DETROIT — Tigers fans who weren’t playing close attention to Twitter in the last 18 hours might get a bit of shock when they look at tonight’s starting lineup. Who is that catching? Bryan Holaday? Where did he come from? The short answer is that he came from Dallas, via TCU, and was Detroit’s sixth-round [...]
Archive | June 6th, 2012
StubHub Blamed for Yankees Ticket Woes
Posted on 06 June 2012.
It was all good…a few years ago. The New York Yankees, although they are currently only a half game out of first place in the American League East are struggling…attendance wise. Attendance at the stadium is down 3.6% this year, a .6% increase over last season’s 3% drop. The reason? America’s favorite secondary market retailer [...]
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Forget Vintage Pettitte, This Is a Whole NEW Pettitte
Posted on 06 June 2012.
Associated Press PhotoHe did it again. Andy Pettitte went 7.1 innings last night, giving up 2 singles and 2 walks, while striking out 10, en route to the Yankees 7-0 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium.I keep hearing the phrase “vintage Pettitte.” Vintage? Vintage Andy Pettitte always pitched to contact, scattering a lot of [...]
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Defending the Melky Cabrera Trade, Even Now
Posted on 06 June 2012.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. There’s no point in crying over spilled Melky, is there? Cabrera was expendable; the Royals needed starting pitching. Unless Felipe Paulino can somehow function on two days’ rest, they still do. Of course, nobody talks about that much now. Fans are so busy shaking their fists or banging their heads against the [...]
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Disabled List Might Be Best Option for Avila, Tigers
Posted on 06 June 2012.
DETROIT Alex Avila needs to go on the disabled list. Avila having to leave Tuesday night’s game after the fifth inning after his right hamstring tightened up on him again was not the reason the Tigers lost a 4-2 game to the Cleveland Indians in front of 33,258 at Comerica Park. What Avila’s been going [...]
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Greinke Spent Draft Night in Brewers’ War Room
Posted on 06 June 2012.
MILWAUKEE As the MLB draft unfolded inside the Milwaukee Brewers’ war room at Miller Park on Monday night, the usual suspects general manager Doug Melvin and director of amateur scouting Bruce Seid, among others gathered to pore over draft boards and scouting reports. But Monday night’s first-round company was a bit different than usual, as [...]
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