Tigers player/pitcher of the month

Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts found this 5/2/2008 on beck.mlblogs.com [flag]

As voted on by the beat writers on the road for this trip, it's Magglio Ordonez and Armando Galarraga. Ordonez batted .301 with seven doubles, five homers and and 19 RBIs in 28 games. Galarraga, of course, has a 2-0 record and 1.50 ERA (18 IP/3 ER) through three starts. Aquilino Lopez had a case based on what he did for the Tigers in long relief earlier in the month; he basically won that game ... [link]

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Game 29: Tigers (14-15) at Twins (13-14)
Published 5/2/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts
... At what point do we stop asking whether or not The Armando Galarraga Experience can continue and just embrace its majesty? Maybe you're already there, and I'm the one who needs to put aside my reservations. Galarraga has allowed just three earned runs in 18 innings as a Tigers starting pitcher. He's also struck out 13 batters during that span. (And that's probably why he was voted the Tigers Pitcher of the Month.) This will be the first time he's faced the Minnesota Twins. ...

Short Stops Around the Majors for May 1, 2008

Clo posted 5/2/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

To prove anything can happen in baseball, Sidney Ponson pitches the Rangers to a win over the Royals...Jack Cust and Emil Brown combine to get on base 10 times in Oakland's thrashing of the Los Angeles...Miguel Cabrera and Magglio Ordonez lead the hard charging Tigers to within 1 1/2 games of first place with another win over the Yankees...and Ryan Braun breaks out to help the Brewers stun ...

Julio Franco: Sadly, Julio Franco Cannot Play Forever

McLovin posted 5/2/2008 from deadspin.com

One wouldn't think that this would be classified as "news," necessarily, but we still find it noteworthy, and kind of sad: Julio Franco has officially announced his retirement. Well, we think so, anyway; the story has only been reported by the official site of the Mexican League, where Franco had been peddling his wares. And it's all in Spanish. We tried translating it through Babelfish, ...

May Day! May Day! Detroit Is On Fire! [MLB Closer]

Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts found this 5/2/2008 on deadspin.com

So May started out pretty well if you happen to live in the 3-1-3. Within the space of two hours, the Pistons dispatched the 76ers to go to Round Two of the NBA Playoffs, the Red Wings pummeled the Avalanche to sweep that series, and the Tigers ... ...

The Legend of Livan Grows

SouthPaw77 posted 5/3/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.com

The Cubano Caballo looked like he was going to struggle early but then handled the Tigers quite handily and besides, the wheels on the Carlos Counter were a'spinnin' and the Twins are a half game out of first. Did I mention my man crush on Livan? Just read the article.

The Official Site of The Minnesota Twins: News: Gomez hit in head, leaves game

Roto Arcade found this 5/3/2008 on minnesota.twins.mlb.com

MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins center fielder Carlos Gomez didn't remember much about getting hit in the head by a throw from Tigers catcher Ivan Rodriguez in the fifth inning of Friday night's 11-1 win over Detroit. That is, except for one thing. "All of a ...

Twins' Gardenhire's brother dies (AP)
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire will miss the three-game weekend series against Detroit after his older brother died suddenly at his Oklahoma home. Mike Gardenhire, 55, died on Thursday, prompting Ron Gardenhire to return to his home state to ...

Death of brother causes Gardenhire to miss series
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire will miss the three-game weekend series against Detroit after his older brother died suddenly at his Oklahoma home.

Twins skipper to miss Tigers series
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire will miss the three-game weekend series a...

Gomez hit in head, leaves game
Twins center fielder Carlos Gomez left Friday night's game against the Tigers in the fifth inning after getting struck in the head while stealing second base.

Hernandez, Morneau power Twins by Tigers (AP)
Livan Hernandez baffled Detroit's mighty offense for seven innings and the Minnesota Twins beat up the Tigers' normally reliable bullpen in an 11-1 victory Friday night. Hernandez (4-1) gave up one run on eight hits to bounce back from a ...