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So Long Old Friend! 2008-07-09 16:43:23 Tiger Stadium's outfield walls begin coming down by The Associated Press Wednesday July 09, 2008, 4:20 PM AP PhotoDemolition crews smash the historic walls of Tiger Stadium on Wednesday. The stadium, built in 1912, hosted its last Major League Baseball game Sept. 27, 1999 after 6,783 games. DETROIT — Demolition crews smashed the historic walls of Tiger Stadium on Wednesday, punching through to
7-8-08 Detroit vs Cleveland 2008-07-09 16:39:26 The Detroit
Tigers are playing good baseball finally. Miguel Cabrera hit two homers and went 4-4 in a 9-2 beatdown of the Tribe. Marcus Thames continues his torrid hitting going 2-3 with a double and a jack collecting 3 RBIs. Justin Verlander looked strong again pitching 7 innings and striking out 7 for his 6th win off the season. With 21 wins since June 7 (most in the majors) the Tigers baseb Read more:Cleveland
1915-1916 2008-07-08 14:10:56 1915- The club posted a regular-season record of 100-54, Manager Hughie Jennings remembered the campaign as "the biggest disappointment" of his career after Babe Ruth's Red Sox won the pennant with 101 wins. The Tigers would fall a 2 1/2 games short of the AL Pennant.The 1915 Detroit Tigers had what many consider the greatest outfield ever assembled. Ty Cobb-center, Sam Crawford-right, and Bobby
History:1881-1909 2008-07-08 14:10:00 1881 to 1888-The Detroit Wolverines were the first major baseball team in the city. The Wolverines were in the National League, winning a pennant and World Series(exhibition) against the St. Louis Browns in 1887. They were relegated and disbanded after the 1888 season.1894 to 1900-A charter club in the Western League was organized for the 1894 season. Owner George Vanderbeck decided in 1895 to Read more:History
History:1910-1911 2008-07-08 14:08:45 1910-The Tigers finished the season a disapointing 86-68, 18 games back of the Philadelphia Athletics. The battle between Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie (Cleveland) came down to the final games of the season. Cobb, with the Tigers out of the pennant race, decided to sit the final games finishing the season hitting .385. Lajoie, with a little help from the St. Louis Browns (St. Louis manager Jack O'Conn Read more:History
1912-1914 2008-07-08 14:07:33 1912-The Tigers would begin play in their new ballpark Navin Field named for owner Frank Navin, a place they would call home for the next 87 years. Finishing the season 69-84, 36 1/2 games behind the Boston Red Sox, the season would not have been memorable except for the suspension of Ty Cobb and the subsequent strike by his Tiger teammates.During a game against New York in May, Cobb is getting h
1917-1919 2008-07-08 14:05:01 1917-Despite winning 17 games in June and 20 games in July the Detroit Tigers finished in the middle of the pack going 78-75 ending in fourth place 21 1/2 back of the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers played below average baseball at Nevin Field going 34-41-1 (.453). On the road the the Detroit Tigers went a very good 44-34 (.564). The Tigers still could hit the baseball outscoring their opponents
1920-1921 2008-07-08 14:04:29 1920-The baseball gods were not smiling on the Detroit Tigers. Finishing with a record of 61-93 the Detroit Tigers ended the baseball yaer in seventh place 37 games behind the Cleveland Indians.Ty Cobb failed to win the batting crown hitting .334. Bobby Veech led the club with 113 RBIs. Howard Ehmke led the pitching staff with 15 wins but also had 18 losses.1921-The Detroit Baseball Tigers won
1922-1923 2008-07-08 14:03:07 1922-The Detroit Tigers 79-75 record in Ty Cobb's second season as manager was good for 3rd place 15 games behind the New York Yankees. The Georgia Peach hit .401 (3rd and last time in carreer) finishing a distant second to George Sisler of the St. Louis Cardinals who hits the heck out of the baseball all season and ends the year batting .420. Bobby Veech leads the team with 126 RBIs. Herman Pi
7-21-08 Detroit vs Kansas City 2008-07-22 15:00:34 19-4, 18 hits, a great baseball game from Zach Miner (6 innings pitched, 3 hits, 0 earned runs). Matt Joyce is showing us he is the real deal belting a home run, a triple, and 2 singles to go along with 5 RBIs. Strong games from Curtis Granderson and Carlos Guillen with three hits each. Miguel Cabrera is finally showing everybody why the Detroit
Tigers made the trade knocking in 6 runs with 5 hi Read more:Kansas
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7-20-08 Detroit vs Baltimore 2008-07-21 16:02:12 Led by Justin Verlander's strong 8.2 innings the Detroit
Tigers have moved withing 6 1/2 games of the Chicago White Sox with a 5-1 victory over the Twins. Magglio Ordonez and Marcus Thames led the offensive charge, each hitting home runs. Ryan Rayburn also had a strong game going 2-4 with 2 RBIs. These young guys are really stepping up and playing solid baseball when called upon. If we can get Read more:Baltimore
7-18-08 Detroit vs Baltimore 2008-07-20 21:44:11 Out hitting the Orioles 14-9 the Tigers ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard. Leading 4-3 after 5 innings Detroit
was unable to hold on. Giving up four home runs (Luke Scott, 2 homers) ultimately was to much to overcome as the Tigers dropped a game they should have won. Pudge Rodriguez (4-4, 2 RBIs), Magglio Ordonez (2-5, run scored), Curtis Granderson (2-4, 1 RBI) and Matt Joyce (2-4) l Read more:Baltimore
7-19-08 Detroit vs Baltimore 2008-07-20 21:43:57 Neither a 6-0 lead in the first inning or a 10-9 lead in the ninth is safe with this Detroit
Tigers pitching staff. Big games from Granderson, Polanco, Sheffield, 2 RbIs from Ordonez and homers from Cabrera and Larish weren't enough for a victory. led by Nate Robertson and his 7 earned runs in 2.1 innings the Tiger staff was again awful. If Detroit can't get better pitching in the second half t Read more:Baltimore
No title 2008-07-20 05:21:24 Great read by Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News. It's a sad time, many memories for many people at the old ballpark. Going to Tiger Stadium was like going to heaven for many. With a tear in my eye I say goodbye old friend, I'll see you again!DETROIT -- The pilgrimage continues, day after day, carload after carload. They come at all hours, from the Bloomfields and the Grosse Pointes, from Detroi
7-17-08 Detroit vs Baltimore 2008-07-20 05:00:59 With a 6-5 win the Detroit
Tigers have started the second half of the baseball season exactly how they needed to. Led by Gary Sheffield and Marcus Thames the Tigers got the win despite being out hit 14-9. Kenny Rogers picked up his seventh win of the baseball season despite giving up 11 hits. The bullpen threw 3 shut out innings. Read more:Baltimore
7-13-08 Detroit vs Minnesota 2008-07-14 10:37:05 Another strong outing from Justin Verlander and the Detroit
Tigers win 4-2 in a much needed game against the Minnesota
Twins. The young guys came through again for the Tigers. Matt Joyce and Clete Thomas both had homers to help lead the ball club to victory. Joel Zumaya pitched a scoreless eighth and Todd Jones the ninth for his 17th save. Going into the all star game the Tigers regained some
7-12-08 Detroit vs Cleveland 2008-07-13 17:27:18 Another division loss 6-5 to the Twins. Detroit
Tigers baseball has been derailed lately. This time the Tigers were done in by Brendan Harris who went 3-3 with a homer and 3 RBIs. The solo shot off Nate Robertson in the seventh inning gave the Twins the lead for good. Curtis Granderson and Matt Joyce had good days for the Tigers. With one more baseball game before the all star break and the T Read more:Cleveland
7-10-08 Detroit vs Minnesota 2008-07-12 15:25:45 Tiger killer Justin Morneau did it again. It seems this guy has a big hit every time we play the Minnesota
Twins. Morneau had 5 hits including a game winning home run in the 11th inning. The Detroit
Tigers had a 6-4 lead in the top of the ninth when Matt Joyce (2-6 with a homer) let a Joe Mauer hit ball get by him for an error. In the bottom of the inning Joyce was unable to get a bunt down
7-11-08 Detroit vs Minnesota 2008-07-12 15:25:10 13-23. That pretty much sums up the season so far. 13-23 record against division foes is not going to get it done. After a 3-2 loss against the Twins the Tigers need to get back on track and win some ball games within the division. Another good performance from Armando Galarraga was wasted by a lack of key hitting. The Detroit
Tigers battle the Twins again today in another key divisional game Read more:Minnesota
1924-1925 2008-07-10 17:38:08 1924-In what would be the highlight of Ty Cobb's managerial career, the Detroit Tigers stayed in the pennant race until the final weeks finishing 86-68, 6 games behind the Washington Senators. Charlie Gehringer suited up for the Tigers for the first time and Heinie Manush replaced Bobby Veech in th Tigers outfield. Harry Heilmann led the club with 114 RBIs and a .346 average. Earl Whitehill led
7-9-08 Detroit vs Cleveland 2008-07-10 15:44:25 Miguel Cabrera continues hitting the baseball well, hitting another home run in the bottom of the ninth during the Tigers 8-6 win against the Indians. This Tigers are playing inspired ball, coming back from a 6 run deficit in the sixth to notch another win. Marcus Thames and Curtis Granderson continue to swing the bat well. Next up: 7-10-08 at home against the Minnesota Twins. This is an impor Read more:Detroit
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7-28-08 Detroit vs Cleveland 2008-07-29 17:49:26 Not a lot to say about this game. A terrible pitching performance by Kenny Rogers and a miserable performance from our hitters. Someone needs to remind Rogers that this is major league baseball and that garbage doesn't work. On the bright side Granderson had a decent game, Ordonez and Joyce had hits. Aquilino Lopez pitched 2.1 innings of 1 hit scoreless ball and the White Sox also lost so we d Read more:Detroit
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7-27-08 Detroit vs Chicago 2008-07-28 18:00:07 Six strong innings from Zack Miner and a new closer for Detroit
may just be what the doctor ordered for Detroit Tigers baseball. In a must win game the Tigers showed true character and some timely hitting to get within 6 1/2 games of the Central Division lead. Home runs by Granderson and Thames, RBIs by Granderson, Ordonez, Cabrera, Thames, and Renteria propelled the Tigers to their 53rd win of Read more:Chicago
7-23-08 Detroit vs Kansas City 2008-07-28 17:53:40 Another victory for the Tigers. 33-6 combined series score! As dominate a series as you will see in Major League Baseball. Armando Galarraga carried a perfect game into the 7th inning, retiring the first 18 batters, finishing with seven innings pitched, 7 strikeouts, and giving up only one run and three hits. Strong games from most everybody, with Cabrera and Ordonez leading the way with five Read more:Detroit
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7-26-08 Detroit vs Chicago 2008-07-28 17:52:48 Not the kind of pitching performance I (or the Tigers) was expecting from Justin Verlander (4 innings, 9 hits, 7 runs, 110 pitches, 2 home runs). The bullpen came through with 5 scoreless innings. The Tigers almost came back but could not get the one big hit they needed. Granderson, Ordonez, and Renteria all had mutiple hits. Ordonez and Sheffield hit homers. 7 1/2 games behind the White Sox Read more:Detroit
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7-25-08 Detroit vs Chicago 2008-07-26 12:44:22 Wake me up from this nightmare! Game in the bag against the division winner and Todd Jones blows the save in the ninth inning. You have got to be kidding me. A great ball game wasted by one of the worst closers in the game. I believe it's time the Detroit
Tigers make a change in the closer role. Give Fernando Rodney (been throwing lights out as of late) a chance in the ninth. He can't do any Read more:Chicago
7-22-08 Detroit vs Kansas City 2008-07-24 14:08:26 The Royals have been just what the doctor ordered for Tigers baseball. A strong outing by Kenny Rogers (6 ip, 1 run, 4 k's) and the bullpen results in a 7-1 beat down of Kansas
City. Strong games from Polanco and Ordonez, both with multiple hits and RBIs. 5 1/2 back, if the pitching continues to be competitve the Tigers have a good shot at winning the central division. Read more:Detroit
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No title 2008-08-12 21:53:19 Another why Jim why? Miner pitching great tonigh and Jimbo takes him out after six innings. Tigers bullpen promptly go out and blow another one. This season is a lost cause. If the players don't screw it up the manager will. Its time to get back to blogging about the history of the Detroit Tigers baseball club and forget about this major league baseball fiasco.
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