Alan Trammel
Alan Trammel
Alan Stuart Trammellis an American former professional baseball shortstop for the Detroit Tigers. He currently serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers. Trammell, nicknamed "Tram", played his entire career with the Tigers, highlighted by a World Series championship in 1984 and an American League East division championship in 1987. Although his arm was not overpowering, he had a quick release and made accurate throws, ultimately winning four Gold Glove awards. Trammell's defense perfectly complemented his double-play partner, Lou...
against eyes hit opened playing though
Even though he hasn't hit that well against left-handers, we want to get him some playing time. He's opened some eyes -- what he's done hasn't been ordinary.
hits today
We got a lot of big hits today and that was one of them.
angels arguably candidate few leading runs
We got a few runs off Colon, who arguably right now is the leading candidate for the Cy Young Award. That's very pleasing. The matchup would say that the Angels were favored big-time. But that's why you play.
colon feels few great runs win
We got a few runs off Colon and that was very pleasing. It feels great to win here.
deserved knew playing
We knew he was playing well at Toledo. He deserved to be called up, but we just didn't have a place for him.
jump ship
What are we going to do, ... jump ship and say we're going to need some other guys?
came later saying
Everyone thought he was amped up, which he was. But then he came back later saying he was tired.
eight gives good rewarded seven starter worked
A starter gives you seven or eight good innings, you'd like to see him rewarded with a win. It hasn't worked out as much as we'd like.
caught
At this point, in September, it's probably caught up to us.
best continues means pitcher pitching stretch struggling taken
Down the stretch, we've been struggling with our pitching staff, but he's taken the ball. He's been our best pitcher down the stretch when things have been tough. It means a lot, it really does. He continues to go out there like he did in 2003, no excuses, just give me the ball.
saw
You give them a little avenue, ... and you saw what happened.
You'd think we could do a little better.
chance good stays
There's a good chance he stays down in instructional ball,
guy question special
There's no question this guy has a special arm, but he's still a little raw.