They’re heating up! The Detroit Tigers are starting to distance themselves from the back of the pack in the Central and inching closer to the over-achieving Indians with every game. The Tigers and Royals currently sit in a virtual tie for second place behind the aforementioned tribesmen. The Royals will play today (Thurs, May 12) [...]
Streaking Tigers to Sharpen Claws on Royals
By: AnnexNate | Thursday May 12th, 2011
Verlander’s Second Scoop of History
By: AnnexNate | Sunday May 8th, 2011
That’s’s two! I can’t help but believe there will be more. Sometimes Justin Verlander’s pitch-count is at 108 in the sixth inning, but on Saturday that was all he threw to record his second career no-hitter; this to beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Without allowing a base-runner until the second batter of the Eighth inning, [...]
Sizemore-ing Up the Tigers
By: AnnexNate | Tuesday May 3rd, 2011
I love how baseball is so unpredictable. The last column I wrote was that of singing the praises of Will Rhymes. Well, this Monday night Rhymes was optioned back to class AAA Toledo. In his stead comes the guy I picked to be 2010 Rookie of the Year before his nagging ankle injury left him [...]
Plate Selectivity Rhymes With Success
By: AnnexNate | Sunday April 10th, 2011
Sometimes there are things more important than output in a batting order. While the Tigers may be struggling out of the gate in the AL Central, Will Rhymes, the winner of the Tigers Second base sweepstakes, has been showing a skill that is guaranteed to benefit the rest of Detroit’s lineup. I started writing this [...]
Opening Day as a Tigers Fan: A Rant.
By: AnnexNate | Thursday March 31st, 2011
Happy Opening Day Kids! While I know all about the concept of appealing to the bigger market, something that should be an unwritten rule but is about as textbook as it gets, its opening day! Can’t the major baseball networks disguise their partisanship slightly? We all watch the games and have more than likely played [...]
