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Afternoon Prowl: Metrodome Horror, Easy Pick Twins, Porcello's Fastball, and the Cabrera Dilemma
Joe Posnanski compares the Metrodome to the horror film slasher that just won't die. And even those who say they love the place don't really love it. Posnanski also suspects that a ...
Morning Prowl: Missing Miner, Magglio's Contract, Outfield Defense, and Grandy's Slump
So as it turns out, the Detroit Tigers weren't one man short in their bullpen on Tuesday and Wednesday. They were down two relievers. The relief corps was already at six, as you kno...
C'mon, Rob! Win Shares? On Rob Neyer, Todd Helton, Jeff Kent, Jim Edmonds, Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, and the 2000 NL MVP
Usual caveat: Rob Neyer is great. Really -- I'm among the many people out there who was first exposed to sabermetrics through his ESPN columns and "Rob and Rany on the Royals." He generally does a go...
Instant Opinions Of The Jeff Francoeur Trade From The Best In The Business
Rob Neyer Craig Calcaterra Ted Berg Alex Nelson Dan Szymborski Sky Kalkman David Pinto Toby Hyde Devil Fingers Metstradamus! It's Mets For Me The trade didn't really set in until I tagged Francoeur to...
WAR, FIP, and Andy Pettite's Hall of Fame Worthiness (and a bit on Mike Mussina, too)
In a recent blog entry, Rob "Sweetspot" Neyer, spurred by an email from a reader, discussed Andy Pettitte's chances for being elected to the Hall of Fame. Neyer understandably writes to his audience -...
Morning Prowl: Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, 1954-2009
At The Daily Fungo, Mike McClary recalls listening to a Tigers-Angels game in 1976 with his grandfather, as Mark Fidrych pitched against Frank Tanana. It's a touching reminder of how base...
And away we go...
I guess, if I had my stuff together, I'd do some sort of season preview. But my normal "load" now is only really one "big" post a week and then a secondary, more "bloggy" post, like this one. St...
Will Sheffield Be the Last Big Contract Dombrowski Eats?
ESPN.com's Rob Neyer wonders if releasing Gary Sheffield and eating his $14 million salary for this season is but the first penalty the Detroit Tigers will have to suffer for Dave Dombrowski's recent ...
Morning Prowl: D-Train, Neyer, Rosenthal, and Newton
The Tigersosphere's resident injury expert, Samara of Roar of the Tigers, attempts to determine what might have shown up in Dontrelle Willis's blood work to raise red flags among the team's med...
Morning Prowl: Bad Contracts, Low Readings, Twitter, and April in the D
How many bad contracts are the Detroit Tigers carrying? Tim Dierkes named what he believes to be the 45 worst deals in baseball, and five Tigers are on the list: Gary Sheffield, Jeremy Bo...
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