Tigers All Over ESPN.com
By Blake VandeBunte • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: 2009 SeasonI get most of my general sports news from ESPN. I know, I know, it’s not very original. Howver, it is easy and they happen to employ some of my favorite baseball writers. On their MLB page today there is a feature piece from Jayson Stark and a blog entry from Rob Neyer about the Tigers. Take a peak:
From Stark’s “Tigers Pitchers Try To Rewrite Their Script:
A lot of pieces still have to fit together to get this team back to the precipice of greatness. But if that fire rages and it all clicks, the 2009 Tigers can still fulfill all the glorious predictions — of 2008.
From Neyer’s “Count on Tigers Being In the Mix in the AL Central”:
…the defense figures to be better, maybe a lot better (if Everett’s healthy and doesn’t non-hit himself out of the job). Last year the Tigers won 74 games but scored/allowed runs like a 78-win team. It’s not much of a leap from 78 to 81, and in the AL Central it’s just a slightly larger leap from 81 to contention.
On paper, the Tigers and their bloated payroll aren’t the best club in the division. But when August rolls around they’ll probably be in the mix.
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