Tiger Stadium to be Demolished

Contract awarded for Tiger Stadium demolition

kcudah posted 4/22/2008 from freep.com

The wrecking ball could start swinging within a month to knock down the bulk of old Tiger Stadium under a contract awarded today. Detroit’s Economic Development Corp., a quasi-public arm of the city, awarded the demolition contract to a joint venture of MCM Management Corp. of Bloomfield Hills and The Farrow Group of Detroit. The team will tear down the stadium at no cost to the city and ...

Jim Leyland Scares the Crap Out of the Detroit Tigers

Stet Sports Blog posted 4/22/2008 from www.stetsports.com

Besides, who's going to come at Jim Leyland sideways? From what he's been doing lately, only someone with a strong desire for a bat upside the head.

Verlander and his arm angle

Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts found this 4/22/2008 on www.detroittigersweblog.com

As has been widely documented at this point, Justin Verlander’s velocity is down significantly . Either it is a systematic change in measurement mechanisms, or it is a real dip. Given the remarkable disparity and the fact it doesn’t seem ...

Polanco feeling better, Sheff gets good news

Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts found this 4/22/2008 on beck.mlblogs.com

Neither Placido Polanco nor Gary Sheffield are in the lineup, but the Tigers are hoping for returns in the coming days. Polanco said he's feeling much better today than he was yesterday, and he's planning on taking some early work tomorrow in hopes of ...

August 1, 2003 Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins Box Score and Play by Play - Baseball

Beck's Blog found this 4/23/2008 on www.baseball-reference.com

BATTING Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details A Sanchez CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 .284 .689 16 4 0 SB W Morris 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .272 .695 19 0 2 2B B Higginson RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .247 .694 19 4 0 HBP K Witt DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 .295 .801 14 0 0 C Pena 1B 4 ...