detnews.com - 6/25/2009
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Lynn Henning Tigers face free-agent choices Detroit Among the background stories on a Tigers team with no shortage of drama is their free agency situation. The Tigers have a handful of players who could find themselves on the free-agent auction block this autumn: Fernando Rodney, Placido ...
detroit4lyfe.com - 6/28/2009
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detroit4lyfe.com —
People point to the 4 and 5 spots
in the rotation, bullpen, and/or hitting as concerns with...
the Detroit Tigers. The biggest concern might be with what's been most successful for the Tigers.
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An Unexpected Concern with the Detroit Tigers
beyondtheboxscore.com - 6/23/2009
mackavenuetigers.com - 6/23/2009
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mackavenuetigers.com —
This is an interesting thought experiment that I
saw posted on MLB Trade Rumor s last night...
and thought I’d borrow. (It originated from Joel Sherman of the New York Post). Let’s pretend Major League Baseball wants to give a break to ...
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Which Tigers’ contract would you drop?
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The Daily Fungo – Detroit Tigers Baseball: Yesterday and Today —
... were the Tigers after 71 games last year? If you must know, they were 33-38, 6 back. How about in…?
2007: 42-29, tied for 1st
2006: 47-24, +2
1984: 52-19, +9
…Lynn Henning adds more fodder for the What Were the Rays Thinking? topic as it relates to Matt Joyce for Edwin Jackson. He also talks about the free-agent choices staring at the Tigers this fall.
…On this date in 1962 the Tigers ...
Morning Prowl: Free Agents to Be, Maggs's Hair History, Dropping a Contract, and Votto's Anxiety
Bless You Boys —
Lynn Henning looks at the free agent decisions the Tigers will face in the offseason. And in the process, he credits the great work done by Eddie Bajek on determining Type A and B free agent status. (Eddie is also on Twitter, if you'd like to follow him.)
My prediction? Adam Everett will be the only one of the four free agents to-be that will return to the Tigers next season.
In detailing the history of Magglio Ordonez's hair growth in Detroit, Samara has ...
Tigers Rumors: Polanco, Rodney, Lyon, Everett
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Lynn Henning of the Detroit News predicts how the Tigers will handle three impending free agents this offseason:
Placido Polanco "will likely be allowed to chase free agency" as the Tigers look for another second baseman.
The Tigers are thinking about Joel Zumaya as their 2010 closer, but they'll likely offer Fernando Rodney arbitration anyways. Henning says Rodney's a good bet to sign a multi-year deal elsewhere.
Henning expects Brandon Lyon to receive an offer of ...
Q&A with Lynn Henning: "I'm an Internet fan all the way"
Detroit Tigers blog —
... true chance to make the team, and then they did. He wrote that the Tigers would likely eat some veteran salary to be a more dynamic team this year, and then Gary Sheffield was released. No, he's not always right (who is?), but he's always out there with his thoughts, and I respect that and wish more of the Tigers beat writers followed that path. I always look forward to what he has to say.
He's also a writer not afraid of the Internet. He gave Eddie B (of Tiger Thoughts) credit in print recently for developing a formula that mimics the Elias ...
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By H. Jose Bosch
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AN Chat with Bless You Boys
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Tigers Fielding Deserves Credit
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Tigers reel off sixth straight victory —
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Rick Porcello couldn't get his ninth win, but the Tigers won their sixth in a row. Adam Everett's latest clutch hit pulled Detroit ahead in the sixth before Curtis Granderson's bases-loaded walk added a critical insurance run in a 5-3 win over the ...
Brandon Inge: All-Star On and Off the Field —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/25/2009
If you happened to be watching the telecast of the Tigers/Cubs game Tuesday night, either on WGN or FSN Detroit, you probably saw that Brandon Inge was sporting a new tattoo on his right forearm. That was no tattoo. It was an autograph signed by ...
