Detroit Tigers Team Notes Over 3 Million Views!!! Thankyou!

[kalinecountry]

http://motorcitybengals.com/2013/05/10/detroit-tigers-history-lesson-1984-vs-2013/
Detroit Tigers History Lesson ? 1984 vs. 2013.
from motorcitybengals-tigersblog

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/bruce-“buddy”-petway-bad-brother
Bruce 'Buddy' Petway: A Bad Brother.
from the nationalpastimemuseum

Many say that Bruce Petway was the best Negro League catcher during the deadball era. Here columnist Larry Lester makes a good case for Petway who played for the Detroit Stars to finally get his due.

 

[kalinecountry]

Coke's return imminent after rehab appearance.
DETROIT -- Phil Coke's eight-pitch inning of relief at Triple-A Toledo on Thursday puts him in position for what could be an imminent return from the 15-day disabled list this weekend, restoring Detroit's bullpen to three left-handed relievers.

Coke, who went on the DL with a left groin strain before the Tigers left for their recent road trip, said he felt OK during his second rehab appearance for Triple-A Toledo. Coke actually faced four batters within his eight pitches, inducing back-to-back groundouts before Chris Herrmann sent a sharp ground ball through the middle off second baseman Brandon Douglas' glove for a two-out single. Coke followed with a quick third out from Chris Colabello.
Because Coke's DL move was backdated to April 26, he's eligible to return from the DL on Saturday.
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

Fister at historic pace with hit batters.
DETROIT -- Doug Fister took his first loss of the year on Thursday, but it wasn't his only first. His latest hit batter put him into record territory.

With his 0-2 pitch nailing Denard Span in the second inning, Fister became the first Major League pitcher since at least 1921 to hit 10 batters by May 15. He also continued a pace that could have him threatening the modern Major League record by the end of the summer.

No Major League hurler had even hit double digits by the end of May since former Rays ace Victor Zambrano did it in 2004. However, his total stood at eight in mid-May.

No big league pitcher has hit 20 in a season since 2004, when former Cub Carlos Zambrano and Boston's Bronson Arroyo both did it to lead their respective leagues. Last season, the league-leading total was 14, reached by Ian Kennedy in the National League and Gavin Floyd in the American League.
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

Leyland takes blame for Raburn's time in Detroit.
DETROIT -- One year ago around this time, Ryan Raburn was on his way to getting booed out of Detroit. His experiment as the Tigers' regular second baseman was going horribly, offensively and defensively, and the fan response was growing.

Manager Jim Leyland waited it out, hoping Raburn would get that one hit to spark him on the kind of roll that he gets on -- the kind of roll he's on right now. It never happened, and it was probably the decision fans critiqued the most during Leyland's oft-questioned contract year.

Now, as Raburn returns to Detroit in a Cleveland Indians uniform coming off American League Player of the Week honors for going 11-for-12 with four home runs in a four-game stretch, Leyland is trying to put the blame on himself for Raburn not working out as an everyday player.

"Everybody knows what I think of Ryan Raburn," Leyland said Thursday. "I always have, and I always will. And I know he's a talented player, and if he gets comfortable again he's going to do well. I think I probably screwed him up last year making him a second baseman. If I had played him part time in the outfield and moved him around and not just had high expectations, he'd have probably been fine. So I'll take the responsibility for that. He's a talented guy.

"It was probably my fault. I just thought maybe we could get 15 home runs out of him playing second base. It didn't work, so it's my mistake."

Raburn, who talked with reporters before batting practice, respected Leyland's thought, but wasn't willing to put that on him.

"I appreciate him thinking it was his fault. It was nobody's fault," he said. "I think it's just the nature of the game. You go through spurts where it seems like nothing goes right for you and you go through spurts where there's nothing you can do wrong. It was just one of those years where it was going to go wrong. It did last year. But nobody is to blame. I was the one out there playing and I just didn't get it done."
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

Worth noting:
Emmy Award-winning actor and Michigan native Timothy Busfield and his wife, actress Melissa Gilbert, attended Friday's game and met the Tigers during batting practice. Busfield, who was born in Lansing, spoke at Michigan State University's spring commencement last week. Busfield is known for two well-known baseball movies, Field of Dreams and Little Big League.
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

Post game move;
Tigers option Putkonen to Toledo following tonight's game. Will recall Coke from injury rehab and reinstate from DL tomorrow.
Leyland: "I think Putkonen’s a big-league pitcher right now, and I told him that."

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/05/detroit_tigers_option_luke_put.html
Detroit Tigers option Luke Putkonen to Triple-A Toledo, Phil Coke set to return after DL stint.
from Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/20130510/SPORTS02/305100142/detroit-tigers-win-cleveland-indians
Detroit 10 - Cleveland 4: Tigers cool down Tribe with long ball.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/05/detroit_tigers_max_scherzer_cl_1.html
Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder smack home runs, Detroit Tigers cool off scorching Cleveland Indians.
from Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ht-Tigers-win?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Sports
Tigers 10 - Indians 4: Moon shots by Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder highlight Tigers' win.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=det&content_id=26995717&topic_id=8878994
Webvideo Prince's moonshot.
Prince Fielder launches a majestic solo shot to deep right-center off Corey Kluber to give the Tigers a 4-1 lead in the third.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26997373&topic_id=8878994&c_id=det
Webvideo Miggy's three-run shot.
Miguel Cabrera cracks a three-run home run to deep left to extend the Tigers' lead to 7-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=27000929&topic_id=8878994&c_id=det
Webvideo Dirks' solo homer.
Andy Dirks takes Rich Hill deep to right for a solo home run to increase the Tigers' lead to 9-4 in the bottom of the seventh.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26994887&topic_id=8878994&c_id=det
Webvideo Avila's two-run double.
Alex Avila smacks a double down the right-field line scoring both Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26994887&query=&game_pk=347267
Webvideo Hunter's RBI single.
Torii Hunter singles home Alex Avila to give the Tigers an early 3-1 lead but gets tagged out after straying too far off first base.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...tmlb_1&lang=en&content_id=27002397&mode=video
Webvideo V-Mart's RBI single.
Victor Martinez lines a base hit to right, scoring Austin Jackson to increase the Tigers' lead to 10-4 in the bottom of the eighth.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...013_05_10_clemlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Tigers 10 - Indians 4: Offense pours in runs to back Scherzer's fifth win.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...d=det#gid=2013_05_10_clemlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.

from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

Scherzer's 8IP start was 2nd straight, now avging almost 7IP/GS. He's 5-0, and Tigers are now 48-24 in his starts since start of 2011...

Tigers now 11-4 at home, 27-7 last 34 @ Comerica vs. Tribe.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/5/...rera-dirks-home-run-scherzer-streak-tribe-mlb
Tigers 10 - Indians 4: Fielder, Cabrera, Dirks homer in blowout of Tribe.
from blessyouboystigersblog

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/5/...nce-fielder-miguel-cabrera-home-run-distances
GIFs of the Day: Prince Fielder & Miguel Cabrera love to crush baseballs.
from blessyouboystigersblog

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/5/10/4315912/ball-park-concession-guide
from PhilCoke'sBrain for bybtb

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/5/...iguel-cabrera-aggressive-hitting-corey-kluber
Overanalysis: Aggressive hitting pays off for Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder.
from bybtb

 

[kalinecountry]

May 11 in Tigers and mlb history:

1904 - Cy Young's 23-inning no-hit string ends. The streak included two innings on April 25th, six on April 30th, a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 5th, and six innings today.

1919: Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators pitches 12 scoreless innings in a duel with Jack Quinn of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds. Johnson allows only two hits and retires 28 batters in a row. Future football star George Halas, batting leadoff for the Yankees, goes 0 for 5, striking out twice.

1924 - Moses Fleetwood Walker, credited as the first black to play professional baseball at the major league level, dies in Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 67. Walker made his historic debut in 1884, when he played in 42 games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association.

1950: Connecticut Senator Abe Ribicoff introduces legislation for the observance of a National Baseball Day.

1950: A train strike forces many teams to fly to their next scheduled games. Travelling by air is still a rarity in the major leagues at this time.

1984 - The Detroit Tigers improve their record to 26-4 with an 8 - 2 victory over the California Angels and establish a new record for the best 30-game start in major league history, eclipsing the 25-5 mark set by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955.

2004: In Massachusetts, Pittsfield city officials and historians release a bylaw dating back to 1791 which they believe is the earliest written reference to baseball. The 213-year-old document, used to protect the windows in the town's new meeting house by prohibiting anyone from playing baseball within 80 yards of the building, was uncovered by baseball historian John Thorn while doing research on the origins of baseball.

Tigers players and executives birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Gehringer
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrich01.shtml
Charlie Gehringer 1924-1942, General Manager 1952-1953, vice president mid 1950's.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Walt_Terrell
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/terrewa01.shtml
Walt Terrell 1985-1988, 1990-1992.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Bean
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beanbi01.shtml
Billy Bean 1987-1989.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cordefr01.shtml
Francisco Cordero 1999.

from Baseball Reference

 

[kalinecountry]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9250701
Webvideo SweetSpot TV: Batting Righty. espn talkinghead/mouths and clownshoes Eric Karabell and David Schoenfield discuss the top right-handed batters in the game today.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/20130511/SPORTS02/305110037/Detroit-Tigers-10-Cleveland-Indians-4
Notes, quotes from Friday's win over Cleveland.
from the freep