Now that we are a week away from Opening Night and real, live, counts-in-the-standards baseball, it’s time to take a quick look at how our heroes have been looking this spring. Granted, spring is a fickle beast and exhibition games aren’t the best judge of things but it’s been a pretty slow start for one guy in particular… (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘nate robertson’
Struggles? What struggles? – A Brief Rundown of This Week’s Calamities
Posted in big tilde, detroit tigers, dontrelle willis, jerkwheat, jim leyland, magglio ordonez, nate robertson, nightmare fuel, partly non-oblivious update, quiet sundays can be grand, spring training, tagged dontrelle willis, Injuries and Other Piccadillos, Jeremy Bonderman, jerkwheat, Joel Zymaya, nate robertson, The Big Tilde, Tire Fire FTW on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friends of the Big Tilde – Starting Pitching and other Ailments
Posted in actual reporting, detroit tigers, dontrelle willis, jerkwheat, nate robertson, spring training, tagged Armando Galarraga, dontrelle willis, Edwin Jackson, Jeremy Bonderman, justin verlander, nate robertson, Pray For Rain, Rick Knapp, Rick Porcello, Starting Pitching Woes, Zach Miner on February 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
74-88.
Yes. You know exactly what that number means. Heck, reversing that number would have still been a disappointment heading into the 2008 season. Sure, the Tigers didn’t have the 1000 run offense that was predicted, but the 824 they did score wasn’t awful and was good for fourth in the AL. It was the 857 runs allowed, good for 3rd worst in the AL, that ultimately undid the 2008 Pre-Season Paper World Series Champion Detroit Tigers. Granted, we can look to the disastrous bullpen for a lot of the responsibility, but the terrible seasons endured by all but one of the starting pitchers can not be ignored. Can we expect things to change? I think we’re all expecting improvement, but how much improvement will likely depend on the works of this gentleman… (more…)
Keepers Of The Big Tilde
Archives
- June 2009 (1)
- May 2009 (3)
- April 2009 (17)
- March 2009 (5)
- February 2009 (4)
- November 2008 (1)
- September 2008 (3)
- August 2008 (10)
- July 2008 (15)
- June 2008 (32)
- May 2008 (21)
- April 2008 (28)
- March 2008 (5)
- February 2008 (3)
- November 2007 (1)
- September 2007 (11)
- August 2007 (11)
Recent Comments
TrongeErego on A Timely Posting for Tonight… soypesish on A Timely Posting for Tonight… tokajhtc on A Timely Posting for Tonight… zmicier on A Timely Posting for Tonight… LobsterBubster on A Timely Posting for Tonight… Email The Big Tilde
Follow TBT on Twitter!
