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MLB and Postseason Video Review: Don't Do It!

Game five of last night’s ALCS game between the Yankees and Angels was fascinating not just because Los Angeles staved off elimination, doing it in comeback fashion late...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 month ago 46 reads 0 comments
Coming to a Bookstore Near You: Backstop

In early 2008, I completed Backstop: A Baseball Love Story In Nine Innings. Backstop is my fourth novel and now second to be published...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 month ago 32 reads 0 comments
Ernie Harwell: One Helluva Season

I heard the news last night, just prior to the Tigers-Rays game in Tampa: Ernie Harwell was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As cancers go, I understand this is one of nastiest. Inoperable...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 2 months ago 184 reads 4 comments
Why Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker Deserve to be in the Hall of Fame

I read the other day that Cal Ripken, Jr. said that Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker deserve to be in the Hall Fame as a tandem. I watched these two kids play their entire careers in Detroit...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 3 months ago 235 reads 4 comments
NASCAR: Here's the Answer to Preventing Another Daytona Debacle

It’s been a week since the last lap fiasco at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. If you missed it, here’s how it played out: Kyle Busch sailed past Tony Stewart on the next to last lap...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 4 months ago 626 reads 4 comments
Why Ty Cobb is the Greatest Ballplayer─Ever

Several years ago my ex-girlfriend (who at that time wasn’t sporting the “ex” prefix) asked me who I thought was the greatest ballplayer of all time...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 5 months ago 161 reads 4 comments
Detroit Tigers on Precipice, But to What?

With all the scuffling the Tigers have been doing this season, I was startled to learn that as of this final weekend in June they sport the third best record in the majors, behind only Boston in the AL East and Los Angeles in the NL West...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 5 months ago 149 reads 0 comments
MLB and Replay Review: Strange Keystone Combination

I was treated, twice in one game, to my first instances of umpire review of replays in a major league ballgame. The Tigers were playing the Brewers at Comerica Park when Miguel Cabrera launched ...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 5 months ago 31 reads 0 comments
Farewell Metrodome, and Good Riddance

The Minnesota Twins will open the 2010 baseball campaign at Target Field, and no one could be happier, other than the Detroit Tigers, than me to say farewell to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 6 months ago 161 reads 0 comments
Which is More Important: Baseball Skills or Athleticism?

I was watching the Tigers and Twins last night on the tube and I heard Rod Allen talking about how the Twins organization prefers to go after ballplayers rather than the better athletes. Initially, the comment puzzled me...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 7 months ago 61 reads 2 comments
Mitch Albom: Formula for Success?

I’ve been following Mitch Albom since 1985, when he was hired to replace Mike Downey as lead sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 7 months ago 54 reads 0 comments
What's Up With Justin Verlander?

A lot of Tigers fans are, like me, frustrated over Verlander’s performance so far this young season, part of which is rooted in last season’s oh-fer April. Despite a winning career record (46-36), he’s going in the wrong direction...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 7 months ago 122 reads 1 comments
Hall of Famer George Kell Dies: Long Live the Heroes of Yesteryear

I never had the pleasure of seeing George Kell play, but I know he played for my beloved Detroit Tigers between 1946 and 1952 and beat out Ted Williams for the batting title in 1949, going two for three in his final game while Williams went oh-fer...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 8 months ago 55 reads 2 comments
Detroit Tigers Scouting Report 2009

The Super Bowl is past and on February 2, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, so I’m assured of at least ten more weeks of hockey...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 9 months ago 230 reads 0 comments
Lions achieve immortality through perfection

No NFL team has ever gone through an entire season without scoring a win. Until 2008. Last season the New England Patriots finished their season a perfect 16-0 only to cap it off with a disappointing loss in the Super Bowl...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about 11 months ago 109 reads 3 comments
Detroit Lion's Firing of Matt Millen Changes Nothing

They were dancing in the streets the morning after William Clay Ford, Sr. fired Lion’s General Manager Matt Millen...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 342 reads 5 comments
Detroit Tigers 2008 Report Card Dismal

In a sense, the 2008 baseball campaign was, for Detroit Tigers’ fans, more disappointing than those of recent years when they lost one hundred or more games...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 148 reads 0 comments
Major League Pitchers Need Help as Staffs Strain for Innings

I’m taken by the large number of pitchers who can’t seem to pitch beyond the sixth inning before being pulled due to a high pitch count this year, high being considered 100 pitches...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 360 reads 2 comments
Tigers Woefully Underachieving

The Detroit Tigers continue to limp through August, their playoff hopes all but mathematically erased. Their season got off to a dismal 0 and 7 start, with center fielder Curtis Granderson on the disabled list for nearly all of April...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 122 reads 0 comments
Ted Williams: the Splendid Splinter

There will never be a hitter like Ted Williams. In his 21-year big league career, he twice won the American League MVP, led the league in batting six times, and twice won the Triple Crown (most home runs, most runs batted in, and highest batting average).

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 510 reads 0 comments
McGwire’s Single Season Mark One for the Ages ─ Not!

Barry Bonds last year broke Hank Aaron’s career home-run record and did it on steroids. Is it any wonder he never received a congratulatory call from Aaron? Outside of San Francisco, the ...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 291 reads 1 comments
Detroit Tigers: A Puzzling Season

Tigers team continues to confound fans and experts alike.

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 501 reads 1 comments
Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings

For the first time anywhere, an excerpt from my forthcoming novel, “Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 376 reads 0 comments
Detroit Tigers: Opening Day

For, lo, the winter is past,The rain is over and gone;The flowers appear on the earth;The time of the singing of birds is come,And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land...

Written by J. Conrad Guest about about 1 year ago 1,346 reads 0 comments

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J. Conrad Guest Article Archive

MLB and Postseason Video Review: Don't Do It!

Coming to a Bookstore Near You: Backstop

Ernie Harwell: One Helluva Season

Why Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker Deserve to be in the Hall of Fame

NASCAR: Here's the Answer to Preventing Another Daytona Debacle

Why Ty Cobb is the Greatest Ballplayer─Ever

Detroit Tigers on Precipice, But to What?

MLB and Replay Review: Strange Keystone Combination

Farewell Metrodome, and Good Riddance

Which is More Important: Baseball Skills or Athleticism?

Mitch Albom: Formula for Success?

What's Up With Justin Verlander?

Hall of Famer George Kell Dies: Long Live the Heroes of Yesteryear

Detroit Tigers Scouting Report 2009

Lions achieve immortality through perfection

Detroit Lion's Firing of Matt Millen Changes Nothing

Detroit Tigers 2008 Report Card Dismal

Major League Pitchers Need Help as Staffs Strain for Innings

Tigers Woefully Underachieving

Ted Williams: the Splendid Splinter

McGwire’s Single Season Mark One for the Ages ─ Not!

Detroit Tigers: A Puzzling Season

Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings

Detroit Tigers: Opening Day

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