Bless You Boys: for Detroit Tigers fans

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Podcast Zero: The BYB Podcast gets rebooted Aug 06, 2015

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The Detroit Tigers have been busy: they became sellers at the MLB trade deadline and traded away David Price, Yoenis Cespedes, and Joakim Soria for prospects, and then Mike Ilitch "released" Dave Dombrowski from his contract and replaced him with new GM Al Avila. Hookslide and Rob Rogacki talk about these recent events, as well as the rebooting of the podcast and plans for the future.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 149: scouting 101 and the MLB draft (wsg Brian Sakowski) Jun 12, 2015

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In this episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, HookSlide talks with Perfect Game USA National Scouting Coordinator Brian Sakowski about the ins and outs of baseball scouting: how to spot talent, how to evaluate skills and flaws, what the terminology means, and more. We also talk about a few of the Detroit Tigers' selections in the 2015 MLB Draft: Beau Burrows, Christin Stewart, and Cam Gibson, son of former Detroit Tiger Kirk Gibson. Finally, we talk about some of the prospects currently in the system, such as Joe Jiminez, Michael Gerber, and Derek Hill with the West Michigan Whitecaps, as well as what's going on in Toledo and Detroit.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 148: watching the world burn (wsg Mario Impemba) Jun 06, 2015

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In this episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, HookSlide chats with Detroit Tigers television play by play announcer Mario Impemba of Fox Sports Detroit. HookSlide and Mario break down the Tigers' eight-game losing streak, their first such streak since 2005, and talk about everything from Brad Ausmus' role in the melt-down to the starting rotation, to the faltering offense, and everything else in-between.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 147: Good riddance, west coast baseball May 31, 2015

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On this episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, HookSlide and Bless You Boys site managing editor Rob Rogacki analyse the past week of Tigers baseball on the west coast. Topics include the still-limping offense, the missing impact of Alex Avila, Anibal Sanchez and his on-going home run problem, Alfredo Simon's emergence as at least a number two starting pitcher, the role and future of Hernan Perez, looking back at last year's team slump, the Ryan Howard trade rumors, and injury updates for Justin Verlander, Alex Avila, Bruce Rondon, and Victor Martinez.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 146: Injuries, Walkoffs, and Astros May 23, 2015

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In this episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, HookSlide chats with Ryan Dunsmore of SB Nation's Houston Astros site as well as BYB staff writer Jon Erkkila. Astros topics include: early dominance in the AL West, the apparent success of the rebuilding project, World Series odds, and more. Tigers topics inclue Victor Martinez's trip to the disabled list, whether Victor's contract extension looks any different in light of his injuries, the emergence of Alex Wilson as a stable bullpen piece, the struggles of Joba Chamberlain, Brad Ausmus' sometimes questionable strategies, and analyzing the issues behind the streaky Tigers offense.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 145: Miguel Cabrera gets 400 May 17, 2015

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In this episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, HookSlide talks with Tigers beat writer and MLive columnist Chris Iott about the past week of Tigers baseball. Topics include whether the bullpen has graduated from "terrible" to "not too bad," whether Dave Dombrowski might be looking to trade for another bullpen arm in July and who would be on the trading block, the ongoing neck-and-neck race between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, an "anemic" offense (to use Brad Ausmus' word) that seems to be coming back to life, Alex Avila's knee injury, and Brad Aumsus' growth as a manager in 2015.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 144: Staying Afloat on the Road May 08, 2015

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In this episode of the podcast, HookSlide catches up with Detroit News columnist Kurt Mensching. Topics include Shane Greene's recent rough outings, Brad Ausmus' bullpen management, Joba Chamberlain's struggles, Victor Martinez, and the recently opened spot on the Tigers' 40-man roster.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 143: A Royal Pain May 02, 2015

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In this episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, HookSlide chats with BYB staff writer Jon Erkkila about the past week of Tigers baseball. Topics include the Tigers/Royals matchup, Justin Verlander's status and upcoming (third) MRI, Victor Martinez's slow start, analyzing JD Martinez's fair-to-good start, and more.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 142: So long, Joe Nathan Apr 24, 2015

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In this week's episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, HookSlide talks Tigers baseball with Rob Rogacki, and chats with Max Rieper of Royals Review about the Kansas City Royals in preparation for their upcoming series with the Tigers. Royals topics include: what's behind the Royals' hot start, why is their offense suddenly so good, how much did losing James Shields hurt the starting rotation, why is there suddenly bad blood with the Oakland A's, and how is Ned Yost's approval rating so far? Tigers topics include: why is David Price doing the one-good-outing/one-bad-outing thing again, what happened to Anibal Sanchez, Joe Nathan's season-ending injury, and what to expect out of new reliever Alex Wilson given his recent results in Toledo.

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Bless You Boys Podcast 141: Second verse, same as the first Apr 18, 2015

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In this episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, HookSlide talks about the West Michigan Whitecaps and the Detroit Tigers with Ryan Schuiling, host of the WBBL Morning Show and color commentator for the West Michigan Whitecaps. Topics include who's hot for the Whitecaps so far, Brad Ausmus' early approval rating, what to do with Joe Nathan, Dave Dombrowski and the bullpen, the improved Tigers defense in 2015, and more.

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