Baseball Historians

MLB Trade Rumors brought up an interesting discussion today.  Should Justin Verlander make more then Felix Hernandez?  Jon Paul Morosi seems to think so but Dierkes brings up some great points as to why this might not be the case.

Last week, I talked about my confusion regarding the direction, or lack of, that the Tigers are taking.  Well, I’m still thinking about it and I think one of the big missing pieces is how the Tigers are going to look after the 2010 season and not before.  If I take a look at the [...]

Bob Nightengale at the USA Today has reported that the Tigers are close to a deal to trade Edwin Jackson and Curtis Granderson is still being shopped.  So much for the “no fire sale” comment from Jim Leyland.  I knew this was going to crazy week but the back and forth on the Tigers has been pretty [...]

It looks like Gary Sheffield wants to make one more run.  I think the whole thing about him reaching 3,000 hits and 25 home runs (much less 40) is a stretch but he did have a decent season last year while also playing in the outfield.  An .823 OPS, even in limited time (268 at [...]

Since winning six straight a week and a half ago, the Tigers have now lost seven of their last ten.  The Twins have been winning but not enough so the Tigers enter their three game set in Minnesota with a four game lead.  If the Tigers can win two of three, it’ll put their magic number into [...]

Jarrod Washburn had his second best start since joining the Tigers.  Unfortunately, he still gave up three runs in five innings and he needed 105 pitches to get through the five frames.  He yielded to Zach Miner out out of the pen and Miner gave up three runs combined in the sixth and seventh in [...]

Testing out to see if the fixes worked.

Another test.

Just trying to fix this, seeing if what I did worked.

Looks like my usual fix for the RSS feed didn’t work so I’ll have to try something else.  At times, Wordpress (the program I use) can be very cool but it’s times like these where it gets annoying.  Anyway….
The Tigers won their 70th game of the season last night.  Edwin Jackson got some unusual run [...]

Jarod Washburn hadn’t been very effective since he put on a Tigers uniform and now this deal looks like a big time bust unless Washburn can turn things around in a hurry.  He had his worst start of the season and the only good thing you can say about it is he did pitch into [...]

Mets superstar 3B David Wright has been released from the hospital but is still dealing with post concussion symptons such as headaches. He has exchanged text messages with Manager Jerry Manuel and Giants pitcher Matt Cain, who hit him in the helmet, left him a voice mail. Wright has seen a neurologist twice in the [...]

The Tigers hit a bit of a tough stretch in Arlington earlier this week.  I’ve been up in Tawas since Saturday with a crappy wireless connection so most of my news has come mid-day (and late) via MLB.com.  I was glad to see Cliff Lee depart from the division and it’ll be interesting to see [...]

Another try.

Looks like my RSS feed got hacked.  I’m checking to make sure what I did fixed the problems.

Just making sure this morning’s changes stuck.

My RSS Feed was hacked so if you get this via Google Reader, you’re getting a bunch of text link ads.  I’m experimenting to get rid of it and this is my first test.
***UPDATE***
Looks like I got it to work.  Thanks for your patience on this.  For someone who has a ton of domains registered [...]

Not too shabby.  The first place Brewers (at the time) rolled into town for a three game series and they left with three losses as the Tigers took care of business in a 3-2 win this afternoon.  Brandon Inge had the big hit with a three run blast and that was all the Tigers needed [...]

The NL Central is quite a log jam these days.  The Reds have dropped four straight, including a three game sweep at the hands of the Royals, yet they still sit just 2 1/2 games back of first place.  Unfortunately, just four games seperate first from last and we’re talking about a six team division [...]

Mets LH Oliver Perez was his own worst enemy Thursday afternoon as Reds 1b Joey Votto made him pay with 4 rbi, helping Cincinnati salvage the series finale, 8-6.  Perez lasted into the 5th but battled control issues all game,(55 strikes out of 100 pitches) Votto touched him for a 3 run homer in the [...]

Chad Billingsley shut the Padres out through four, but gave up two in the fifth after walking the first three batters to tie the game up. He got through the sixth and was pulled after six when the Dodgers pulled ahead in the seventh. Billingsley picked up the win, holding the Padres to two runs on two hits with [...]

The Athletics got a nice outing out of Josh Outman yesterday and he came an out short of getting through the sixth.  He gave up two runs on five hits and one walk with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Santiago Casilla also had a nice game with two shutout frames.
Travis Buck had three RBIs [...]

Baseball Prospectus continues to trail Joe Torre and while there are no new faces in the top, three new books have cracked the top ten in the bottom half.
1) The Yankee Years
2) Baseball Prospectus 2009: The Essential Guide to the 2009 Baseball Season
3) Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League [...]

Eric Milton and Claudio Vargas, both fifth starter possibilities, were roughed up on Sunday’s game against the Rockies. Milton gave up four runs on six hits in the first inning before completing two more scoreless innings. Vargas gave up three in the fourth before also tossing two scoreless innings. Hong-Chih Kuo also gave up two [...]

Andre Ethier reported to Spring Training camp a few days early and a few days before his set arbitration hearing. But a day before the hearing, the Dodgers and Ethier agreed on a one-year, $3.1 million contract. Ethier was going to seek $3.75 million in the hearing, and with the Dodgers originally offering $2.65 million, the [...]

The third installment of the Hardball Times preseason preview is now finished. There’s a little bit of self-promotion here because I wrote the Tigers section. You can check out all of the details by clicking on the link.
Hardball Times Season Preview 2009

Well, my new favorite player didn’t even become a Red as my hopeful signing, Pat Burrell, signed a deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. It was a nice little deal for the Rays too and you wonder why the Reds didn’t jump. You’d think with a veteran manager (Dusty Baker) and a top [...]

The Pirates offseason started at MIDSEASON as GM Neil Huntington traded 3 veteran players in LF Jason Bay, RP Damaso Marte and RF Xavier Nady mid summer. The team has some veterans that are still marketable in 2b Freddy Sanchez,SS Jack Wilson and 1b Adam Laroche. All star CF Nate McLouth is also asked about [...]

Red Sox starting pitching has gone from great in one game to gruesome in the next two. No surprise, the Sox are two losses from beginning their winter vacation.
Jon Lester’s surprisingly poor and ineffective start at home in Game 3 of the ALCS led directly to a 9-1 Red Sox loss yesterday. The Rays lead [...]

The Braves lost the first game 5-4, won the second 11-5, and the lost the final game of the series and season 3-1.  Casey Kotchman hit a two-run single in the Fourth to cut the lead of the Astros to two with a score of 4-2.  The Braves tacked on a run in the Eighth [...]