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Evening Prowl: St. Louis Heat, The Ubiquitous Kurt, the Market For Pedro, and Wilkin Ramirez's Value
With tonight's temperatures in St. Louis expected to hit the upper 90s, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold passes along a story Jim Leyland told him about losing 11 pounds while catching a doubleheader in the heat of Savannah, GA. The revived It's Just Sports chatted with Kurt of Mack...
Rockies Retro: Managerial Changes
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Morning Prowl: Bondo's Rehab Start, 132 Pitches, The Rib Cage Thames, and Pending Roster Shuffles
In his second rehab start last night, Jeremy Bonderman pitched six innings, allowing five runs on seven hits. He also had four strikeouts and two walks. Detroit4lyfe was at the game and thinks Bondo actually pitched better than his numbers say. The Spot Starters also has observations from a...
Mount Leyland Erupts
For those of you that may have missed Jim Leyland's explosion at home plate umpire Paul Schreiber (after Schreiber made contact with Magglio Ordonez, who was arguing a called third strike), here's a YouTube clip for you. Check it out before it's taken down: This was a big topic of discussion...
Morning Prowl: Grandy's Catch, Winning at the Metrodome, Porcello's Workload, and The Nickname Game
In his latest post for Big League Stew, Curtis Granderson walks us through Grandyland and talks about that amazing over-the-fence catch Friday night in Cleveland. Does he practice this stuff or does instinct just take over? Over at Mack Avenue Tigers, Kurt has outlined a four-point plan for...
Has Jim Leyland Earned a Contract Extension?
Now that the Tigers are 30 games into their 2009 schedule, and have a winning record to show for their efforts, Lynn Henning thinks it's about time Jim Leyland got that contract extension. Any day now it would be no surprise to see the Tigers announce an extension to manager Jim Leyland's...
Tom Gage is Totally Jealous of This
If you didn't catch it in yesterday's Freep, Krista Jahnke got Tigers manager Jim Leyland to pull back the grumpy curtain and open up a bit. "Everyone thinks I'm a grumpy old man," he said, one leg kicked up on his desk. "That's fine. But I like to have a good time." What does that "good time"...
Morning Prowl: Leyland Cheers, Armando's Sinker, Miner's Role, and Former Wolverines
Today's Freep has a great old photo of Jim Leyland in the stands, cheering on Mark Fidrych after he pitched a complete game in 1980. I'd love to post the photo here, but should probably point you over to the Freep. Armando Galarraga told Jon Paul Morosi that he thinks his sinker has even...
Should Leyland Have Pulled Jackson?
Not that anyone's questioning the decision to pull Edwin Jackson in the eighth inning last night (or maybe plenty of people are, and I'm just misreading the situation), but Jim Leyland addressed the matter in his post-game remarks. From Jason Beck's blog: "There was no question that he was...
Happy St. Patrick's Day from Jim Leyland
Jim Leyland waves to us, just in time for Green Beer o' Clock. (Of course, that may have been this morning for most some of you.) Smoke 'em if you got 'em too, says the Detroit Tigers manager. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Be good out there.
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