Motor City Bengals » Jim Leyland 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 The Tigers May Not Be Done Now That Yoenis Cespedes Is A Free Agent http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/01/26/the-tigers-may-not-be-done-now-that-yoenis-cespedes-is-a-free-agent/ http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/01/26/the-tigers-may-not-be-done-now-that-yoenis-cespedes-is-a-free-agent/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:00:26 +0000 Sam Genson http://motorcitybengals.com/?p=9748 Lost in the shuffle of Tuesday’s news about Prince Fielder (hey, did you hear, 9 years, $214 Mill and he is now a DETROIT TIGER) is that the Cuban Missile*, Yoenis Cespedes is now officially a citizen of the Dominican Republic and is thus a Free Agent according to Major League Baseball.  The list of suitors for Cespedes is rumored to be the Chicago Cubs, the Miami Marlins, the Washington Nationals. the Chicago White Sox (wait, I thought they were rebuilding) and the…Detroit Tigers?!?! … [visit site to read more]

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]]> Lost in the shuffle of Tuesday’s news about Prince Fielder (hey, did you hear, 9 years, $214 Mill and he is now a DETROIT TIGER) is that the Cuban Missile*, Yoenis Cespedes is now officially a citizen of the Dominican Republic and is thus a Free Agent according to Major League Baseball.  The list of suitors for Cespedes is rumored to be the Chicago Cubs, the Miami Marlins, the Washington Nationals. the Chicago White Sox (wait, I thought they were rebuilding) and the…Detroit Tigers?!?!

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]]> http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/01/26/the-tigers-may-not-be-done-now-that-yoenis-cespedes-is-a-free-agent/feed/ 11 Leyland’s New Toy Comes With Added Pressure http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/01/25/leylands-new-toy-comes-with-added-pressure/ http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/01/25/leylands-new-toy-comes-with-added-pressure/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:07:50 +0000 John Verburg http://motorcitybengals.com/?p=9727 2011 was an up and down year for Tigers Manager Jim Leyland. Well, not really all that up and down on the field, but rather in his relationship with the media and it’s fans. There were several rants from the sometimes touchy skipper of the Tigers, mostly to due with his lineup construction, or why a certain player was playing instead of a regular. The Tigers themselves were playing pretty good baseball, and in a pretty good battle with the Indians for the top spot in the A.L. Central. Then came the month of July, and a lot of Tigers [...]

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]]> 2011 was an up and down year for Tigers Manager Jim Leyland. Well, not really all that up and down on the field, but rather in his relationship with the media and it’s fans. There were several rants from the sometimes touchy skipper of the Tigers, mostly to due with his lineup construction, or why a certain player was playing instead of a regular. The Tigers themselves were playing pretty good baseball, and in a pretty good battle with the Indians for the top spot in the A.L. Central. Then came the month of July, and a lot of Tigers fans were waiting for the annual 2nd half collapse under Leyland to come. Of course, the collapse never came, and the Tigers ran away with the division.

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]]> http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/01/25/leylands-new-toy-comes-with-added-pressure/feed/ 0 On Twitter, Remember to Check Your “Sources” http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/01/23/on-twitter-remember-to-check-your-sources/ http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/01/23/on-twitter-remember-to-check-your-sources/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:03:15 +0000 Sam Genson http://motorcitybengals.com/?p=9700 Last night a report on Twitter caused some Tiger fans a bit of angst.  A fella named Scott Swaim (who goes by the name of @MLBInsideNews) tweeted earlier in the day that the Tigers were close to a deal with Bobby Abreu.  This did not get any traction until Grey/@spacemnkymafia re-tweeted (RTed) it to his followers 7 hours later.  He RTed Mr. Swaim’s comment because he thought it was quite humorous…which I agree, it is.  However, some took it to be the truth, either because the guy has the name MLBInsideNews with an official looking avatar or because they are [...]

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]]> Last night a report on Twitter caused some Tiger fans a bit of angst.  A fella named Scott Swaim (who goes by the name of @MLBInsideNews) tweeted earlier in the day that the Tigers were close to a deal with Bobby Abreu.  This did not get any traction until Grey/@spacemnkymafia re-tweeted (RTed) it to his followers 7 hours later.  He RTed Mr. Swaim’s comment because he thought it was quite humorous…which I agree, it is.  However, some took it to be the truth, either because the guy has the name MLBInsideNews with an official looking avatar or because they are desperate enough for a move to be made at DH they they will believe anything.

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