freep.com - 3/2/2008
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Single-game Tigers tickets went on sale Saturday morning, and the Tigers had sold 176,000 as of 6 p.m. -- 100,000 more than at this time last year.
Rob Matwick, the club's vice president of communications, said the Tigers' sales on tickets.com, a hub of phone and Internet transactions separate from the team box office, rivaled those of the Chicago Cubs.
Non Roster Invitee: Jon Knott - Twins
tireball.com 3/2/2008 — The concenses among some is that there is no need for Knott on the Twins with Craig Monroe aboard. Monroe hit just .219 last year with the Tigers but hit .271 against lefties and has a .273 average in his career against southpaws. Considering that Jason Kubel who the Twins expect to use at DH bats left there’s still reason enough to carry the right handed Knott.
Non Roster Invitee: Timo Perez - Tigers
tireball.com 3/2/2008 — To the right is a photo of Timo in last years Triple-A All Star game. He was selected as the games MVP. If he can duplicate that in 2008 the Tigers figure to be quite happy becasue that will mean that none of their regulars suffered injury. Timo I hope you haven’t gotten rid of your apartment in Toledo becasue that is where all of Detroit hopes you stay.
Virtual waiting rooms are as much fun as real waiting rooms
detroittigersweblog.com 3/3/2008 — Detroit Tigers single game tickets went on sale March 1st, and it was a record setting day for the organization. The team sold over 80,000 tickets in the first 2 hours after the tickets went on sale. With a crush of demand it meant long lines no ...
Tigers Sell 202,000 Single Game Tickets Over Weekend
bizofbaseball.com 3/3/2008 — The Tigers report that they sold 176,000 single game tickets on Saturday, and by Sunday evening had sold 202,000, smashing their last year figures. Reached for comment, Rob Matwick, VP of Communications for the Tigers said, "We sold more than 80,000 in the first two hours of the on-sale on Saturday, which surpassed the entire total for the first day in 2007."...
"Left" out? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 3/2/2008
Lefty Nate Robertson rounds out the tiger's all-star pitching rotation, yet while newspapers interview Dontrelle Willis on his new home and Justin Verlander on his role as the team ace, Nate sits at his locker and waits. Once every five games, Mr. ...
World Series Possibilities —
Bleacher Report - MLB 3/3/2008
This article will be quite short, as I basically just want to get a discussion started, as was recommended to me. Basically I want to hear people's predictions about who they think will be in the 2008 World Series. Will the Red Sox make it back? Or ...