2019 Mid-Season A.L. Central Report: Questions, Questions, Questions, Like, Are The Twins For Real?
Cleveland did not look all that hot last year. Why are we surprised that someone is kicking their tail this year?
Tag Archives: Detroit Tigers
Forecast: All White Sox All The Time In The A.L. Central…In A Bad Way
One of these teams will win no more than 60 wins. Not excited? None of them will win 90. Mmmmm. Tasty.
Read moreAL Central: Buy, Sell, Or Drink?
Cleveland’s lucky they’re in a lousy division..
Read more2018 MLB AL Central Preview
The Indians pay homage to Jim Thome with a statue and may bring a World Series title to lay at its feet this year. Photo by Erik Drost via Flickr (cropped)
Read moreAlan Trammell Was Already In My Hall Of Fame
Alan Trammell was one of the best players of his generation. The author was a teenager when he got to spend five days with him in 1984. Photo by Roger Dewitt via Flickr
Read moreHardball Theatre: Party Crashers
Keith Good’s weekly(ish) One Act, an SNL-meets-MLB look at the week in baseball. This week, Detroit and St. Louis are surprised to find they’re not invited to the 2016 Playoff party.
Read moreThe Year(s) of Cleveland
Advertisements This is Cleveland’s year, even if it isn’t. Cleveland was always going to live or die by its pitching. In June, the team lived like kings. Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar ate hapless batters and crapped shutouts. Trevor Bauer, a strikeout specialist with a Rick Vaughn-like wild streak, was finally limiting his walks. Even 5th starter Josh
Read moreThe Most Disappointing Season For…the Detroit Tigers
The previous year these same Tigers won the division. In 1973, there was no reason they can’t get to the World Series. We have the players, the pitchers AND the manager.
Read moreCorporate Greed and Why I Couldn’t Watch the Tigers
Corporate greed, aided by political complicity, is running amok in America, potentially leading to catastrophic consequences. Not the least of which is that the fucking Tigers games were blacked out of my MLB streaming package this past weekend.
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