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May 31, 1935 Tigers 6, Browns 5 (20-17)

Things looked pretty grim for the Tigers as they entered the bottom of the ninth down by a score of 5-1. Browns starter Bob Wellend walked the first three batters he faced in the ninth, and it even more downhill from there. The bulk of the damage was done by Goose Goslin, who had a bases clearing pinch hit double.

The Tigers managed only six hits, but they drew seven walks. Rookie Joe Sullivan threw just well enough to keep the Tigers in the game as he gave up four runs, seven hits and five walks through eight innings.

May 30, 1935 Browns 10, Tigers 7 (18-17)

The Browns outslugged the Tigers in the first game of this doubleheader. Elden Auker was chased out of the game after the Browns put up five runs in the sixth inning. The pen didn’t fair much better in the next inning as they gave up three more to put the Browns into double figures.

Charlie Gehringer had a big game as he went two for five with a homerun and three RBIs. Mickey Cochrane and Jo Jo White also had two hits.

May 30, 1935 Tigers 2, Browns 0 (19-17)

Tommy Bridges pitched a gem to earn the win. He really picked up the hitters, who managed only two runs on seven hits. Bridges shutout the Browns on only three hits. While he gave up three walks, he did strike out five. Hank Greenberg drove in both of the Tiger’s runs, while Jo Jo White scored them both.

A huge crowd came out to see the defending American League champs play as 38,000 showed up at Navins Field. The crowd overflowed onto the field, forcing the umpires to institute ground rules. To make matters worse, more then 10,000 fans didn’t even get into the ball park, and several fans were given their money back because they couldn’t see the action with such a large crowd.

May 28, 1935 Tigers 8, Yankees 3 (18-16)

Hank Greenberg had a monster game. He hit his tenth and eleventh homers of the season as he went four for five, scored three times, and drove in four runs. Bill Rogell went two for three with a pair of two run homers to account for the rest of the Tigers offense. This power surge was even more sweet because it was against future Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez.

General Crowder was very effective in his nine innings of work. He gave up only four hits, but one of them was a two run shot by catcher Bill Dickey.

May 27, 1935 Yankees 3, Tigers 1 (17-16)

I’m not sure if this game was worse then yesterday’s or not. The Tigers did put a run on the board, but they were held to only three hits as they Yankees guaranteed a win of their series with the Detroit. Sole run was scored by pinch hitter Chet Morgan on an Sac. Fly by Charlie Gehringer.

Another strong pitching performance was wasted as Schoolboy Rowe held the Yankees in check. He gave up only three runs on eight hits.

I met up with bloggers Billfer, Rob, and Brian to watch the Tigers at Duggans. We had a lively conversation that ranged from Brandon Inge’s surgance (I know that’s not a word, but you can’t say he had a resurgance because there was no re-) to Lou Whitaker getting shafted by falling off the Hall of Fame ballot.

I look forward to the next get together.

We picked a location, and for those of you who are interested, Billfer and I are meeting at Duggans in Royal Oak at 7 pm on Thursday. Click on Duggans for a map of the location.

For those of you who like to sit and talk about baseball while enjoying an adult beverage, this will be for you.

May 26, 1935 Yankees 2, Tigers 0 (17-15)

Rookie Joe Sullivan threw nine strong innings, giving up only two runs and five hits. A solo homer by Bill Dickey and a wild pitch that scored Vito Tamulis were his only blemishes. Unfortunately he was outdueled.

Yankees starter Vito Tamulis held the Tigers to six hits. Gee Walker doubled to account for the only extra base hit for the Tigers.

May 25, 1935 Tigers 3, Red Sox 2 (17-14)

Tommy Bridges pitched nine strong innings for the Tigers. He gave up only two runs on seven hits, and he struck out two. He won his fifth straigh game.

Hank Greenberg homered again. The two run shot, his ninth of the season, was the difference. Greenberg went three for four, and even put Red Sox starter Fritz Ostermueller in the hospital by nailing him with a line drive.

May 24, 1935 Red Sox 8. Tigers 4 (16-14)

General Crowder started off throwing well, but the wheels came off the wagon in the fifth inning when the Red Sox touched him for three runs including a two run homer by Moe Berg. He’d have problems the next two innings as well, give up a pair in each of the sixth and seventh innings.

Hank Greenberg continued to hit well. He went two for five with two RBIs. Three other Tigers had two hits, but despite the eleven hits, the Tigers could only get four runs across.

May 23, 1935 Tigers 5, Red Sox 3 (16-13)

Hank Greenberg hit a two run homer that pushed the Tigers ahead of the Red Sox. In all he went one for four with the homer and three RBIs. Marv Owen added two RBIs, while Charlie Gehringer and Pete Fox both had two hits.

Schoolboy Rowe pitched nine strong innings. He had a shutout through six before giving up two runs in the seventh and a run in the eighth. He improved to 3-3.

May 22, 1935 Tigers 4, Athletics 1 (15-13)

The Tigers jumped on Philadelphia Athletics starter George Blaeholder early as Pete Fox hit his very first pitch over the fence to give the Tigers an early 1-0 lead. Gee Walker had a big game as he went two for three with two RBIs. Mickey Cochrane had three hits including a double.

Elden Auker threw a fine game as he went the distance. He gave up one run on eighth hits and struck out two to win his first game of the season.

For those of you interested in watching and talking about baseball while having a nice adult beverage, this Thursday Billfer (Detroit Tigers Weblog) and Ryan Sosin (Tigers Central) are going to be meeting up to watch the game. The site hasn’t been nailed down yet, but it will probably be somewhere in Royal Oak.

If you’re interested in stopping by, drop me a line so we have an idea as to the size of the table/area we’ll need.

Since my son’s been born (hard to believe it’s almost been a year), I’ve rekindled my interest in baseball cards. I went back and looked up how much the book value of the 1971 Topps Set and though of how great it would have been to have sets since the year I was born. So I decided to not only fill the holes I have in my Topps sets, but to also buy my son the newest factory set every year just to keep the collection going.

I also decided to go back and try to either buy or build sets going back to my date of birth (i.e. the 1971 Topps set). I picked up a couple of 1979 Topps lots via ebay, and decided I needed a couple of 800 count boxes to keep the cards in, so on the way home one day I stopped at the local baseball card store.

And they were closed. For good. The store was empty. I had been in there only a few times, and most of what they had was overpriced compared to what I could get on ebay, so I opted for the cheaper route. While I’m not sure if they’re “Out of Business” or if they just decided to close their brick and mortar store and go the internet route, I got to thinking about how Ebay has basically destroyed the traditional baseball card shop.

I’m not sure if that’s good or bad. I spent a lot of time in my local card store (they had arcade games as well), so I have some fond memories. But I also don’t like playing sometimes 20% more (and tack on another 6% for sales tax) for something. So while I was a little sad to see the store as closed, it really doesn’t affect me. At all.

So now I have to find a new card store. If anyone could recommend one in Oakland County, I’d appreciate it.

May 20, 1935 Tiger 8, Athletics 6 (14-13)

Tommy Bridges scrapped his way through eleven innings of work to bring home the win. In a line you won’t see these days, Bridges gave up six runs on fifteen hits and had five strikeouts. With the Tigers up 5-3 in the ninth, the Athletics scored two to put the game into extra frames, only to have the Tigers put three runs up in the eleventh to win it in Philly.

Centerfielder Pete Fox and Hank Greenberg both hit homeruns and doubles for the Tigers. Fox drove in two runs while Greenberg scored twice.

The win gave the Tigers a winning record for the first time in the season. From here on out, they’d never dip back below .500 as they pursued their first World Series Championship.

For those baseball fans out there looking for a great read, I highly recommend the “The Baseball Same Game: Finding Comparable Players From the National Pastime.” Armed with Lee Sinins’ Sabermetric Baseball Encyclopedia, author Steve Lombardi provides both a statistical and a historical analysis on pairs of players who are statistically comparable.

This book has a little something for every baseball fan. Each player pair are compared statistically, then Mr. Lombardi provides a nice narrative detailing the history of each player and his conclusions on why they’re similar. So the statheads get their stats, the historians get some history, and for those of you like me who are both, you get a ton of useful information.

Probably the most interesting comparisons are those between Hall of Fame players (or near Hall of Fame Players) and those who didn’t make it in. At times it almost seems like the whim of the voters decide who gets in, as opposed to the players accomplishments.

There are plenty of former Tigers, and while I don’t want to give too much away, my favorite pairing was Goose Gossage and John Hiller. Goose Gossage is one of my favorite pitchers (who didn’t throw for the Tigers) and I feel he warrants consideration for the Hall of Fame. John Hiller is one of my all time favorite players, and it was nice to see him matched up favorably with one of the very best.

You can pick up The Baseball Same Game by clicking here. You won’t be disappointed. And you can check out more of Steve’s work at his website NetShrine.com.

May 19, 1935 Tigers 16, Senators 6 (13-13)

The Tigers scored in seven of their nine innings as they crushed the Senators. They got off to a good start by putting four runs up in the first, and never looked back. Rookie starter Joe Sullivan cruised along until the eighth when he gave up a run. They tagged him for five in the ninth, but the six runs could only bring the Senators to within ten of the Tigers.

Ironically the Tigers scored their 16 runs without hitting a homerun. They had two triples (Gehringer and Greenberg) and two batters with three RBIs (Gehringer and Rogell). Billy Rogell had the biggest game at the plate as he went four for five.

The win put the Tigers at .500 for the first time in the season since they started 1-1. They still trailed the White Sox by five games, but they were slowly inching their way up the standings.

Tigerblog writer Jeff Gray did an excellent column on Dave Dombrowski over at Goat Riders of the Apocoplypse. Be sure to check this out. You can also check out more of Jeff’s work at his own site, Under the Bleachers.

The Tigers won yesterday, and have clawed their way back up to the .500 mark. Unfortunately, the still somewhat hot Sox are 17 games above .500 and the Tigers have a long way to go (8 1/2 games) to catch up to them. Tigers have won seven of their last ten, and with two more wins, can finish the first quarter of the season with a winning record. At the 40 game mark last year, they were 19-21.

May 18, 1935 Tigers 6, Senators 4 (12-13)

A three run sixth inning put the Tigers in front for good as starter General Crowder gave up four runs on nine hits and a walk. He struck out two Senators.

Charlie Gehringer hit a homerun and drove in two. Third basemen Marv Owen drove in two runs.

In my quest to own every baseball card ever created, I thought it would be cool to try to build a relatively older set. I recently bought 1,000 loose 1979 Topps commons and minor stars, and while it went a long way towards finishing the set, I’m now stuck with a ton of doubles.

If anyone’s interested in these cards, drop me a line and maybe we can work out a trade.

May 17, 1935 Senators 10, Tigers 8 (11-13)

Schoolboy Rowe was knocked out of this one early as he gave up ten hits in 3 1/3 innings. The Senators jumped out to a 7-0 start after four innings only to see the lead completely disappear with a seven run seventh inning by the Tigers.

The Senators answered with three runs in the bottom half of the seventh, and that was enough for them to hold onto to the win. Charlie Gehringer scored twice, Hank Greenberg drove in two, and Gee Walker went three for four in the loss.

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