Morning Prowl: Granderson really wanted to face Verlander
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 22, 2010 10:00 AM EDT
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PrintMLive's Dick Scanlon found an interesting story idea after the Tigers were rained out of their scheduled game against the Yankees on Sunday.
Curtis Granderson really wanted to face Justin Verlander. (This sounds kind of like those commercials on all the time for that video game, though honestly I remember the commercials a lot better than I remember which game they're for. They need more distinguishing titles.)
"It was going to be fun," Granderson said. "I only faced (Verlander) once, in a batting cage. It was in the first couple days of spring training when the guys are just getting their arms going and the catchers are telling you what pitches are coming
Other links of interest:
- Matt of Take 75 North shares his take on the recent roster cuts. He has the same questions I do about what the plan for SS Cale Iorg is in light of Audy Ciraco's deserved promotion to Double-A Erie.
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A Tigers preview at Hitting The Cutoff Man Blog on SportsFanLive.com
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Lynn Henning believes Dontrelle Willis's stats may look fine, but his stuff is lacking and that ultimately will cost him a spot in the Tigers' rotation and lead to his release.
- Billfer has a new post! A super-long Tigers season preview for Baseball Daily Digest.
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I think it is sad and poor reporting
that Henning did not mention WIllis’ numbers.
What is this? You can’t hide stats in baseball.
Not as a serious reporter!
Is Henning scared that if posts Willis’ era, his argument
is no longer legit?
Henning saying Willis will be cut
because he topped out at 89 during a start in which he suffered back spasms is just silly. Robertson and Bonine both routinely work in the 80s, but Henning says they make the team.
I have a much more detailed argument on my site
It's almost as if Henning wrote the bulk of this column weeks ago
And then the script didn’t proceed the way he thought it would (which is understandable), but he decided to publish it anyways.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 22, 2010 10:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Lots of sportswriters
are guilty of this. Why do you think we’re here, at sites like BYB and other blogs? Because Kurt and his colleagues do their homework, and base their writing off more than blind opinion. The only Henning articles I read are whatever is linked here.
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by handsomerob1 on Mar 23, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Henning = pompus moron
Ignore and delete. I can do his job just as well, just make arrogant predictions.
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by KidRick48 on Mar 22, 2010 11:24 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
^^this^^
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by Detroitchik on Mar 22, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
oops
**Grandy
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by Detroitchik on Mar 22, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't be silly
If JV was a letfy, you’d be right though.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 22, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I am not being silly
but we’ll all find out soon enough anyway.
Welcome to Detroit, NO sissies allowed
I have to agree...
I think JV will pwn Grandy in his first AB against him.
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3 pitch K
Curtis flailing at the curveball for the out. That’s my bet.
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by handsomerob1 on Mar 23, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know why I read his articles...
…I guess it’s because they are about the Tigers and I always make the stupid assumption that a professional writer will be reasonably well-informed. To me, reading Henning is like reading an article written by a die-hard fan…unfortunately, they are a fan of another sport in another region.
For what it's worth:
This question was tweeted to Jason Beck:
i’m assuming you’ve heard the rumors about D-Train being out of the rotation?
I’m hearing different. Bullpen injuries could change things too.
he’s more accurate than most want to admit, but not accurate enough.
He’s frustrating to be an apologist for because he’ll get things right time and time, then get hung up on something he should just drop, or say outlandish things.
You never know when the outlandish thing he says is actually going to happen or not. You cannot rule it out, nor can you really put great faith in it.
He’s entertaining and the Tigers media could use more people who do analysis and stuff like that. Things are a little too straight forward and the columnists in this town don’t give two shits about baseball, unfortunately.
But I guess that’s why so many people like to read the blog for accurate, non-biased commentary
He’s also a pretty nice guy, answers when you write him, did a long interview with me. So people got to separate the written word from the person, too.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 22, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
well I'm not sold he's a Tiger
and if he is, I don’t think he lasts as one.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Try to fool me a third time and I’m really sick of you.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 22, 2010 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
re: what kurt said
it is the 3rd time today I have done that hit the rec’d then forget to reply. forgive my oldness
Welcome to Detroit, NO sissies allowed
by Detroitchik on Mar 22, 2010 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
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