurt, you definitely try to do stuff so you don't feel the pain here and there," Martinez said. "We definitely picked up bad habits and then it's just been fighting and fighting and fighting.
He's never been fully healthy. Compensations were made in his swing early on, particularly from the left side, which threw off his mechanics. To alleviate the stress on the back leg, he began hitting more off his front leg, losing balance and power.
And try as me might, even as the knee has strengthened through the season, he hasn't been able to get his old, smooth swing back.
"When you are hurt, you definitely try to do stuff so you don't feel the pain here and there," Martinez said. "We definitely picked up bad habits and then it's just been fighting and fighting and fighting.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 13:51 (nine years ago) link
@Lynn_HenningOne thing impossible to find today at Comerica Park: a line at the concessions stand. Each fan gets his or her own stand.
― Andy K, Monday, 21 September 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
congrats to JOEY PANKAKE and the MIDWEST LEAGUE CHAMPION WEST MICHIGAN WHITECAPS
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 02:33 (nine years ago) link
“Bruce Rondon, because of his effort level, has been sent home,” Ausmus announced. “And other than saying that (general manager) Al Avila and myself completely agreed on it, there will be no other details or comment.”
― Andy K, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link