Category Archives: Detroit Tigers

Blogs We Dig: Roar of the Tigers

With the Tigers making a stretch run for the wild card against the New York Yankees, it seems just about essential to feature Samara Pearlstein’s Roar of the Tigers as the latest Blog We Dig. “It’s baseball. You never know what’s gonna happen in baseball…. We do everything together and we’re gonna win the game.” [...]

Tiger Stadium and Detroit Tigers update

While Absolute Michigan has been paying attention to efforts to save a portion of Tiger Stadium, I’d like to be absolutely clear in saying that Comerica Park is a gorgeous ballpark and I wouldn’t have the Detroit Tigers playing anywhere else! If you have any doubts, the above photo Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park by [...]

Ernie Harwell’s plan for Tiger Stadium

Tiger Stadium 1987 vs. Toronto Blue Jays by 1ManWithACamera I have apparently been hanging with Rip van Winkle, and so missed the news that Ernie Harwell has come forward with an 11th hour plan to save Tiger Stadium from demolition. Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry spoke with Ernie Harwell about his plans and just hearing Ernie [...]

Photo Friday: Detroit Skyline by Paul Hitz

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say “Wow.” It’s probably obvious from this photo that Paul loves his city. If not, a visit to the Detroit Tigers or Detroit Pistons groups he helps to manage might help, and the fact that he stepped in to oversee the complexity of exposure.Detroit [...]

Five things you need to know for Monday, July 23, 2007

Extreme view of the auto industry NPR had an interesting interview with Peter DeLorenzo of Autoextremist.com. Autoextremist is a site that purports to offer “the bare-knuckled, unvarnished, high-octane truth” about the challenges facing Detroit’s auto industry. DeLorenzo is an auto industry consultant, and if you want octane-rich bare-knucklery with a minimum of varnish, look no [...]

Remembering Detroit Tiger Legend Ty Cobb … again

“He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted.” — Jimmy Cannon “Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles [...]

2007 Detroit Tiger All Stars

Maggs Sportin’ the Shades by MichSt Today’s Detroit News reports that the Tigers have five players on the American League All-Star team: starters Magglio Ordonez, Pudge Rodriguez and Placido Polanco and reserves Justin Verlander and Carlos Guillen. Jeremy Bonderman could make it six in online voting for the final spot, a feat not matched since [...]

Tiger All Star Voting: Push for Placido (and Magglio & Pudge)

In practically every category, Detroit Tiger second baseman Placido Polanco has the edge over Yankees 2nd bagger Robinson Cano: batting average (Polanco is hitting .343 and 4th the majors), on base percentage, batting average with runners in scoring position, fielding (0 to 6 errors), and a little matter of team record. Yet Cano was leading [...]

Justin Verlander pitches 1st Tiger no-hitter since 1984!

The only thing better than throwing a no-hitter is doing it at home, and Justin Verlander’s no-hitter in a 4-0 vistory over the Milwaukee Brewers on June 12, 2007 was the first ever for Comerica Park and the first by a Tiger pitcher since Jack Morris tossed one in 1984. Verlander, the 2006 American League [...]

Blogs We Dig: Detroit BikeBlog

While some photo blogs might skimp on the number of photos or size, Mac over at Detroit BikeBlog serves up your photos as big and tall as the internet can handle. “When heading out to Lansing I again realised how little Detroit sometimes feels like a city and how much more like a big town [...]