mackavenuetigers.com - 6/23/2008
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Holy cow, do the Tigers, and Tigers fans, and Tigers media have no other story lines going on right now?
A few days ago, a writer for the San Fransisco Chronicle, Henry Schulman, wrote “scrub” Ryan Raburn hit a home run. This offended Blake . (I do not say that to pick on Blake, merely to point out his blog is the first place I saw mention). Then I saw it pop up in comments on ...
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Off-Day Open Thread
Bless You Boys —
... kicking back on an off-day with things looking and feeling pretty good. The Tigers had a 4-2 west coast road trip, they're three games under .500, and five games out of first in the AL Central. Plus, they have six more games of Interleague Play (though the Cardinals should provide some stiff competition).
So it's Open Thread time. As usual, I'll toss out a few topics for discussion, but you can bring up anything you want, baseball or otherwise.
Kurt thinks way too much has been made of the SF Chronicle's Henry Schulman ...
Game 87: Tigers (43-43) at Mariners (34-52)
Bless You Boys —
... or not Galarraga is reaching something of a plateau as he's pitching more major league innings than he ever has. Of course, he could throw a great game tonight and scotch that thought before it was fully formed.
Last time the Tigers had a late Saturday night game, we played the Bay City Rollers to get everyone in the mood. That was... less than popular (even though Detroit won that game), so we'll try something different tonight. You can thank Kurt for the suggestion.
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