Shake your head, then shake it off
Aw jeez, c’mon already! Swept by Cleveland. Branded six-game losers by Texas … in a 14-inning game … at home! Oh, yeah, and Brandon’s broken. This season is over, right? Well, not quite. We might be in...
View ArticleDid or died
Sure felt like a playoff game, didn’t it? The palpable intensity, intense pitching, late inning heroics and … the loss that puts the dagger in your season. Today was a one-game playoff for the Tigers,...
View ArticleContrary to popular belief, Tigs still have a chance
OK, so things aren’t going so well for the Tigers. One of the year’s most surprising players is in a surprisingly brutal slump, they lost a third of their starters to injury in the same week and...
View ArticleThe Tigers’ magic number? .500
When last I wrote about the Tigers, I argued the team still had a chance despite their rotten post-All-Star Break performance. They did. Of course, in order to be in the AL Central race one month...
View ArticleGerald Laird (Yes, Gerald Laird) Helps Tigers Avoid Sweep
When the Tigers re-signed Gerald Laird in the off-season it was to be the back-up to Alex Avila. Laird would spell Avila once a week, usually against left-handed pitching. He was not supposed to be the...
View ArticleVerlander tosses CG to get first win
Justin Verlander had an interesting outing tonight against the Royals and Danny Duffy. Justin started out losing his no-hitter on the first batter (which is not very common for Justin) Alex Gordon who...
View ArticleThe Good News and the Potentially Bad News
I started this article yesterday and was planning on highlighting the A’s recent road trip where they took two out of three in Tampa and Boston and came within a Grant Balfour meltdown of taking two...
View ArticleRevenge Of The Inge
Which of the following statements about Brandon Inge is true: A) He is the first player with four games of four or more RBI’s in a five-game stretch since Lou Gehrig in 1931, B) He is only the second...
View ArticleA’s First Half Report Card
The All-Star break has arrived and at the symbolic halfway point of the year the Oakland A’s, rather surprisingly, have the same number of wins (43) as they do losses. And though they trail...
View ArticleOakland A’s Deadline Preview
As I write this, the A’s are preparing to welcome the New York Yankees, who come to Oakland boasting the most wins in the majors. I’m not sure there is ever a good time to face the Yankees, but this...
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