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The Tigers have no financial flexibility and big raises due to Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson, but a few minor moves can keep them competitive next season.
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Jim Leyland is unorthodox and sometimes makes poor
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Fixing the Tigers: Infuse a little Milton Bradley and Justin Duchscherer
Full of Sports —
The Tigers have no financial flexibility and big raises due to Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson, but a few minor moves can keep them competitive next season. ItsJustSports posted 10 hours ago from blog.mlive.com Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: MLB, Detroit Tigers, Milton Bradley, Justin Duchscherer, Jim Leyland, Rick Porcello, Justin Verlander
Would Bonderman for Bradley help Tigers?
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... . Wait, what? Milton Bradley in right field? Really? Yes, really : Maybe that "racism in Wrigleyville" link is supposed to be sarcastic, but if you actually read the story you'll find that nobody's got any evidence for any sort of racial abuse being heaped on Bradley at Wrigley Field. Leaving aside the intangibles, though, I'm fascinated by this notion that Milton Bradley might be someone's every-day right fielder for some extended stretch of time. He's been in the majors for 10 seasons. He's started more than 110 games in the outfield exactly once. Players don't ...
Odds & Ends: Astros, Brewers, Tigers
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... spoke to Rick Peterson, who said that Milwaukee is at the "very top" of his list. McCalvy notes that Peterson wasn't completely out of baseball in 2009 as he was called in to help Scott Kazmir in Tampa Bay.
The Tigers have invited all of their coaches back for next season except for one, writes Jason Beck of MLB.com. First-base coach and outfield instructor Andy Van Slyke has "decided to pursue other opportunities," according to a Tigers press release.
Patrick Hayes of MLive.com wants the Tigers to go after Milton Bradley and ...
I finally found someone dumber than myself.
CubsHub —
... THIS clown, on the other-hand, has decided that he’s an expert about the Cubs and specifically how Chicago Cubs fans treated Milton Bradley. (After the jump it gets REALLY interesting…) ...
The Answers
The Spot Starters —
... Patrick Hayes at Mlive.com has all of the answers as to how the Tigers can fix their roster before next season. A big piece of the plan involves the Tigers trading Jeremy Bonderman for Milton Bradley (funny name, insane personality). ...
Morning Prowl: Edwin Jackson Q&A, End of Season Awards, Milton Bradley, and Goodbye Metrodome
Bless You Boys —
... on this blog), I thought it was worth pointing out that Patrick Hayes had a similar idea at It's Just Sports. The differences in each suggestion are who would be traded to get Bradley, and which position Bradley would play. ...
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By H. Jose Bosch
Last night, the Tigers did something they’ve struggled to do in the last month of the season: beat an inferior opponent to a pulp. And this three-game winning streak has given me a little extra hop in my step.
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The Tigers’ collapse should come as no surprise
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Today I have a splitting headache and I’m not sure if it’s because I might have swine flu or because the Tigers epically failed to seal the division championship over the weekend.
To be honest, I’d rather have the swine flu.
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Prepare for a postseason without Detroit
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By H. Jose Bosch
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The End
tigerblog.net 10/7/2009 — “Now his failure is complete”
Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi
So ends the Tigers season. It was a heck of a game tonight and one that probably would have been more fun if not for the emotional investment. When the dust settled, the Tigers sat as the losers and now their season is ...
Offseason dates and happenings to be aware of
mackavenuetigers.com 10/8/2009 — The rhythm of the offseason keeps us going until Spring Training. Here is a primer, assists via Cot's Baseball Contracts and MLB Trade Rumors . For simplicity, I'll do a simple version, and a more complicated one. And I did my darndest to double check things with multiple sources, but I still ...
Thoughts on GM Dave Dombrowski's meeting with the press
mackavenuetigers.com 10/8/2009 — Tigers CEO/president/GM Dave Dombrowski spent about an hour talking to the media today. Obviously, the issues with Miguel Cabrera took the forefront of that conversation, but I really feel like there's nothing new to add to the topic, other than to say Dombrowski felt assured by Cabrera and his ...
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