Motor City Bengals » Gary Sheffield http://motorcitybengals.com A Detroit Tigers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:10:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A Boring Offseason? Perhaps We Have Become Spoiled http://motorcitybengals.com/2011/12/14/a-boring-offseason-perhaps-we-have-become-spoiled/ http://motorcitybengals.com/2011/12/14/a-boring-offseason-perhaps-we-have-become-spoiled/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:53:28 +0000 Sam Genson http://motorcitybengals.com/?p=9440 If you pop into the rooms of the internet dedicated to Detroit Tigers discussion, you are are sure to see one word pop up with regularity right now – BORING.  Fans lament this off-season as boring or dull.  They see the activity of such teams as the Marlins and Angels and then look at the relatively lack of forward movement by their home club and just shrug.  Complaints about the lack of activity are everywhere.  The funny thing is, the lack of activity can actually be a GOOD thing…when it comes to the Tigers at least. Now, think about the REST of the team in the AL Central, let alone MLB.  It has actually been pretty quiet across most fronts [...]

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]]> If you pop into the rooms of the internet dedicated to Detroit Tigers discussion, you are are sure to see one word pop up with regularity right now – BORING.  Fans lament this off-season as boring or dull.  They see the activity of such teams as the Marlins and Angels and then look at the relatively lack of forward movement by their home club and just shrug.  Complaints about the lack of activity are everywhere.  The funny thing is, the lack of activity can actually be a GOOD thing…when it comes to the Tigers at least.

Now, think about the REST of the team in the AL Central, let alone MLB.  It has actually been pretty quiet across most fronts with several playoff teams actually losing some of their better players. … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://motorcitybengals.com/2011/12/14/a-boring-offseason-perhaps-we-have-become-spoiled/feed/ 1 Gary Sheffield Officially Retires http://motorcitybengals.com/2011/02/17/gary-sheffield-officially-retires/ http://motorcitybengals.com/2011/02/17/gary-sheffield-officially-retires/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:33:27 +0000 John J. Parent http://motorcitybengals.com/?p=3861 Lost in the chaos surrounding the Miguel Cabrera arrest toady is the news that former Tiger Gary Sheffield has called it a career. Sheffield, a 22-year major leaguer, won a batting title at age 23 and wrapped things up with a .292 career average. He last played for the Mets in 2009 after the Tigers released him during Spring Training that year. In total, Sheffield racked up over 2600 hits, 1600 RBI and 509 home runs. Sheffield was acquired by the Tigers prior to the 2007 season in a trade with the New York Yankees. That deal was supposed to [...]

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]]> Lost in the chaos surrounding the Miguel Cabrera arrest toady is the news that former Tiger Gary Sheffield has called it a career. Sheffield, a 22-year major leaguer, won a batting title at age 23 and wrapped things up with a .292 career average. He last played for the Mets in 2009 after the Tigers released him during Spring Training that year.

In total, Sheffield racked up over 2600 hits, 1600 RBI and 509 home runs. Sheffield was acquired by the Tigers prior to the 2007 season in a trade with the New York Yankees. That deal was supposed to be the final piece to the Tigers championship puzzle, but it never materialized that way. Sheffield got off to a strong start, but a shoulder injury cost him much of the second half and he was never the same player again. The Tigers stumbled out of the gate in 2008 and wound up in the basement of the Central division. In 2009, Sheffield Sheffield was poised for a return to his old form, but a poor showing during camp netted him a release of the final year of his contract.

In his two seasons in Detroit, Sheffield played 247 games with 44 home runs and 137 RBI.

In announcing his retirement, Sheffield told MLBNetwork that we should “check his stats” to determine whether or not he should go into the Hall of Fame. Jon Heyman, who works at the network and also writes for Sports Illustrated, tweeted his response, saying “I say: check the medicine cabinet/mitchell report” alluding to Sheffield’s ties to the BALCO investigation.

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]]> http://motorcitybengals.com/2011/02/17/gary-sheffield-officially-retires/feed/ 2 Holy God, They had the ball… I mean guts to cut Sheff http://motorcitybengals.com/2009/03/31/holy-god-they-had-the-ball-i-mean-guts-to-cut-sheff/ http://motorcitybengals.com/2009/03/31/holy-god-they-had-the-ball-i-mean-guts-to-cut-sheff/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:12:46 +0000 Joe Dexter http://motorcitybengals.com/?p=264 Nothing is better on a Tuesday afternoon then heading to work for a weekly production meeting, leaving the radio station, heading to get one of your favorite chinese entrees, and finally opening up your laptop to find that (Insert Dramatic music … [visit site to read more]

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]]> Nothing is better on a Tuesday afternoon then heading to work for a weekly production meeting, leaving the radio station, heading to get one of your favorite chinese entrees, and finally opening up your laptop to find that (Insert Dramatic music … [visit site to read more]

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