Tag Archives: Tigers

Three Homers for You, A Loss for your Team

Posted on 20 May, 2013 by Diane

Miguel Cabrera’s three-homer game last night was the 86th instance of a player hitting three or more homers in a contest that his team lost.  This is the second time Cabrera launched three homers in a loss.  Johnny Mize had … Continue reading →

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“Veteran” Teams

Posted on 10 November, 2012 by Diane

Veteran’s Day is here, and the VORG is celebrating by highlighting the oldest teams (relative to league-average age) since 1901.  Listed below are the ten teams with the biggest difference between their average age “TmAge” and the league average that … Continue reading →

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The VORG 2012 World Series Preview

Posted on 23 October, 2012 by Diane

Here’s some things you probably didn’t know about each member of the World Series teams (based on presumed rosters as of Tuesday afternoon). First up, the Tigers: Pitchers  Al Alburquerque : Has not allowed a homerun in his 56.2 inning … Continue reading →

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So Who You Got?

Posted on 23 October, 2012 by Diane
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Division of Labor(ing Teams) at Home

Posted on 29 April, 2012 by Diane

With play now completed for all AL Central teams today, their standings are as follows: Central W L PCT GB HOME ROAD Cleveland 11 9 .550 – 4-7 7-2 Chi WSox 11 11 .500 1 4-7 7-4 Detroit 11 11 … Continue reading →

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YOU get one hit … and YOU get one hit … and YOU get one hit

Posted on 28 April, 2012 by Diane

Friends of the VORG often pass along interesting factoids for me to pursue.  Such is the case with the strange event encountered by my friend Dan Wachtell (Met fan, Scrabble player and all-around good guy). Wednesday afternoon, Dan e-mailed me: … Continue reading →

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Are you ready for some football during the pennant races?

Posted on 11 September, 2011 by

With this being the opening weekend of the NFL, I thought we should find some football-type baseball scores.  So, after parsing out the Sunday games that feature multiples of 7s and 3s, here are the highest “football-like” scores in MLB … Continue reading →

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