DETROIT TIGER FANS!

Todd Jones

gs78 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:57:24 GMT

Comments?

RHP Gary Glover

GoGetEmTigers — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:58:09 GMT

08/17/2008 9:47 AM ET

Tigers place Jones back on 15-day DL

Club purchases contract of Glover from Triple-A Toledo

By Jason Beck / MLB.com

...

To fill Jones' spot on the 25-man roster, the Tigers purchased the contract of right-hander Gary Glover, who had joined Triple-A Toledo less than two weeks ago. Signed on August 9, Glover made three appearances out of the Mud Hens bullpen, tossing four scoreless innings with three hits and four strikeouts. He pitched 34 innings over 29 appearances ...

The Dodgers Thought Losing Might Beat Winning

bobrob2004 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:39:02 GMT

The Dodgers Thought Losing Might Beat Winning

Pennant races no longer exist. Since the latter part of the 20th century, baseball teams play to make the playoffs, either by winning the division title or having the best record among the second place teams. In 1996 and in 2005, bizarre consequences occurred as a result of the wild card.

The Team That Lost Still Could Win

Entering the final day of the 1996 season, Los Angeles and San Diego each had 90 wins. They would be playing each ...

9-year-old boy told he�s too good to pitch

bobrob2004 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:50:38 GMT

9-year-old boy told he�s too good to pitch

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)�Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player� too good, it turns out.

The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more. When Jericho took the mound anyway last week, the opposing team forfeited the game, packed its ...

Video Games

catbox_9 — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:36:48 GMT

Anyone here like video games? I'm a bit of a collector.

According to my collection listed on IGN (which is up-to-date) I have 205 games:

43 Atari 2600 (actually higher - there's some duplicates)

34 PC (not sure if these should count)

28 Playstation (all complete but one)

18 Nintendo

18 Playstation 2

14 Super Nintendo

10 Sega Genesis (all complete!)

8 Game Boy Color

7 XBOX (all complete)

7 XBOX 360 (all complete)

5 Game Boy

4 Nintendo 64 (don't have a system though)

4 ...

Tim Lincecum career tracker.

catbox_9 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:07:10 GMT

Track Tim Lincecum here.

Chad Durbin

gs78 — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:59:43 GMT

Durbin Rocks!

Can Justin Verlander lose 20 games?

catbox_9 — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:38:29 GMT

Verlander is now tied with Barry Zito for the most losses in baseball.

With about one-third of the season played they each have 8 losses and are both on pace to lose 20.

Chris Lambert

laprimamirala — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:50:27 GMT

Ex-Hens rave about Lambert

BY JOHN LOWE � FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER � August 24, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Dane Sardinha was impressed with Chris Lambert when he caught him at Triple-A Toledo this season.

"I was just telling somebody recently that they need to give him a chance up here and see what he can do," said Sardinha, now the Tigers' backup catcher.

Tigers outfielder Matt Joyce, who began the year with Toledo, said of Lambert, "When I was playing with him, ...

Three Word Baseball Story Number 2

tigerswinloseordraw — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:22:44 GMT

IMPORTANT: Everything in this story is fictional and did not happen. If you didn't realize that you have serious problems, but I just wanted to say that just in case. THIS IS FICTION!

EVEN MORE IMPORTANT: By submitting anything to this thread, you hereby give up all copyrights to your work and it may be published at the discretion of any DTF1 moderator or administrator anywhere.

On Woodward Avenue,

Jason Grilli Thread

gdennis59 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:18:30 GMT

I think we needed one of these. I am willing to track his stats and post them every here and again. Discuss Grilli here?

Pudge Rodriguez: 'I'm very happy where I am'

GoGetEmTigers — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:00:19 GMT

Pudge Rodriguez: 'I'm very happy where I am'

By PAUL J. WEBER � ASSOCIATED PRESS � August 5, 2008

ARLINGTON, Texas � Pudge Rodriguez could never get past the New York Yankees in the postseason when he played for the Texas Rangers.

Back in Texas on Monday, the ex-Tiger-turned-Yankees catcher was content to be in the visitors' clubhouse.

"The Yankees always got great teams," said Rodriguez, remembering New York's ousting of the Rangers from the postseason three times in the ...

Holy crap.... huh? Fredi has clearly lost his mind...

SoulRat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:45:18 GMT

He let JJ finish a game??!! O-M-G do you mean that Fredi has possibly lost his ever-loving confidence in the stupid bullpen??!! WTF? 2 CG's in one WEEK??!! Huh? You mean to tell me that after watching the stupid bullpen blow YET ANOTHER one of Scotty O's starts last night, letting them WALK IN 2 RUNS in the 8th and stupid Gregg giving up 4 in the bottom of the 9th, the asshat Fredi DIDN'T go to the BRILLIANT bullpen tonight?? O-M-G I'm stunned beyond words. I'm literally

Nice game JJ ...

Tigers heading to Arizona Fall League

GoGetEmTigers — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:54:33 GMT

From The Detroit Tigers Weblog

Tigers heading to Arizona

August 26th, 2008

The Tigers announced the bulk of their Arizona Fall League representatives. They are sending Luis Marte, Rudy Darrow, Casey Fien, Zach Simons, Jeff Larish, and Clete Thomas.

Luis Marte is a nice selection. He emerged earlier this year as a rising prospect, but lost a chunk of the year to injury. This gives him some additional innings to build a full season�s workload. Also, he and Zach Simons are eligible ...

Gambler is on waivers

laprimamirala — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:49:06 GMT

Kenny Rogers placed on waivers, could be traded soon

His experience in postseason is a plus

BY JON PAUL MOROSI � FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER � August 26, 2008

If a trade involving Tigers left-hander Kenny Rogers is going to happen before the end of this season, it likely will occur within the next several days.

The deadline to set postseason rosters is Sunday, and multiple officials from other teams believe the Tigers will consider trading Rogers before then.

Rogers said Monday ...

Touch of Evil (1958)

catbox_9 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:24:32 GMT

This film, written and directed by Orson Welles, is one of the last example of film noir from the classic period. It tells the story about a car that travels from Mexico to the United States and blows up due to a bomb in the process. Authorities from both countries investigate. There's way more too it than that, but revealing much more might ruin the plot. I had very high expectations for this film and while the plot was good, it was far less interesting than film noirs such as The Maltese Falcon ...

NL Cy Young Award Race

bobrob2004 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:15:27 GMT

One of the most interesting races this year is for the NL Young Award. I'm not going to list Sabathia or Harden because they haven't been in the NL all year. The front runners...

1. Tim Lincecum - 12-3 - 2.68 ERA - 157 2/3 innings - 175 K - 58 BB - 1.23 WHIP - 160 ERA+

2. Brandon Webb - 16-4 - 2.93 ERA - 163 innings - 134 K - 39 BB - 1.12 WHIP - 155 ERA+

3. Ryan Dempster - 12-5 - 2.93 ERA - 150 2/3 innigns - 133 K - 59 BB - 1.16 WHIP - 154 ERA+

4. Edinson Volquez - 13-5 - 2.93 ERA ...

The Mariners cannot win the division

catbox_9 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:05:22 GMT

With today's games the Mariners are eliminated from AL West competition, the first team in MLB to do that this season. Technically they're still alive for the wild card. Their magic number for elimination from the wild card is 3.

The Nationals are 1 game away from losing out on the wild card, but the magic number on the division is 4.

The Gold Rush

bobrob2004 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:59:46 GMT

There were two versions of this movie, the original silent one in 1925 and a re-release in 1942 with slight modifications. In the 1942 version, a musical score was added plus a narration by Charlie Chaplin himself. Scenes were also edited some more, two notable ones included a subplot being removed and the kiss by Chaplin and Georgia at the end. The one I saw was the 1942 re-release.

Chaplin has said that this is the film that he wants to be most remembered by. The plot is easy to follow, ...

Soylent Green (1973)

GoGetEmTigers — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:52:53 GMT

One of my "futuristic" sci-fi favorites! The key is-- What IS Soylent Green???

Quote:In the year 2022, earth's face has completely changed. New York's

population, for example, has grown to 40 million mouths to feed. The greenhouse effect has risen the temperature into nearly unbearable regions, and the people are kept in the cities by law. The rich live in separated luxury apartments (with women as part of the rented furniture) but also experience the lack of natural food. Strawberries ...

King Kwame's Text Messages

gs78 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:24:14 GMT

What do you think of Kwame? Leaving messages of his affair on city owned pagers. You would think he be smart enough to use a pay phone or his own cell phone, but why should politicians pay for anything.

Let the stupid taxpayers pay for it.

Anybody in the Detroit area!!

TG — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:41:37 GMT

GO TO MARATHON IN ROCKWOOD, NOW!

It's right down the road from my house. OMG, they are packed. from 12:00 - 6:00 today there is gas for $2.99! My brother and I got there at noon in sat in line for an hour.

The Red Bull truck was there, so we got free red bull (my hands are like shaking, I am very hyper). The news is there along with a few radio stations and a race car.

When we left to go back to my house the line was about a half mile long.

If you live around here AND you ...

Tigers recall Jeff Larish, send Chris Lambert to Toledo

bobrob2004 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:39:47 GMT

Tigers recall Jeff Larish, send Chris Lambert to Toledo

The Tigers recalled left-handed-hitting Jeff Larish from Triple-A Toledo today. To make room for Larish, the club optioned right-hander Chris Lambert to Toledo, one day after he lost his major-league debut to

Presuming that Lambert is staying in the Tigers rotation, his next turn won't come up until Monday -- which is Sept. 1, the first day of the season-ending roster expansions from 25 to 40 players.

So Lambert could be ...

Reading

swiss_tiger — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:47:20 GMT

Are there others here that love to read a good book?

My absolute faves are:

Dan Simmons - Hyperion saga (this is just unreal!!)

Alastair Reynolds - Revelation space stuff

Clive Barker - Can't decide which one is my favorite

Killer's Kiss (1955)

catbox_9 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:45:20 GMT

While Stanley Kubrick had previously directed Fear and Desire, this film is often cited as his first film as Kubrick was displeased with Fear and Desire and attempted to purchase all copies so that it is never seen. This is about a guy in a train station. While waiting for a train he thinks back on the last three days of his life. He is an aging boxer and lost a fight. Shortly afterward, he meets a dancer and falls in love. The dancer is sort of romantically linked to someone else, but she doesn't ...

AL MVP Race

bobrob2004 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:17:45 GMT

The frontrunners...

1. Milton Bradley - .325 AVG - .447 OBP - .588 SLG - 21 HR - 68 RBI - 4 SB - 173 OPS+

2. Alex Rodriguez - .312 AVG - .402 OBP - .590 SLG - 28 HR - 78 RBI - 16 SB - 160 OPS+

3. Carlos Quentin - .289 AVG - .396 OBP - .577 SLG - 36 HR - 99 RBI - 7 SB - 151 OPS+

4. Josh Hamilton - .301 AVG - .365 OBP - .543 SLG - 29 HR - 116 RBI - 7 SB - 138 OBS+

5. Kevin Youkilis - .318 AVG - .383 OBP - .568 SLG - 24 HR - 89 RBI - 3 SB - 141 OPS+

Others to consider: Justin Morneau, ...

Limited instant replay debuts Thursday (8-28-08)

GoGetEmTigers — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:54:54 GMT

08/26/2008 7:37 PM ET

Limited instant replay debuts Thursday

New system will help umpires decide on close home run calls

By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com

Major League Baseball will institute the use of instant replay on Thursday to determine disputed home run calls -- fair or foul, in or out of the ballpark, fan interference -- Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Tuesday.

The system, which has been under study since this past November when the general managers voted 25-5 to explore its use, ...

Red Sox on verge of acquiring CF Kotsay

bobrob2004 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:44:49 GMT

Sources: Red Sox on verge of acquiring CF Kotsay

The Red Sox have had production issues in the outfield, and then they lost one of their best bats on Tuesday. They may be addressing those issues.

Sources told ESPN's Peter Gammons and ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney on Tuesday that the team is on the verge of acquiring center fielder Mark Kotsay from the Atlanta Braves.

Boston is talking to Kotsay, who was held out of the Braves lineup on Tuesday, about his limited no-trade clause. ...

Demolition has begun at Tiger Stadium

gs78 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:56:17 GMT

According to Detroit News.com

After Sunday's Game, I went by the stadium; After someone told me demolition starts Monday, I went to the Marathon Gas Station across the street and bought a disposable camera.

If my pictures come out, I will post them

And that's if can do that!

Boycott the 2012 Games

gs78 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:00:54 GMT

If the IOC does not have baseball or softball; The United States should boycott the games in 2012

And gs will lead another boycott; And this one will be bigger. I plan on starting threads in the near future on all MLB boards and as many other forums as possible

Hopefully; people on this board will feel the same; Not having the Great American pastime of Baseball and Womens Softball may even be a bigger sham than the Chinese hosting the games

Reinstate these ...

Carlos day to day

laprimamirala — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:41:40 GMT

Guillen out with pinched nerve in back

Tigers third baseman day-to-day after undergoing MRI

By Scott McNeish / MLB.com

DETROIT -- Tigers third baseman Carlos Guillen said an MRI exam he underwent on Tuesday night revealed a pinched nerve in his lower back. He will rest for the next two or three days before considering a return to the lineup.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland doesn't know when to anticipate Guillen's return.

"No idea," Leyland said in a swift pregame ...

Guillen

gs78 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:56:51 GMT

Go Carlos!

Angels in the Outfield (1951)

bobrob2004 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:26:31 GMT

I just saw this...

I'm going to review this as if the remake wasn't made, which will be easy. Even though I've seen both versions, they tell two vastly different stories even though the premise is the same: a child prays that their favorite losing team will start winning and Angels answer the prayer and help the team win. The similarity ends there. Onto the review...

The manager of the Pittsburg Pirates (Paul Douglas) is basically an and an Angel makes a deal with him - if he will ...

Tigers: Minor league report

GoGetEmTigers — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:56:43 GMT

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Tigers: Minor league report

Draft supplies arms for system

June's picks have come in and performed well, as well as restoring pitching depth to farm teams.

Lynn Henning / The Detroit News

Even if Detroit's bullpen had not blown to pieces Sunday at Tampa Bay, at least with respect to outings by Kyle Farnsworth and Fernando Rodney, the Tigers would have been looking admiringly at their pitching-heavy draft.

Eight of the first 10 picks were pitchers. And most of ...

2008 Tigers Fantasy Cruise! Nov 29-Dec 6

GoGetEmTigers — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:44:27 GMT

Tigers Fantasy Cruise

Presented by Holland America Line and Cruise Holidays

November 29 - December 6, 2008

Set sail and celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the 1968 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers! Join Tigers greats Willie Horton, Jim Price, John Hiller and Dick McAuliffe on an eight day, seven night stay onboard the Holland America Line's new MS Eurodam and:

* Enjoy Holland America's award-winning private island Half Moon Cay, and indulge in duty free ...

Guinea Pig killer

kharmon — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:17:56 GMT

So I had two guinea pigs and they learned how to escape. While I was at work last week My male crept through the gap in my bedroom door and my Dog played with him and killed him. He must have thought he was a baseball, (threw that in because this is a baseball site and all.) So I was really sad and the only thing I could think of to do was to go and buy two more. So now I have a female and two males and it's not really working. My female has been violated more times than I can count. Plus ...

Magglio Ord��ez - Detroit Tiger (2005-present)

GoGetEmTigers — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:08:30 GMT

Magglio Jose "Maggs" Ord��ez (IPA /or.ˈdon.jɛz/, or approximately "or-DOH-nyes") is a Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter born on 28 January 1974, in Coro, Venezuela who has played for the Chicago White Sox (1997-2004) and the Detroit Tigers (2005-). Ord��ez is exactly six feet tall and weighs 215 lb.

Career overview

Ord��ez hits the ball with authority to all fields. He has good strike-zone judgment and a short, quick stroke. ...

Vertigo (1958)

catbox_9 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:11:29 GMT

The American Film Institute says this is Hitchcock's best film and the 9th greatest movie ever. Other places don't put it quite that high, but most everyone agrees this is one of Hitchcock's best. Let's find out.

Fernando Rodney

gs78 — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:22:44 GMT

We need Rodney to get the job done in 2008!

Christian - Praise and Inspirational

GoGetEmTigers — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:07:19 GMT

Clumsy - Jason Castro (of American Idol 2008)

(singing for this church)

Hallelujah - Jason Castro - (of American Idol 2008)

Undo Me - Jennifer Knap

"I Can Only Imagine" - MercyMe

"Here Am I" - MercyMe (with special "We Will All Bow Down")

(hit song inspired by Isaiah 6.)

Word Of God Speak - MercyMe

Red + Blue make... teal

SoulRat — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:28:13 GMT

I decided to put a blue streak in my hair tonight, unfortunately I did this while drinking wine and can't figure out how to work the camera (I'll have to figure that out tomorrow). But it's not blue. It's green

When you have red hair, blue dye makes... teal Go

What it Means To Be A Christian.

GoGetEmTigers — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:29:58 GMT

Million Dollar Question

This song is "Yesterday's Glues" by Eleventyseven

Happy birthday TigerLily

catbox_9 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:29:57 GMT

Happy birthday!

Saving Junk

catbox_9 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:15:30 GMT

So I move out of my apartment in 3.5 weeks and I'm sort of packing up stuff since I have to go home every weekend. I'm also throwing stuff out which leads me to this.

I have TONS of notes from all the classes I've taken that I for some reason saved. I also have every graded exam/paper I've ever taken/written. Should I save them?

A word of advice (for the ladies only, I would hope lol)

SoulRat — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:23:20 GMT

Even though the bottle says it's perfectly fine, never ever put Nair under your arms. Ever.

Hello

You were in a car crash — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:59:21 GMT

My name is Sam

I was born in Detroit but I live in Arizona but I go to school in California

I am 20 years old

I got introduced to this site by Jose (it looks like atleast one of you know him)

I got informed that he deleted his account which sucks beacuse I don't really know anyone

Jose is gonna be fine

Twins acquire pitcher Eddie Guardado from Texas

bobrob2004 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:18:31 GMT

Twins acquire pitcher Eddie Guardado from Texas

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have acquired lefthanded pitcher Eddie Guardado from the Texas Rangers in exchange for righthanded pitcher Mark Hamburger.

Guardado, 37, was 3-3, 3.65 ERA (49.1 ip, 20 er) and converted all four of his save opportunities in 55 appearances for the Rangers this season. He allowed just three home runs while walking 17 and striking out 28, while holding opponents to a .220 ...

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

catbox_9 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:50:17 GMT

In a little over an hour Turner Classic Movies is going to show Hitchcock's original version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. This version stars Peter Lorre in his first-ever English-speaking role. It isn't as highly regarded as the 1956 version. This is the only film Hitchcock ever remade.

Miggy Bobblehead Night Sept. 3

laprimamirala — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:01:31 GMT

Does it REALLY look like him? Nope...the bobble is a lot thinner!

2008 Beijing Olympics Thread

catbox_9 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:21:45 GMT

Track the 2008 Olympics here.