Archive for May, 2008

The Gist: Let’s see, Jeremy Bonderman pitched an outstanding game and Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer — enough to win the game. Monday’s game. Neither performance was good enough to fuel a Tigers win in Anaheim because, stop me if you’ve heard this one, Detroit could muster only two other hits and the bullpen [...]

Twenty-eight years ago today, Tigers GM Jim Campbell broke my heart.
On May 27, 1980, he traded my favorite Tigers player, first baseman Jason Thompson, to the California Angels for outfielder Al Cowens. (For more on Cowens, check out this post from the archives.)
The Hollywood native joined the Tigers full time in 1976 and played [...]

Edwin Nunez turns 45 today.
Remember him?
He pitched in 69 games for the Tigers in 1988 and ‘89, earning a 6-5 record with seven saves.
Looking back on it, I would’ve guessed he’d pitched in a lot more games than that.

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: Kenny Rogers was outstanding — seven innings, five hits, one walk, no runs. But, of course, the Tigers can’t hit when it counts nor can Bobby Seay throw a single strike when it counts and they lose 1-0 to the Angels. I was tempted to call this a heartbreaker but [...]

Happy 61st (?!) Birthday to ol’ #41 Darrell Evans.
Before Pudge Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez, the Tigers’ big splash in the free agent market came on Dec. 17, 1983, when they signed the 36-year-old slugger.
As most seasoned Tigers fans remember, the free agency was anathema to the club’s leadership. Former Tigers GM Jim Campbell hated [...]

The Gist: The real Justin Verlander returned but the real Francisco Cruceta undid all of Verlander’s stellar work in the Tigers’ 6-1 loss to the Twins on Sunday. Verlander’s line: seven innings of work, one run, five hits, three strikeouts and four walks. Carlos Guillen was three for four with a double and his fifth [...]

ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: Magglio Ordonez drove in six runs on a three-for-three, two-homer night and Nate Robertson struck out four and allowed all three runs in 6-1/3 innings in the Tigers’ 19-3 blowout of the Twins. Placido Polanco inched closer to the .300 mark with four hits in five at bats, and Gary [...]