http://tomferda.com Sportswriter Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:48:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/ http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:31:30 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=12 DETROIT - Witnessing the demolition of Detroit's historic ballpark, Tiger Stadium, is like attending the burial of a loved one. While we cannot stop death from consuming one's final breath and beat of a heart, we can never allow it to pilfer the memories. At the corner of Michigan and Trumbull, demolition experts and heavy machinery continue to flatten Tiger Stadium, one beam and support at a time. Those bulldozers may rip the concrete and riveted steel girders out of that structure and bury it in a nearby landfill, but it will never purge the heart and soul out of that ballpark.]]> http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/feed/ 0 http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-historys-most-bizarre-moment/ http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-historys-most-bizarre-moment/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:18:31 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=532 On August 19, 1951, the Detroit Tigers played the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis in a game that many believe provided one of the most bizarre moments in MLB history. During the second game of a double-header, Brown’s owner Bill Veeck inserted Chicago-born Eddie Gaedel into the line-up to pinch hit. Unusual? In [...]]]> http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-historys-most-bizarre-moment/feed/ 0 http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/demoted-francoeur-joins-dontrelle-willis/ http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/demoted-francoeur-joins-dontrelle-willis/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:08:46 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=101 Previously published in Baseball Digest Daily. DETROIT - This year, star MLB players are learning there are no guaranteed positions on the rosters. Despite receiving enormous salaries and long-term contracts, All-Star players and fan favorites are being forced to trade chartered flights to MLB cities for trips to away games on a bus. Dontrelle Willis (29 million over three years) discovered that in June when the Detroit Tigers sent the All-Star left-handed pitcher to their Single A affiliate in Lakeland. Willis was given that assignment after posting an 0-1 record with the Tigers over four starts, lasting a total of 11.1 innings. He experienced severe control problems in those games, walking 21 (almost two per inning average) and posting an ERA of 10.32.]]> http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/demoted-francoeur-joins-dontrelle-willis/feed/ 0