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The Wayne Fontes Experience
The Wayne Fontes Experience is a weblog featuring my uninformed, snarky, and completely biased blathering on Detroit sports. You may see the occasional pop culture rant and some lame attempts at humor, but mostly sports. I do ask readers to remember one thing..."In Detroit, you're with us, or we hate you."
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Tigers/Tribe thoughts: That was damn ugly
2008-04-18 05:40:00
Tonight's Tigers loss was bothersome, so I felt the need to say a little something.As I was hanging out at the Bless You Boys game thread (Check it out on game nights, you'll often find me over there) with some of Detroit's blogging riff raff (Kurt of Mack Avenue Tigers), the game quickly turned ugly for Tigers fans.Topic 1...//Big Al said in a Jerry Seindfeldian voice// What's up with Justin Verlander?! Seriously, what was the matter with Verlander? He couldn't find the plate with a seeing eye dog, GPS, Google Earth and a compass. I never, ever seen his so wild. You'd have though the D-Train was on the mound, when no one on the field is safe from taking a fastball to the noggin.Verlander's velocity was way down as well, down to the point of concern. He was rarely in the 97-98 MPH range, let alone triple digits. Verlander was in the low 90's with his fastball, making it much more hittable. Well, hittable when he was around the plate, which wasn't often.I'm not overly worked up yet. V ...
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FYI: Local blogger continues to make good
2008-04-18 04:51:00
I have a programming note for you. If you remember, Billfer, of the eponymous The Detroit Tigers Weblog, kicked radio ass talking Tigers with WDFN's Sean Baligian last week.Well, log into their web stream, or have your radios tuned into WDFN 1130 Friday morning at 10:35 , as Biller once again does us bloggers proud, talking Tigers with Baligian.I'll be listening to the Tigers "Outsider" insider, I suggest you do the same.
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Hasek or Osgood? TWFE makes the call!
2008-04-17 22:44:00
We all knew it was coming. It was unavoidable. The Red Wings have a goalie controversy on their hands. Should Mike Babcock stay with an obviously struggling Dominik Hasek, or go to his backup, who actually had a better overall regular season, All-Star Chris Osgood? Their playoff lives may depend upon whom the Wings have in goal Friday night against the Predators.As Hasek has lost the past 2 games, giving up too many "soft" goals, the cries for "OZZIE!" can be heard throughout Detroit. Wings fans are in crisis mode, at DEFCON 1, scared beyond belief another early round playoff knockout is on the horizon.So to ease everyone's fears, TWFE breaks down the 2 Detroit goalies.Hasek: Is one butterfly away from shredding his groin, likely for good.Osgood: Is one bouncing 90 foot shot away from knocking the Red Wings out of the playoffs.Hasek: Is a sure fire lock for the hockey hall of fame.Osgood: Is a sure fire lock for the puck bunny hall of shame.Hasek: His goaltending won the 2002 Stanley ...
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Housekeeping: Advertising, subject matter and you!
2008-04-16 23:36:00
Just a couple of housekeeping notes.I've been playing around with the sidebar and ads, as you may have noticed. I've become a member of the Yardbarker Blogger Network, along with Scalper.com joining on as an advertiser. I'm trying to generate a little extra revenue from the site, so you may see bits and pieces come and go, as I see what works, and what doesn't. But you would be doing me a solid if you did click on the ads occasionally. Let me say thank you in advance!I know content has been a tad sporadic lately, mostly due to my going through a slight creative drought. The biggest creative change being I've stopped the newspaper COTD and Above the Fold posts. I'm not sure if I'll bring them back, as I felt I was beginning to repeat myself, exhausting some subject matter. I don't want to be doing the same things, ranting about the exact same subjects over and over and over, as it bores you, and even worse, bores me.I'd rather do 1 or 2 quality posts on TWFE and SideLion Report in a da ...
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Please welcome Scalper.com as TWFE's newest advertiser!
2008-04-16 22:25:00
Ahem. I'd like your attention please!I'd like to introduce Scalper.com to the readers of The Wayne Fontes Experience. Please check out Scalper.com for your ticket needs. They have tickets available for all major sporting events, concerts, and theatrical productions, even those hard to get Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings playoff tickets!To find out more, just check out the Scalper.com links on the right sidebar.Thanks for reading TWFE, and please visit Scalper.com!
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Jim Leyland loses his cool, but is it too calculated to have an effect?
2008-04-14 21:16:00
After getting pasted by a total of 18-0 by the ChiSox over the weekend, nearly getting no-hit on Saturday, dropping their record to 2-10, Jim Leyland went postal/medieval/apeshit on the Tigers' collective asses yesterday. From all accounts, just as Roddy Piper skipped the bubblegum chewing, and went direct to the kicking of ass, so did the Marlboro Man.But will it make a difference? For Leyland to go off on his underachieving team, in a weird way, is actually preaching to the choir.Collectively, the Tigers have been saying all the right things, as they know they are playing with all the skill shown by an over 40 softball team in the middle of a kegger. They know the fans are beginning to turn on them. They know the media is making them out to be a laughingstock. They know that history is now fully against them. They know expectations were sky high, and if the season doesn't turn around soon, it's going to get real ugly, real quick, in Detroit.Even though the fans have been clamoring ...
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Solutions to the Tigers' bullpen issues
2008-04-12 00:00:00
What would I like to do with the Detroit Tigers bullpen?1. Just like the freaky little kid on The Twilight Zone episode, "It's a Good Life." I'd like to wish them away into the cornfield."You're a bad bullpen! A VERY BAD BULLPEN!"2. Stick my foot up their ass, ala the master of the "foot in the ass," Red Foreman3. "I'm Crushing their heads!" It might knock some control into them...4. As I said last night... The bullpen? "I'd blow 'em up good! Blow 'em up real good!""May the Good Lord take a likin' to ya, and blow ya up real soon!"Instead of taking the above advice, the Tigers called up Clay Rapada, and sent down Yorman Bazardo. Let's hope the Tigers' way works...
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Is a local blogger a budding "King of all media?"
2008-04-11 20:33:00
Billfer graced the WDFN airwaves today, talking Detroit Tigers with Sean Baligian this morning. The audio is up at DTW, I suggest you give it a listen. Billfer handled himself damn well, a credit to sports bloggers everywhere!Kudos go to WDFN, for realizing there are Detroit bloggers who are just as knowledgeable, if not more so, as members of the MSM.
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Red Wings, yes! Tigers, not again!
2008-04-11 05:57:00
I'll have more tomorrow, but here's my really quick and dirty thoughts about tonight's events...Tigers: 9 WALKS? 9 God damn walks! Count 'em, 123456789! You deserve to lose when you walk an entire baseball team! Good God damn Lord, the hitting is finally coming around, but the pitching? The bullpen? Just...Just...ARRRGH.I know it won't, and shouldn't, happen, but the way I'm feeling after watching tonight's bullpen debacle, I'd be happy if the Tigers took the sage advice of those famous film reviewers, Big Jim McBob and Billy Sol Hurok...The Tigers' bullpen? Blow 'em up good! Blow 'em up real good!Well, at least 1-8 is better than 0-9. I never, ever thought I'd write that line...Red Wings: Not the greatest performance, but I'll take a win to start the playoffs anytime. The ancient and insane Czech was quite good in net, with the only goal being scored was off of a deflection that bounced off who knows how many players in front of the net.Unfortunately, this was still your typical Red ...
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The national nightmare is over
2008-04-10 04:59:00
We can all breathe a sigh of relief.The Detroit Tigers are no longer winless.They beat the BoSox 7-2.Christ, this past week sucked. We can only hope the Tigers are done sucking.
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What to do? What to do?
2008-04-10 03:02:00
As you may have read in my previous post, Charter had messed up the feed to FSD Plus tonight, leaving me unable to watch the Tigers take on the BoSox.I just flipped channels, as the Pistons are getting their asses handed to them in Philly, and there is the game!But I'm not going to watch. I want to watch, I'm dying to watch, but I'm not gonna do it! Not. Gonna. Do. it.The Tigers are winning with me listening to Dan Dickerson and the heavy breathing Jim Price, over the radio airwaves. In an attempt to help break the curse/losing streak, I'm going to remain a listener of 97.1 The Ticket. I'm sticking with Dan and Jim for the duration.Lord, this hope it works. I can't take much more of this losing streak...
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Answering Mack Avenue Tigers' semi-rhetorical questions!
2008-04-10 02:49:00
Just like last season, with the Tigers playing their first game of the season on Fox Sports Detroit Plus, Charter is screwing up the feed, and giving me nothing but a black screen. God damn Charter still hates me!As I'm stuck listening to the Tigers game, and Jim Price's heavy breathing, over terrestrial radio, and watching an absolutely meaningless Pistons game on the main FSD feed with the sound turned down, I figured it would be a good time to post. But what?I've been waiting for a round of Lynn Henning's burning questions, but the News hasn't started their weekly Tigers Extra section, so no questions. Then I remembered over at Mack Avenue Tigers, in a fit of pique, Kurt posted several meant to be rhetorical questions in frustration over the Tigers start.Boy howdy, I got me some questions!So let's answer some of Lynn Henning's burning questions of Kurt Mensching's semi-rhetorical questions!1. WHAT THE SAM HELL IS GOING ON??!I DON'T KNOW! I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW! GOD AS MY WITNESS, ...
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Things LESS painful than the Detroit Tigers' 7 game losing streak
2008-04-09 02:43:00
Just how painful has the Tigers' start to the 2008 season been? More painful than the following life events...Big Al's Personal Levels of PAINLevel 1: A one hop ground ball drilling me in the mouth while playing 1st base in Babe Ruth league. (I was still better with the glove and feet at 1st than Carlos Guillen though! I knew enough TO NOT STRADDLE THE FUCKING BASELINE!)Level 2: Being on the receiving end of an elbow to the jaw while rebounding a missed shot in high school. (Inside my rattled brain, it sounded like a baseball bat hitting a ripe watermelon. Talk about seeing stars. I saw the fucking Crab Nebula!)Level 3: Swinging shut a large safe door on my hand back in my retail management days. (Folks, that HURT! My employees said they heard my bellowing all the way at the front of the store.)Level 4: Badly burning my forearm with a blazing hot heat gun during those same retail days. (It was sheer stupidity on my part. I still have the scar to remind me of that stupidity!)Level 5: Su ...
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Thoughts running thru my my mind as the Tigers' season withers on the vine
2008-04-08 22:12:00
Is the headline a bit of an overreaction? Probably. But don't tell me you aren't thinking the same thing.As I watch the Tigers' bats continue to struggle (Dice-K is dominating for the BoSox through 5 innings. Thing is, he's not good enough to lights out), it's become clear that the team wide hitting slump is the biggest issue for the Tigers thru the 6 game (Likely to be 7 game after today) losing streak.The batters are pressing, making things worse. The pitchers, knowing they are going to get little in the way of run support, are pressing, making things worse. The defense, knowing they have no room for error, are pressing, thus making errors. (2 so far today)Everything looks worse when you aren't hitting. EVERYTHING.But what can you do? Make changes? Bench a few players? Get serious, what would you change? How could you change it? Meaning Jim Leyland is stuck in a bad place. These are GOOD to GREAT players. You can't bench them. It would reek of panic, and who, exactly, would you repl ...
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EVERYBODY PANIC!!! - What in the Hell is happening to the Detroit Tigers edition
2008-04-07 06:01:00
As I write this, the Tigers are well on their way to a 6th straight loss (It's over, the ChiSox win going away, 13-2).In fact, Sunday's nationally televised game embarrassment may be the worst of the losses. Verlander had far from his best stuff, the bats are still swinging the way Matt Millen drafts (Badly, and without a clue), the bullpen not pouring gasoline on a White Sox rally, but preferring to use jet fuel instead, and Carlos Guillen apparently forgetting how to properly use a baseball glove.Jesus HGD Christ, I think it's safe to say this was the worst loss of the season. (Never thought I'd be writing that less than a week into the 2008 season...)As for the Tigers' season to this point? It's been ugly. Horrifically ugly. Embarrassingly ugly. Uglier than a Lindsey Lohan coke bender. But is it time to panic?As pissed as I am by the Tigers' all around performance (Bad at bats, mental mistakes, a general malaise and questionable managing), and I was seeing red again tonight, it's o ...
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TWFE's 3rd annual "Rod Allen: A running diary"
2008-04-04 21:41:00
As I've done this twice in the past, and the Tigers are a mighty 2-0 whenever I do a Rod Allen running diary, it seemed like the appropriate time to fire up the blog, and get the Tigers their first win of the 2008 season.Thus, it's our 3rd "Rod Allen: a running diary."As always, you never know what the Tigers' color analyst is going to spew, but much more often than not, it's hugely entertaining.Pregame: The topic du jour is Gary Sheffield's finger injury. Rod is concerned, and lightly chides the "big and strong and physical Gary" for sliding head first into 2nd base.Top of the 1st inning: Rod informs us Nick Swisher walked 100 times last season, but he will "swing and miss, too!" Good to know, as Swisher immediately strikes out swinging! Rod has ESP?Nate Robertson is on the mound for Detroit, Rod tells us Nate is liked by the Tigers. Why else would they have given him a 3rd year deal, Rod?Rod points out the Jim Thome shift with some nifty telestrator use, as Thome rips a double to ri ...
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Housekeeping: Something that may interest you
2008-04-02 03:58:00
I've avoided doing much cross posting between SideLion Report and TWFE, but I'm making an exception with this post. I wanted to announce the creation of a new forum at SLR to talk Detroit Lions. In fact, Fan Sided Blogs have created forums for every NFL franchise, for those of you who have given up on the Lions, and look elsewhere for your NFL fix.So please feel free to stop by the SLR forums, and vent about the team you hate to love, and love to hate, the Ford business that is in even worse shape than FoMoCo itself, Detroit Lions. Even if it's only to say hey, hello, yo buddy or even screw you, ya know nothing blogger! Whatever works...Thanks for reading!
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Posting called on account of Tiger baseball!
2008-03-31 15:00:00
The brother-in-law and myself will be dodging raindrops and sipping beers in downtown Detroit today. We'll be at the all but official state of Michigan holiday known as Tigers opening day!I'm not sure exactly where we'll be sitting, as the bro-in-law has flipped a pair of SRO tickets for a pair supposedly in the lower deck down one of the baselines. At least that's what I've been told... No matter where we end up sitting, opening day is always a cool thing to experience.Here's hoping for nice weather, warm temps, cold beer, and a Tigers victory!
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Podcast roundtable alert!
2008-03-30 23:58:00
I was asked by Mike McClary, of The Detroit Tigers Podcast, The Daily Fungo, and Baseball Blend fame, to participate in an opening day eve roundtable discussion about, who else, but the Detroit Tigers.Joining Mike and myself were Ian Casselberry of Bless you Boys and Baseball Blend, and Mike's cohort at The Daily Fungo, John Milton.Thanks to Mike's ninja-like podcasting skills, the roundtable is up, and ready for download! I suggest you do so immediately...
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The 2008 Detroit Tigers: Contenders or the team to beat? Part 5, the bullpen
2008-03-30 22:57:00
For those who you have may have missed part of my week long, half-assed, knee jerk, totally biased 2008 Detroit Tigers preview, just follow the links...Part 1: Starting outfield and DHPart 2: Starting infield and catcherPart 3: Starting pitchingPart 4: BenchIt being opening day eve, I've put off long enough my previewing the Tigers' possible Achilles heel, the bullpen. Let's dive into the shallow end, and hope we make it through without your blood pressure spiking, suffering heart palpitations or enduring acid reflux. If you can survive a Todd Jones save opportunity, you should be able to make it through this bullpen preview.BullpenBobby Seay: With the surprise release of Tim Byrdak, Seay is the lone left handed pitcher in the Tigers' 2008 bullpen. He's was well used, and quite effectively at that, as the LOOGY, the lefty one out guy, in 2007. Seay did fairly well against right hand bats, who hit him at a .250 clip, but did very well facing lefties, who hit only .206. As long as the Ti ...
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Introducing your 2008 Detroit Tigers!
2008-03-29 06:51:00
The Marlboro Man announced the Tigers' 25 man roster tonight. It's official, Clete Thomas is a Detroit Tiger, while Dane Sardinha's major league hopes were dashed.Here's the 25 man roster that will start the season Monday...Starting pitchers:Justin VerlanderKenny RogersJeremy BondermanNate RobertsonDontrelle WillisNo surprises here, as we all knew these 5 would make up the rotation once the trade with the Marlins was made official.Bullpen:Todd JonesDenny BautistaJason GrilliZach MinerBobby SeayYorman BazardoAquilino LopezNothing exciting, as it was almost assured in the final week of spring training Bazardo and Lopez would take the final 2 spots. Still, now that we know who exactly is in the bullpen, anyone else get damn nervous? Really nervous?Catcher:Ivan RodriguezIt's strange seeing just one full time catcher on the roster. Brandon Inge is your backup. He must be thrilled...Infielders:Carlos GuillenPlacido PolancoEdgar RenteriaMiguel CabreraRamon SantiagoAgain, no surprises here, as ...
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We'll soon find out if you really can go home again
2008-03-29 00:38:00
Darren McCarty hits the ice wearing a Red Wings sweater for the first time in 4 years tonight. In honor of Mac's return, I had to post video of the 2 biggest highlights of his Red Wings career.The cup clinching goal against the Flyers......and his beating Claude Lemieux to a bloody pulp. (Warning, the clip has a LOUD metal soundtrack)I sincerely hope it works out for Darren McCarty, I really, really do...
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The 2008 Detroit Tigers: Contenders or the team to beat? Part 4, the bench
2008-03-28 20:45:00
Before we start part 4, I'd be remiss in not linking to another Tigers preview underway at the Mickey Tettleton Memorial Overpass.Even though Beefshower listed me (!) as one of his enemies (Just who is on Beef's enemies list? Big Al, Jason Grilli, Lynn Henning, Sergei Kirov, Leon Trotsky, and Sovnarkom Molotov. I always thought I had something in common with Trotsky. We're both Marxists! I love "Duck Soup" and "A Night at the Opera!"), I have to say it's well worth reading. Such as his describing Gary Sheffield's base running smarts...It was like having Alex Sanchez again only exactly the opposite.Indeed...I've decided to save for last what concerns me the most, the bullpen. So part 4 of my half assed Detroit Tigers preview covers their bench.As I write this, Jim Leyland as yet to officially name the 25 man roster. Much as the final bullpen spot is still in the the air, which is another reason I'm holding off on the pen, the same can be said for the final position player on the roster ...
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The 2008 Detroit Tigers: Contenders or the team to beat? Part 3, starting pitching
2008-03-28 02:09:00
It's day 3 of TWFE's Tigers preview! Well, to be correct, evening 3! Though it's late, it's up! But I digress...One thing I'm finding as I write these previews is that it's difficult to be my normal smart assn self in regard to the Tigers.As you know by now, being a smart ass is right in my wheelhouse, my sweet spot. But the Tigers are too good to denigrate, too talented to rip on, too well run to criticize, unlike the team I revel in destroying, the Lions. I can't go for the cheap shot, the easy joke, as they aren't there with the Tigers. It's fun, but different, if that makes sense...So missing my snarky asshatery or not, let's move on to part 3.Starting pitchingJustin Verlander: What superlatives are there left to say when it comes to Verlander?They have have all been used, and then some, to describe the Tigers unquestioned number 1 starter. Verlander is everything we fans hoped Jeremy Bonderman would be. An elite number 1 starter, a top of the rotation stud, a Cy Young winner in ...
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The 2008 Detroit Tigers: Contenders or the team to beat? Part 2, starting infield and catcher
2008-03-26 21:50:00
It's day 2 of my Detroit Tigers preview, "Contenders or the team to beat?"Actually, I hate to call it a preview, as I don't consider myself an expert. I'm no sabermatician, far from it. I'm not qualified to judge talent. I'm prone to give knee-jerk, often inflammatory, sometimes asinine, opinions.I'm just a long time fan with a blog, who watches all the games and knows baseball pretty damn well. So take my opinions with a large grain of salt. Several, in fact. Hell, just empty your salt shakers...With that out of the way, let's move on with part 2.CatcherC - Pudge Rodriguez: To put it bluntly, Pudge was not very good in 2007. He put up an abysmal OBP, his power stats were down, and was average, at best, defensively. Pudge undeservedly made the AL All-Star team on name and momentum alone. Overall, his 2007 season was, results-wise, very close to his 2005, when Rodriguez spent more time undermining the authority of then manager Alan Trammell, than producing on the field.There were no lo ...
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The best news I heard all day...
2008-03-25 23:45:00
...Wasn't the signing of Miguel Cabrera becoming official. Definitely good news, but not the best.Nor was it the arraignment of Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick this afternoon on multiple charges of perjury, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct. The sooner lying SOB is out of office, the better it is for not just the city, but for all of Michigan.As good as those stories were, there was an even better one. In fact, the best news I heard all day was found in a throw away line in a Danny Knobler article at Mlive. Jim Leyland says there are two roster spots up for grabs, and a certain someone isn't getting one of them.Leyland said he has already told Timo Perez and Mike Hessman that they won't be on the opening day roster.Hell yes!I'm thrilled the Marlboro Man heard my cries of Timo anguish, recognized my tears of Perez caused sorrow. The Tigers have no need for a 30-something never-gonna-be wasting space on the roster.Remember folks, "Say no to Timo!"
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The 2008 Detroit Tigers: Contenders or the team to beat? Part 1, starting outfield and DH
2008-03-25 21:01:00
With the true opening day for MLB being less than a week away (and it looks as if I'll be in attendance next Monday), it's well past time I started talking Detroit Tigers. Which means it's time for my TWFE Tigers preview.In past years, I'd squeeze my Tigers thoughts into 2 or 3 season preview posts. I've learned my lesson. Rather than give myself both a splitting headache, and carpel tunnel, with massive, novel length previews, I'm breaking my thoughts up into 5 smaller pieces. Starting outfield and DH, starting infield and catcher, starting pitching, relief pitching, and the bench. It'll be easier to read, and easier to write. We cool? Good.Let's get started...Starting outfieldLF - Jacque Jones: If I told you the Tigers left fielder would put up a stat line of 21 HR's, 80 RBI, .280 AVE, .325 OBP, .455 SLG, and K 119 times, you'd think I was talking about the Tigers opening day left fielder in 2007, Craig Monroe. Well, those are the career average stats of the 2008 starter in left fiel ...
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Pros and cons: Miguel Cabrera's contract
2008-03-24 20:24:00
The big news in Detroit this past weekend was the Tigers and Miguel Cabrera agreeing in principal to an 8 year, $152 million plus contract. For the most part, the contract has received nothing but praise. The Tigers have the best young player in baseball locked up through the prime of his career.But signing anyone long-term, no matter how good he may be, has risks. Even a player with hall of fame talent has issues. So it seemed like a good time to bring out a TWFE staple, pros and cons.Now that Cabrera is as rich as Scrooge McDuck,which player will we see for the next 8 seasons?Skinny Miggy?Or chubby Miggy?Only time, and Jenny Craig, will tell...Pro: At an average of $19 million a year, in comparison to the money given to a much older A-Rod, Cabrera's deal could be considered a below market contract.Con: It's insane when $19 million per anything is considered "below market."Pro: Cabrera is only 24, and likely to get even better.Con: Cabrera was a fat 23, and there is the chance he'll g ...
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A memo to the sports blogosphere
2008-03-24 18:15:00
To: Sports bloggersFrom: Big Al @ the Wayne Fontes ExperienceRe: NCAA bracketsAs one of your own, I'm going to be truthful because it's for your own good.So you are a blogger who picked Davidson to make the Sweet Sixteen? Had Duke getting knocked off in the first weekend? Called Sparty's tourney run? Your Final four picks are still alive? Congratulations! Good for you.Just keep this in mind. I don't care. Sure, we all did brackets, be it online, in the office, at your corner bar with your buddies. Filling out NCAA brackets is the American way. But there is no such thing as "bracketology." It's pure, unadulterated, bullshit fueled by MSM hype.I honestly don't give a shit...No, make that two shits...how good or bad your NCAA brackets turned out. You are in the 90th percentile? I have no interest whatsoever. Picked every upset in the first two rounds? Big fucking deal. You aren't some bracket savant, you got damn lucky.We all hear the stories on the Monday after the first weekend. There' ...
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Leyland's gut, Cabrera's wallet, and Granderson's finger all make headlines
2008-03-23 21:58:00
It was a news filled 24 hours for the Detroit Tigers.Yesterday began with the latest nugget of wisdom from the Marlboro Man. The Tigers' skipper claimed his "gut was telling him" a trade would be made for a relief pitcher before opening day. Jim Leyland had no other details of names or teams, just the churning of his gut.It wasn't Leyland's get telling him a trade was on the way,it was his larynx saying "Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!"If you rule out Leyland's gut feeling wasn't indigestion, hunger pangs or appendicitis, this was good news. The bullpen has begun to give we fans a gut feeling, but of one closer to nausea.A little after 10 PM last night, as I was watching Sparty take Pitt to the woodshed in the NCAA's, my RSS feed reader was bombarded by posts from the Tigers bloggers en masse. The news had broken that Miguel Cabrera had agreed to a long (8 years) and expensive ($153+ million) contract extension.As the smoke cleared, details emerged. The deal includes the one year, $11.3 mill ...
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