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Tigers’ Victor Martinez Has Been Hitting the Ball Hard, Even if Results Don’t Show it

One of the themes of the Detroit Tigers’ offseason was that getting Victor Martinez back from injury (to replace Delmon Young) would be the Tigers’ biggest “acquisition” of the year. So far, though,…Read More

Victor Martinez Isn’t Hitting, But He’s Still Getting On Base

  Victor Martinez went 1-3 with a walk in Friday’s 8-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels to raise his batting average to .196 on the season. That average is nowhere close to good, but batting…Read More

Seattle Mariners 1-2 Detroit Tigers: Dreams and Nightmares

Let’s talk about sports as a blanket. You know what I’m talking about. When you’re a kid you know that no matter how scary the outside world is, as long as you keep your entire body underneath your…Read More

Victor Martinez Admits To Having Sore Back

Detroit Tigers’ designated hitter Victor Martinez was back in the lineup today five days after appearing to grimace after a swing-and-miss in Friday’s game. Martinez said he was fine afterward and…Read More

Victor Martinez To Start for Detroit Tigers in Friday’s Spring Opener

John Lowe of the Detroit News has provided us with the Detroit Tigers’ starting lineup for Friday’s Grapefruit League opener: 1. Quintin Berry, CF 2. Omar Infante, 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B 4. Prince…Read More

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Are Detroit Tigers’ fans expecting too much from the return of Victor Martinez?

With pitchers and catchers reporting to the gleaming baseball oasis of Lakeland, Florida in less than…Read More

Random Thoughts: The Offseason So Far

A few things I’m pondering as I wipe the dust off of my blogging machine… Read | Share

What Victor Martinez Means To The Detroit Tigers’ Offense

The Tigers have done very little in the early stages off the young off-season. They didn’t re-sign…Read More

Are The Tigers Done Dealing?

The rumor mill for the Tigers has been quiet since they acquired Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante from the Marlins…Read More

The Intangibles Of Prince Fielder

When the Tigers signed Prince Fielder and excited almost the entire nation of Tigers fans, the signing…Read More

Random Thoughts Pre All Star Break

  Alas, half of the 2012 baseball season is over, and as we all head to the All Star break, a few…Read More

Prince Fielder Has His First Tigers Moment

A couple days ago, Prince Fielder stepped up to bat in the 8th inning of a tie game with the Minnesota…Read More

Breaking Down Tigers’ Offense by Order and Position

The Detroit Tigers have not lived up to expectations offensively and have thus fallen under heavy scrutiny…Read More

The Detroit Tigers of August

Despite a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, the Detroit Tigers are no longer reeling—no…Read More

Through 24 Games, Tigers Only 1 Game Out Of First

In my first article for MCB, back in July, I spoke about expectations.  I stated that the Tigers were…Read More

Texas Series A Reminder Tigers Still Have Work To Do

Don’t worry. This isn’t some diatribe about the poor play of the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers…Read More

The Next “Moneyball”

Everyone reading this should be aware of “Moneyball” and the theories detailed within the book (and…Read More

Expect a Bounce-Back Year from Delmon Young

As the first full-squad workout takes place for the Detroit Tigers today, the club begins Spring Training…Read More

Was Victor Martinez Getting Hurt A Good Thing?

Getting injured is one of the unfortunate realities of a game that requires the ever aging individuals…Read More

Should Andy Dirks Be The Starting LF?

One of the more interesting dynamics that Jim Leyland is going to have to deal with in 2012 is the left…Read More