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#21
05-22-2007, 02:20 PM
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Re: 1984 Tigers
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i think also bulldogs come inside a lot - they may or may not chew tobacco also. [/ QUOTE ] Yes, they definitely pitched inside. They were not afraid to brush a guy back and own their half of the plate. Why does every announcer follow this statement with a reference to Don Drysdale? 
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#22
05-22-2007, 02:52 PM
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Re: 1984 Tigers
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I thought you have to have an ERA between 4.00 and 5.00, to reach bulldog status. No? [/ QUOTE ] More like between 5.00 and 6.00, if you manage at least ten wins. I've seen Little League pitchers with better stuff than Walt Terrell, but yeah at least you could run him out there every 4 or 5 days.
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#23
05-22-2007, 03:05 PM
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Re: 1984 Tigers
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[ QUOTE ] I thought you have to have an ERA between 4.00 and 5.00, to reach bulldog status. No? [/ QUOTE ] More like between 5.00 and 6.00, if you manage at least ten wins. I've seen Little League pitchers with better stuff than Walt Terrell, but yeah at least you could run him out there every 4 or 5 days. [/ QUOTE ] i believe here we were speaking of the lower-scoring 1980s-early 90s. ERAs above 5 meant you weren't starter material. Melido Perez - bulldog?
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#24
05-22-2007, 03:43 PM
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Re: 1984 Tigers
At his best, Melido Perez was an innings eater. A guy who responds to an ass chewing in the dugout from Carlton Fisk after a 4IP,7ER performance with "I was throwing good" cannot be a bulldog.
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#25
05-22-2007, 04:49 PM
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Re: 1984 Tigers
That World Series against the Padres was the first one I watched all the way through.
Very memorable team, and Kirk Gibson's mustache was epic.
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#26
05-22-2007, 10:18 PM
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Re: 1984 Tigers
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meh, i dunno, i was a huge baseball history buff when i was younger, and a lot of the players from that team went on to fame elsewhere - Kirk Gibson and Jack Morris for their World Series play, and Alan Trammell was a manager for a few years. [/ QUOTE ] While Gibson's and Morris' #1 career highlights were with other teams, they were both VERY established stars before they left the Tigers. Gibson's last good year, in fact, was his first year away from Detroit -- his MVP 1988 season with L.A. Trammell came nowhere close to gaining fame as a manager. In his three years as the Detroit skipper, they went 186-300. As a player, however, he was a borderline Hall of Famer.
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