spotstarters.com - 10/15/2009
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I’m becoming a bigger fan of baseball history. I don’t have a lot of free-time, but when I do, I like to read books about baseball. I’m currently working my way through “Eight Men Out”, the story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox. One of the major players in the ...
detroittigertales.com - 10/13/2009
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detroittigertales.com —
A closer look at table 1 shows that
the Tigers had 739 runs created in 2008. So,...
their 743 runs scored was almost exactly as many runs many runs as would have been expected given their offensive output. That tells us that the Tigers were neither ...
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A Detroit Tigers Blog: Saber Correct Tigers, Efficient ...
detroittigersweblog.com - 10/19/2009
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I t’s no secret that the Tigers offense
was far from satisfying this year. It was the...
second year in a row that the offense seemed to perform below expectations, after having a huge season in 2007. Naturally suspicions and fingers start to point ...
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Quantifying Lloyd McClendon
minorleagueball.com - 10/13/2009
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minorleagueball.com —
More photos » by Steve Nesius - AP
Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila hits a two-run home...
run off Tampa Bay starter James Shields, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 in St. ...
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Prospect Profile: Alex Avila
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