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Shawn Roof Interview

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Baseball Zealot Radio chats with Tigers ‘07 draft pick and Flying Tiger Shawn Roof. Audio can be downloaded from their website.
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The results (and video) from my tryout are in…

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

One of my friends took some video of me in action at my tryout, which I was not aware of. Check out my fielding performance here:

I was very surprised at the number of hits my tryout post got and was pleased to see that it made Sports Illustrated’s site. I appreciate everyone who read the […]

LFTBlog in the news…

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

The article “Oh yeah, I tried out for the Tigers” posted on Monday night by contributor Kyle outlining his experience at the Tigers open tryout has drawn a lot of attention. First, throughout the blogosphere around the country, and then it was picked up by national outlets like Deadspin and Sports Illustrated. The blog has […]

Porcello pitching today!

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Rick Porcello is scheduled to pitch 2nd in the Detroit Tigers split-squad game today. The game starts at 1:05 and can be followed on MLB’s scoreboard.
- http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/scoreboard/index.jsp
- Rick’s first appearance
****UPDATE****
Rick’s day is over.
1st inning:
Infield single (could have been an error as throw got past Thames), single to center, double play ball, out at 2nd, error […]

Rosters projected by fellow blogger

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Eddie at Tiger Thoughts has submitted his projection for the Tigers rosters as well as the minor league teams. There are a few interesting tidbits, such as he agrees that Porcello will head to Lakeland. I’ve always had a lot of respect for his opinions so you should take a few minutes and look them […]

“Oh yeah, I tried out for the Tigers.”

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

As posted Monday, I decided to check out the Tigers open tryouts for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

The time was 8:38 AM. I climbed into my Chevy Tahoe with only one question on my mind: What am I doing? I have declined the opportunity for extra sleep in order to try out for a baseball team […]

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