Category Archives: Detroit Tigers

April 9, 2010: Ernie Harwell Day and the Detroit Tigers home opener!

via Michigan in Pictures George Kell Ernie Harwell 1961, photo by doctor_gogol. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ~Ernie Harwell quoting the Song [...]

Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2010 Blog Roundup

First Pitch by merobson Today at 4:10 PM, Justin Verlander leads the retooled Detroit Tigers against the Kansas City Royals and 2009 AL Cy Young winner Zack Greinke. The Tigers had a very active offseason and it will probably take a while for folks to get to know them. Mike McClary at the Daily Fungo [...]

Granderson Trade: Simply Awful

Samara over at Roar of the Tigers has captured the new level in soul-destroying that trading Curtis Granderson to the Yankees will reach in The Worst Thing. ESPN has details on the trade between the Yankees, Diamondbacks & Tigers which is soon to be finalized. Admitting that this is a business trade, Detroit Tigers Weblog [...]

Detroit Tigers Pennant Panic

Monday morning update: Well, the Tigers (finally) took care of business last night with a convincing 5-3 handling of the White Sox thanks to 7 shutout innings by Verlander. They head to Minneapolis tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct 6 @ 5:10 PM) for a one game playoff with the Minnesota Twins. Check the comments for details! I [...]

Tiger Stadium is no more

Photo: The Corner, Kaline’s corner, Michigan & Trumbull…Tiger Stadium by MichiPictureGuy Yesterday the last of Tiger Stadium was taken down. For more than 100 years, Michigan & Trumbull aka “The Corner” was the address of Tiger baseball, home to greats from Cobb, Greenberg & Kaline to Gibson, Trammel & Whitaker. Last night Absolute Michigan pool [...]

Detroit Tigers pennant chase is something to roar about

“It’s lonnng gone” –Harwell by b.plus Tigers a big source of pride in Motown from MLB.com says that: …For all the upheaval going on around this bruised piece of the Midwest, the Tigers’ little piece of it has almost become a separate reality. And they’ve received such a boost from their fan base that they [...]

Michitwitter Rewind June 2009

urban hope by buckshot.jones Throughout each month we post items of Michicentric interest to our Michitwitter page. In case you missed them here is a look back at just a few of the items for the month June. If you find these interesting there are plenty more for you to check out. We encourage you [...]

A belated 97th birthday tribute to “The Corner”

Last “Everything” at Tiger Stadium by RichKD Tiger Stadium from Wikipedia Tiger Stadium (formerly known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium) is a stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It hosted the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team from 1912 to 1999, as well as the National Football League’s Detroit Lions from [...]

Remembering Mark “The Bird” Fidrych

Yesterday Mark “The Bird” Fidrych died in an accident on his Massachusetts farm at the age of 54. I read a lot of words about Fidrych, who had one magical season in 1976 at the very height of my own love of baseball. I think the best were written by Michael Rosenberg who also wrote [...]

Talking Baseball … Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2009

What better way to get in the mood for Opening Day that the Detroit Tigers classic Talking Baseball featuring some classic Detroit Tiger baseball cards? Justin Verlander gets the start at 7:15 PM in Toronto. The Tigers home opener is Friday at 1:05 vs the Texas Rangers. Share this: