Curtis Granderson - August 2007 |
vicksdogs.com - 8/1/2007
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No one is paying attention to one of
the most exciting record chases in baseball history: Curtis...
Granderson’s pursuit of the single-season triples record. In 105 games, Granderson has hit 17 triples, nearly half way to the record of 36 set in 1912.
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The Quietest Record Chase in Baseball History
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sports.aol.com - 8/7/2007
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Filed under: Detroit , Tigers , AL Central
Status Check is FanHouse's conversation with fans from the...
rest of the blogosphere. Today, we talk with Billfer from The Detroit Tigers Weblog , Ian Casselberry from Bless You Boys , Lee Panas from Tiger ...
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Status Check: Detroit Tigers
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sports.espn.go.com - 8/27/2007
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Inside job: Granderson became the fourth Tiger to
hit an inside-the-park home run in Comerica Park's eight...
seasons. Glove work: Third baseman Brandon Inge had a Web Gem to rob Melky Cabrera of a hit in the eighth, and first baseman Carlos Guillen turned two key defensive plays in the ninth to help preserve Detroit's win. Quotable: "We knew how much we needed this one. A big game against the
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Granderson's inside-the-park homer highlights Tigers win
tigerblog.net - 8/22/2007
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Earlier yesterday, I was listening to the Big
Show and they had ESPN’s Steve Phillips on. Phillips...
talked about how he wouldn’t have thrown Jair Jurrjens because his stuff was only okay and with it being the second time around, the ...
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Jair Jurrjens Throws Gem In Tigers Series Opener Against ...
throwbot.wordpress.com - 8/8/2007
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Sure you can go through this awesomely compiled
list of entrance music for Major League baseball players...
and make fun of some of the horrible choices (Nickelback? Backstreet Boys?! Vengaboys?!?), or you can criticize their lack of creativity ( This Is ...
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Baseball Players Like Music
sports.espn.go.com - 8/15/2007
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Summary: In a crucial AL Central series, the
Tigers jumped out first, stringing together a 10th-inning flurry...
to take a one-game lead over the Indians. Turning point: Gary Sheffield knocked in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th and Magglio ...
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Tigers leapfrog Indians in standings with 10th-inning ...
proxy.espn.go.com - 8/17/2007
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Welcome to The Show! On Friday, ESPN.com senior
MLB writer Jayson Stark will drop in to chat...
about the latest baseball news and notes. Stark's book "The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History" recently hit the ...
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ESPN.com: SPORTSNATION - Chat-16890(Insider)
mackavenuetigers.com - 8/29/2007
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As The Hardball Times released an update of
its zone ratings ( definition ), which is just...
one of several defensive metrics out there, I thought I’d look to see how some Tigers starters are doing. Just a quick primer, the stat measures how many ...
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A glance at defense
bugsandcranks.com - 8/31/2007
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Four months. Three grand prize winners. It couldn't
be simpler: pick one player for the month of...
September, and should he collect an inside-the-park home run -- you win a $75 Best Buy gift card. It's fast, fun, and free! So what are you waiting for? Get in the game right now!
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Indoor Four September: Curtains for the Contest in '07
sports.espn.go.com - 8/6/2007
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There is one player that will wish he
was traded on our team after I finish with...
him (I say that jokingly). That player is Brandon Inge. The reason I say that is while we were in Anaheim, his hotel room was next to mine and he was able to get into my room while I went out to eat. He said my room was left unlocked, but I think he went to the front desk and grabbed a key, and broke in. Anyway, ...
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Brandon Inge pranks Curtis Granderson
ballhype.com - 8/7/2007
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1 - CF - Curtis Granderstone 2 -
2B - Robinson Coal 3 - RF - Onyx...
Rios 4 - LF - Manganese Ramirez 5 - 3B - Scott Rolen Rock 6 - SS - Omar Vizquartz 7 - C - Paul Lo Dunite 8 - 1B - Lyle Overbasalt 9 - DH - Aubrey Tuff Warming up in the right-field bullpen: P - Obsidian Ponson Now ... please rise and direct your attention to home plate where Ann-Margrock will sing the National Anthem.
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If today's major leaguers had to play a softball game ...
mackavenuetigers.com - 8/12/2007
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Tigers 11, A’s 6 (AP photo) Magglio Ordonez
added his name to Tigers lore yet again ....
This time, Maggs hit not one, but two home runs against the Athletics. And he did it in the same inning. For a team around as long as the Tigers, with ...
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You cannot contain his brute strength
blessyouboys.com - 8/15/2007
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First, how about we sit back and drink
this in for a while? Sure, it was one...
game, but it wasn't really "just" one game. Had the Tigers put up another poor pitching effort, followed by a bullpen meltdown, and mixed in with a lack of ...
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That. Was. Sweet: Tigers 6, Indians 2
beck.mlblogs.com - 8/15/2007
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Add Pudge Rodriguez, Carlos Guillen, Todd Jones and
Kenny Rogers to the list of those with this...
flu-like virus. Rodriguez is out of the lineup, but Guillen will play, and Jones will probably be available so long as he feels fine throwing. Rogers was ...
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The sick get sicker
mackavenuetigers.com - 8/24/2007
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Indians 3, Tigers 1 (10 inn) There was
some folks who bandied the thought about that it...
was all rosy when Joel Zumaya came back. Wakeup call answered. Zumaya helped Nate Robertson complete a scoreless nine inning game, but fell apart in the 10th ...
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What, you thought it was all roses?
ohiomisery.blogspot.com - 8/24/2007
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I'm running out of pictures of Fausto Carmona
to put up here so I won't even bother....
After ending his own, season high three-game losing streak, he also put an end to the Indians season high four-game losing streak. And once again , they really needed that one. By the admission of rookie pitcher for the Tigers Jair Jurrjens, "that Carmona was incredible." All things considered
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Carmona comes up big again.
northjersey.com - 8/26/2007
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FAST FACTS By the numbers 5 : Rookies
have hit .323 or better since 1950. Dustin Pedroia...
is poised to become the sixth. The Red Sox' second baseman went into the weekend batting .320. 41 : Consecutive batters retired by White Sox closer Bobby Jenks, a ...
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North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & ...
newyork.yankees.mlb.com - 8/26/2007
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DETROIT -- Phil Hughes inched off the mound,
his curveball not particularly well struck and searching for...
a left-field landfall. As a final lunge of desperation sent Hideki Matsui's cap floating to the grass, Hughes could do little but try to keep ...
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Early homers cost Yankees in Detroit
blessyouboys.com - 8/27/2007
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So what's the bigger news coming out of
this afternoon's game: The Tigers' 5-4 win (with an...
inside-the-park home run by Curtis Granderson and 1 2/3 hitless innings for Joel Zumaya) or Jair Jurrjens leaving the game with a shoulder injury in the second inning? First, the bad news: Jurrjens is going onto the 15-day disabled list because of shoulder inflammation. Then there's the good ne
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The Injury Bug Bites Jair Jurrjens' Shoulder
blessyouboys.com - 8/28/2007
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Tonight's game was important for both the Tigers
and Yankees, which makes the blowout margin all the...
more surprising. With his spot in the starting rotation possibly on the line, Mike Mussina just couldn't stop the Tigers from scoring. And ...
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Bringing the Smackdown: Tigers 16, Yankees 0