Tigers
Your bi-weekly Jose Alvarez/Chris Bootcheck update: The pitching matchup for the ages that didn’t happen
As May neared its midpoint, we knew the series and pitching matchup we’ve all been hoping for was approaching. No, not Tigers vs. Rangers and Justin Verlander vs. Yu Darvish. I’m talking about Jose Alvarez’s Toledo Mud Hens facing Chris Bootcheck’s Scranton Wilkes-Barre Railriders. But the matchup of mound monsters didn’t happen. Jose Alvarez continued […]
Jose Valverde, the Detroit Tigers, and the hex he put on himself
It’s a smart move. It’s a backup plan. It’s low risk and high upside. Everyone gets all that. Signing Jose Valverde makes a lot of logical sense. It’s also very big of the Tigers to admit they made a mistake by giving the keys to the closer’s position to a guy who didn’t even make […]
Your bi-weekly Jose Alvarez Update: As the Detroit Tigers begin, it begins
It’s Opening Day. Get Excited! After today, there’s only 161 games left in the playoff stretch. This Tigers-Twins game could have some serious Wildcard implications. Yet, the Tigers’ most dangerous weapon remains in the minors. Your James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by (sponsor pending) winner, Jose Alvarez, has been banished to AAA, a.k.a ‘Where JMMA […]
The five best giveaways of the 2013 Detroit Tigers season
Wednesday, we gave everything you don’t want and are going to lose before you make it home in the worst giveaways of the upcoming Detroit Tigers season. After our critically acclaimed performance, we move on to a much happier topic: the best giveaways of the season. If you plan this right, you could get everything […]
The five worst giveaways of the 2013 Detroit Tigers season
(EDIT: Here are the best giveaways of the season.) I didn’t plan on making this a yearly thing, but sometimes you run low on ideas, realize you have the 2013 giveaway schedule bookmarked and get angry at the crap the Tigers are trying to give the fans. So just like I did last year, I’ll […]
James Mungro Memorial Award Update (2013 Detroit Tigers edition): A winner is crowned
The plan was to cut the field in half, bring the competition down to the final two and have some sort of Bachelor-style rose ceremony to name our third James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by Sony’s MLB The Show 13.* But we’re all veterans of competition. We know the JMMA isn’t simply handed out when […]
What’s the ideal season for the Detroit Tigers?
Usually I’m not one to bow at the corporate feet, but I may have a chance at someone sponsoring the James Mungro Memorial Award here. MLB The Show video game is putting together promotional videos for each team. They know the basics, but are completely oblivious to the little things like Rod Allen’s commentary and […]
James Mungro Memorial Award (2013 Tigers Edition) Update: The field losses one member, gets a lot more interesting
(Previously: The Season 3 opening, Update No. 1 where we cut Ryan Robowski. Profiles: Jose Alvarez, Trevor Bell, Brad Davis, Dixon Machado, Kevin Russo) When we presented our second ever James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by (Tosti—no, still no sponsor) to Jacques McClendon this fall during the Lions’ preseason, we gave it to a guy who […]
Know your JMMA (Detroit Tigers Edition) Nominees: Goodbye Michael Morrison, Hello Kevin Russo
We’re doubling up today, knocking out the final two profiles of James Mungro Memorial Award nominees in one post. Why? Because in the process of researching Michael Morrison, I realized he needed to go. Morrison may be the most uninteresting man ever nominated for the James Mungro Memorial Award sponsored by (sponsor pending). He doesn’t […]
