1. Victor Martinez: Everything Detroit Tigers Thought He Would Be

    He can’t run, he can’t throw. He doesn’t hit with any authoritative power (anymore). All Victor Martinez does is beat you...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 344 reads 5 comments

  2. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 3-3 This week: MIN (Aug.15-17); CLE (Aug. 19-21) So, What Happened? It was a week where the Tigers could have put some significant space between themselves ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 390 reads 5 comments

  3. If Matthew Stafford Can't Stay Upright, Detroit Lions Can't Succeed in 2011

    The roster says that Matthew Stafford is a third-year NFL quarterback. Don’t believe everything that you read. Stafford is the Paper Lion, with apologies to George Plimpton...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 763 reads 6 comments

  4. Miguel Cabrera Is Letting Detroit Tigers Down, Just Like in 2009

    I guess I’m going to have to write this again. And I’m sure I’ll take heat for it—again. Miguel Cabrera is the most talented player the Tigers have had since Al Kaline retired...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 742 reads 20 comments

  5. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 4-2 This week: at Cle (Aug. 9-11); at Bal (Aug. 12-14) So, What Happened? The mantra at this time of the year, when a division is there to be won, is, “Just win two out of three, baby...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 345 reads 12 comments

  6. Detroit Tigers Are One Mini-Roll Away from Winning the AL Central

    Normally, a baseball division as wretched as the AL Central isn’t won, it’s just not lost. I’ve seen these divisional “races” before, played out in other years, in other divisions, in other leagues...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 732 reads 2 comments

  7. Detroit Pistons: New Coach Lawrence Frank Has Quite a Story, but Is He the One?

    They paraded another poor sap onto the lectern to be given his death sentence as the new head coach of the Detroit Pistons the other day...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 1,750 reads 11 comments

  8. Detroit Tigers Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Tigers

    Last week: 3-4 This week: TEX (8/2-4); at KC (8/5-7) So, What Happened? There was a week’s worth of drama on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 402 reads 7 comments

  9. Detroit Tigers GM Jim Campbell Turned Trash into Treasure in 1972

    It’s the summer of 1972 and Detroit Tigers general manager Jim Campbell is trying to squeeze one more championship out of the core of the bunch that won the World Series four years earlier...

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  10. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 4-2 This week: at CWS (7/25-27); LAA (7/28-31) So, what Happened? Boy, it’s nice to play the Minnesota Twins outside, eh? Their home dome advantage gone, the Twinkies are much easier pickings on the road...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 337 reads 8 comments

  11. PGA: Tiger Woods Just Not Relevant Anymore

    No one wins a golf tournament so much as they don’t lose it. It’s 72 holes of survival of the fittest, and he who makes the fewest mistakes comes out on top on Sunday afternoon...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 3,911 reads 54 comments

  12. Detroit Tigers: New X Factor Could Determine Whether They Win or Lose Division

    What do you think of the Detroit Tigers ’ new acquisition, brought in after the MLB All-Star break and in advance of the interleague trading deadline? Do you think he can provide ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 234 reads 2 comments

  13. Chris Osgood: Is He Worthy of the NHL Hall of Fame?

    The sure-fire Hall of Fame goalie was beginning to show his age. At 43, the Red Wings ’ netminder was battling the puck something awful, and the puck was winning...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 670 reads 28 comments

  14. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 1-2 This week: OAK (7/19-20); at Min (7/21-24) So, What Happened? The last thing this town needed, after all the talk over the All-Star break about the ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 292 reads 4 comments

  15. MLB Detroit Tigers: Is This the End of Brandon Inge's Career?

    It’s never easy to predict when a professional athlete will break down physically. Chalk it up to genetics perhaps. Some players are freaks of nature...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 1,074 reads 7 comments

  16. Former MLB Umpire Dave Pallone: Joe West Tends To Go Overboard

    Tigers manager Jim Leyland made some news last week when he voiced concern over the deteriorating relationship between players/managers and umpires, in the wake of being terrorized by Joe West’s crew in Anaheim...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 267 reads 0 comments

  17. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 4-3 This week: CWS (7/15-17) So, What Happened? The Tigers finally won a series! They beat the Royals in three of four games in Kansas City over the ...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 416 reads 13 comments

  18. Compared to Derek Jeter, Al Kaline's Quest for 3,000 Hits Done in a Vacuum

    The 39-year-old outfielder reported to spring training in Lakeland, Fla. —except he was an outfielder in your heart only, and a designated hitter in your program. Al Kaline was prepping for his 22nd and final season as a Tiger...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 1,418 reads 19 comments

  19. Detroit Tigers Firing of Pitching Coach Rick Knapp a Move Worth Trying

    When Curtis Granderson was in Detroit flailing away futilely as a Tiger against left-handed pitchers, the cries for the head of batting coach Lloyd McClendon were aplenty...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 1,038 reads 2 comments

  20. Chris Osgood: Detroit Red Wings Goalie Unlikely to Go Gently into Retirement

    If Red Wings GM Kenny Holland were afforded the luxury of managing his roster strictly by heart and by emotion, there’s no question that Chris Osgood would be the team’s backup goaltender for 2011-12 until proven otherwise...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 1,670 reads 24 comments

  21. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 3-4 This week: at LAA (7/4-6); at KC (7/7-10) So, What Happened? Hurricane New York Mets blew through Comerica Park on Tuesday and Wednesday, after the ...

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  22. Mark Howe: Proof That Mr. Hockey's Genes Were Pretty Strong, After All

    Mark Howe and Jesus Christ have a lot in common; they’re both sons of gods who did pretty well in carrying on the family tradition...

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  23. Alex Avila of the Detroit Tigers Proving April Fools Were Wrong

    Now I know why they call April 1, April Fool’s Day. For that was the date, after just one game had been played in the 2011 season, that sports talk radio was lit up with ...

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  24. Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit Tigers

    Last week: 3-3 This week: TOR (6/27); NYM (6/28-30); SF (7/1-3) So What Happened? First, MMM apologizes for the brevity of this week’s edition, as real life reared its head today...

    Greg Eno Written by Greg Eno about almost 2 years ago 374 reads 4 comments

  25. Detroit Tigers: Retiring Sparky Anderson's Number Nice, but Late

    Posthumously is an empty word, full of regret. It’s a parade rained on; a celebration muted. Someone’s being honored in death, and so often the death wasn’t too long prior to the honoring...

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