2009 world baseball classic Stories - SB Nation
Morning Prowl: No Hits, Porcello's Pitch Count, Bell's Beer, and Mauer's Back
It's not that big a deal that the Tigers were no-hit in yesterday's game, is it? Okay, it's embarrassing. Fortunately, with Team USA and Venezuela both losing in the WBC semi-f...
Morning Prowl: Guillen Plays Third, Not Fab Freddy, Tales from Lakeland, and Love for Relievers
Who was that at third base for Team Venezuela last night? Carlos Guillen? Didn't he say he'd only play left field in the WBC? Giving his country what it needed, Guillen agreed...
Morning Prowl: Booing Maggs, Watching Rincon, and Tracking Pudge
For a more "on the scene" account of Venezuelan fans in Miami booing Magglio Ordonez, check out Ken Davidoff's column for Newsday. How will those same fans treat Maggs tonight? Ye...
Morning Prowl: Porcello, Videos, Relievers, and Old-Time Baseball
Mike Berardino of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel talks to assistant general manager about Al Avila about the growing phenomenon that is Rick Porcello. Once again, the comparison with Josh...
Morning Prowl: Netherlands, Tryouts, Dinners, and Porcello
Last night's thrilling victory by the Netherlands over the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic had a slight Tigers flavor to it. Not only was Randall Simon the starting ...
WBC Open Thread: USA vs. Venezuela
You know, it just occurred to me that maybe we should have an Open Thread for tonight's USA vs. Venezuela World Baseball Classic game, considering that four Detroit Tigers are playing. Miguel C...
Open Thread: Tigers Tickets and World Baseball Classic
As we did last year when Tigers single-game tickets went on sale, we're opening up a thread for you to share your ticket-buying experiences. Beginning at 10 a.m. today, you had your shot. Did y...
Venezuela's WBC Uniforms Look Familiarly Average
Just out of curiosity, what came to your mind when you saw the uniforms Venezuela would be wearing for the 2009 World Baseball Classic? If you're unfamiliar, here's a photo of Miguel Cabrera and...
Morning Prowl: Bad Contracts, Low Readings, Twitter, and April in the D
How many bad contracts are the Detroit Tigers carrying? Tim Dierkes named what he believes to be the 45 worst deals in baseball, and five Tigers are on the list: Gary Sheffield, Jeremy Bo...
Morning Prowl: Porcello, D-Train, Larish, and... Borowski?
Baseball America has released its list of Top 100 prospects. Rick Porcello's name doesn't pop up until #21, however. (Cameron Maybin is #8.) If Dontrelle Willis lo...
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