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The Mets Narratives: Apocalypse or Benny Hill
On Friday, Ken Rosenthal reported that Jose Reyes had met with feared uber-agent Scott Boras, presumably to discuss switching representation. This set in motion a series of events that seemed as if they were laboratory engineered just to anger me. They were also representative of how, far too...
Mets Get All A-Twitter
Over the weekend, the Mets announced they would no longer allow tweeting during Terry Collins' press conferences. Ironically, I first heard about this news via Twitter, which is the best demonstration of why this is a short-sighted idea. The news came as a surprise to me. Under the new Sandy...
Five Questions: The Dallas Morning News's Richard Durrett
With the Tigers in Arlington to play the Rangers, we're playing "Five Questions" with Richard Durrett of the Dallas Morning News' Rangers Blog to learn a little bit about the opposition. Of course, you might remember the Rangers as the team that's lost 11 straight in Detroit. Actually, Richard...
How Are the Mariners Doing It?
As miserable as last season was for the Detroit Tigers, they played well against the Seattle Mariners. Considering the M's lost 101 games, that's nothing to boast about. But the Tigers still finished 7-3 versus the Mariners last year, their best mark against any American League team. Yet coming...
Morning Prowl: Fake Grandy, Panic Buttons, Inge's Walks, and Posnanski's Rule
In his weekly post for Big League Stew, Curtis Granderson shares several stories he's heard about people pretending to be him or lying about talking to his representatives. And he's right; people shouldn't do that. But Fake Clete Thomas sure had an Happy Easter. Jeff Passan thought it might...
Five Questions: MLB.com's Jordan Bastian
As we did last year, we wanted to open the new season by talking to someone who covers the Detroit Tigers' Opening Day opponent. Last year, Sam Mellinger and Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star helped us out. This year, MLB.com's Blue Jays beat writer Jordan Bastian took some time out for us en...
Off-Day Open Thread
Once again, we're kicking back on an off-day with things looking and feeling pretty good. The Tigers had a 4-2 west coast road trip, they're three games under .500, and five games out of first in the AL Central. Plus, they have six more games of Interleague Play (though the Cardinals should...
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