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Like Stripes on the Fur Coat of a Tiger - 04/06

  Check out this quote on the Tigers from Dan Graziano's Sunday Notes column in the Newark Star-Ledger:

"They look real slow," said the scout, requesting anonymity because of the protocol that prohibits members of his profession from publicly discussing players on other teams.  "If they're not hitting home runs, it's going to be tough for them to do much in terms of manufacturing runs, because it's all station-to-station."

The same scout acknowledged, however, that Curtis Granderson's return would bring some speed back to the lineup.

  At Tiger Tales, Lee writes a reassuring post about the Tigers' poor start.  But I'm hoping it's the last of the "bad starts don't mean bad seasons" posts and articles that we've been seeing over the past few days.

  Were the Tigers "disinterested" in their three games against Kansas City?  That's the adjective Mike Boddicker used when the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo asked him about the Royals' impressive start.

  There's a bit of gloating in Chris De Luca's recall of the White Sox backing off their pursuit of Miguel Cabrera when the Marlins insisted that Dontrelle Willis also be included in any such deal.

When the White Sox were talking trade with the Florida Marlins to land power-hitting third baseman Miguel Cabrera, they balked at demands that they must take Willis in the package. Sox scouts had noticed a major dip in Willis' velocity last season, and the Sox had no interest.

  Blame it all on Rodney?  Jon Paul Morosi points out how much one injured shoulder can make an offseason strategy suddenly fall apart.

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Slow?

They are slow and do not think like a young team..Grandy, Thomas, Guillen, Pudge all have decent speed but that's about it. They rely on hitting. They need a lightening rod stuck up their a**.

by densogirl on Apr 6, 2008 12:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Forgot one!

Also, Sheff plays like a young man ie stealing bases, getting on base, running the bases. His mind is always in the game except for when he's injured, of course.

by densogirl on Apr 6, 2008 12:30 PM EDT   0 recs

Cards' fan here dropping over from

"Viva El Birdos"

Personally, I still like the Tigers. You have some young pitchers I dearly wish the Cardinals had, and I like your offense. I think Detroit will be fine, and I still pick them over Cleveland.

Ignore that fool from Chicago. It's way too early for anybody to be gloating. If the Cardinals would have had the prospects that you guys had, we would have been over Willis in a New York minute.

Good luck to the Tigers. We'll see you this year AGAIN in your park. (third year in a row) I did not know we had developed such a rivalry!

by tbell61 on Apr 6, 2008 1:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Thanks for stopping over

It's great to see people taking advantage of the new platform and heading over to other sites. VEB has a strong community, and I appreciate you stopping by. Looking forward to seeing you in June.

That IS interesting that the Tigers haven't been scheduled for a regular season trip to Busch Stadium. I think a lot of fans would enjoy making that road trip.

by Ian Casselberry on Apr 6, 2008 4:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"Slow" is the best description I've heard so far.

by bradm on Apr 6, 2008 2:07 PM EDT   0 recs

grammar cops

Somebody needs to tell Boddicker disinterested means unbiased. I guess that would be pretty bad if a team was unbiased, but I'm pretty sure he probably meant uninterested.

Okay, that's my quota for snide vocab comments for the month.

by mattintoledo on Apr 6, 2008 4:33 PM EDT   0 recs

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