Song Of The Day: Iron Butterfly-Soul Experience (1969)

CT Tigers Blast Tri-City 7-1 Monday Night In Norwich

Monday, June 29, 2015

at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT 

The Connecticut Tigers brought out the heavy lumber and pounded the Tri-City Valley Cats for  their second straight win. Tigers outfielder Victor Padron is red hot, hitting .423 on the young season and tallied his third RBI. Tigers' pitching limited the Valley Cats to just 3 hits. Starter Chase Edwards picked up his first win on 2015.

Tri-City Valley Cats (5-6) 1

at Connecticut Tigers (4-6) 7

WP-TIGERS: Chase Edwards (1-1, 5.74), Save-Gerson Moreno (1)

LP-Tri-City: Eliezer Hernandez (0-1, 2.31)

Attendance (923)

Season Attendance (14,254)

TIGERS Record (4-6)

Third Place tie with Vermont (Stedler Division, 4.5 GB First Place Lowell, 0.5 GB second place Tri-City)

Song Of The Day: Blue Cheer-Feathers From Your Tree (1968)

from 1968 album OutsideInside 

Feathers From Your Tree Live 1968

New Look CT Tigers Edge Tri-City 7-6 Sunday Afternoon In Norwich

Sunday, June 28, 2015

at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT

The Connecticut Tigers made some major personnel moves this weekend as many of the Tigers' 2015 draftees were promoted to Norwich from the rookie Gulf Coast League.

Tri-City Valley Cats (5-5) 6 

at Connecticut Tigers (3-6) 7

WP-TIGERS: Oswaldo Castillo (1-0, 1.69), Save-Jordan Smith (2)

LP-Tri-City: Zac Person (0-1, 0.00)

Home Runs-TIGERS: Keaton Jones (1)

Tri-City: Brooks Marlow (1)

TIGERS Record (3-6)

Fourth Place (Stedler Division 5.0 GB first place Lowell)

Love-Bummer In The Summer (1967)

Rainout Music: Buffalo Springfield-In The Hour Of Not Quite Rain (1968)

Tigers-Brooklyn Rained Out Saturday Night In Brooklyn

Most likely a doubleheader will be played at MCU Park in Brooklyn Sunday (weather permitting)

Song Of The Day: Fleetwood Mac-The Green Manalishi (1970)

Tigers Bats Fall Silent Again As Cyclones Top Connecticut 4-1 Friday In Brooklyn

Friday, June 26, 2015

at MCU Park, Brooklyn, NY (7:05 PM)

The Connecticut Tigers are off to a dismal start in 2015 as their offense has been in hiding. The Tigers are already 5 full games behind the first place Lowell Spinners.

Connecticut Tigers (2-6) 1

at Brooklyn Cyclones (5-3) 4

WP-Brooklyn: Gaby Almonte (1-1, 4.91), Save-Alex Palsha (2)

LP-TIGERS: Eudis Idrogo (1-1, 2.70)

HR-Brooklyn: Michael Katz (1)

TIGERS Record (2-6)

Fourth Place (Stedler Division, 5.0 GB first place Lowell Spinners)

Detroit Tigers Sign 2015 First Round Pick Beau Burrows

The Detroit Tigers have signed their 2015 first round draft pick RHP Beau Burrows and have assigned him to the rookie level GCL Tigers of the Gulf Coast League. With any luck Burrows could pitch with Connecticut in 2015.

Expect to see several 2015 Tiger draftees promoted from the GCL Tigers to Connecticut in the coming weeks.

Former CT Tiger Suarez Lighting It Up In Cincinnati!

Former 2011 CT Tiger Eugenio Suarez is impressing the folks in Cincinnati. Suarez is riding a six game hitting streak (which has raised his batting average to a red hot .318) Being a Reds' fan I get to see all his games and Suarez looks like he is really coming into his own with the Reds. 

Suarez got to face his ex-CT Tiger teammate Tyler Collins last Wednesday in Cincinnati (Collins hit a pinch hit homer off Reds' reliever Ryan Mattheus.)

Song Of The Day: Dobie Gray-Out On The Floor (Charger 1966)

CT Tigers Nip Brooklyn Cyclones 2-1 Thursday Night In Brroklyn

Thursday, June 25, 2015

at MCU Park, Brooklyn, NY

Connecticut Tigers (2-5) 2

at Brooklyn Cyclones (4-3) 1

WP-TIGERS: Spenser Watkins (1-1, 0.90), Save-Jack Fischer (1)

LP-Brooklyn: Tyler Badamo (0-1)

Tigers Batting: 2B-Brett Pirtle (1), RBI-Corey Baptist (2), Will Allen (2)

Attendance (6774)

Time (2:28)

TIGERS Record (2-5)

Third Place tie with Vermont (Stedler Division, 4.0 GB Lowell)

CT Tigers Drop Twin Bill To Staten Island Wednesday In Norwich

Wednesday, June 24. 2015

at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT

Game Of Doubleheader

Staten Island Yankees (3-2) 12

at Connecticut Tigers (1-4) 7

WP-Staten Island: Yoel Espinal (1-0)

LP-TIGERS: Sandy Baez (0-1, 12.00)

HR-TIGERS: Ignacio Valdez (1)

Staten Island: Krill (1)

TIGERS Record (1-4)

Game Two Of Doubleheader

Staten Island Yankees (4-2) 7

at Connecticut Tigers (1-5) 4

WP-Staten Island: Callahan (1-0, 0.90), Save-Seyler (1)

LP-TIGERS: Chase Edwards (0-1, 9.00)

HR-Staten Island: Jackson (3)

TIGERS Record (1-5)

Third Place tie with Vermont (Stedler Division, 3.0 GB Lowell)

Attendance (1069)

Season Attendance (11,817)

The Unrelated Segments-It's Gonna Rain (Liberty 1966)

Song Of The Day: The Kinks-Rainy Day In June (1966)

Tigers-Staten Island Rained Out Tuesday In Norwich

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT

Staten Island Yankees (2-2)

at Connecticut Tigers (1-3)

postponed due to rain, the game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday, June 24th at 6 PM.

Song Of The Day: The Southern Sound-I Don't Wanna Go (Columbia UK 1966)

CT Tigers Crushed By Staten Island 10-3 Monday In Norwich

Monday, June 22, 2015

at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT

Staten Island Yankees (2-2) 10

at Connecticut Tigers (1-3) 3

WP-Staten Island: Ethan Carnes (1-0, 1.80)

LP-TIGERS: Gregory Soto (0-1, 13.50)

TIGERS Batting: 2B-Ignacio Valdez (1), HR-Jose Zambrano (1), RBI-Jose Zambrano (1), Ignacio Valdez (1)

Attendance (1026)

Yearly Attendance (10,748)

Time (3:25)

TIGERS Record (1-3) 

Third Place tie with Vermont (Stedler Division, 3.0 GB Lowell)

CT Tigers Blank Tri-City 1-0 For First Win Of 2015

Sunday, June 21, 2015

at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT

Tri-City Valley Cats (2-1) 0

at Connecticut Tigers (1-2) 1

WP-TIGERS: Eudis Idrogo (1-0, 0.00), Save-Jordan Smith (1)

LP-Tri-City: Dean Deetz (0-1, 0.00)

TIGERS Pitching:

Starting Pitcher: Eudis Idrogo (RP-Andres Tejada, Jordan Smith)

Attendance (1115)
Yearly Attendance (9722)

Time (2:17)

TIGERS Record (1-2)

Third Place (Stedler Division, 1.5 GB Lowell)

Song Of The Day: Chambers Brothers-Time Has Come Today (Live Fillmore East 1969)

Skull crushing 15 minute version from Fillmore East.

Tri-City Blanks CT Tigers 4-0 Saturday Night In Norwich

Saturday, June 20, 2015

at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT 

Tri-City Valley Cats (2-0) 4

at Connecticut Tigers (0-2) 0

WP-Tri-City: David Paulino (1-0)

LP-TIGERS: Spenser Watkins (0-1)

TIGERS Batting: 3B-Victor Padron (1)

Attendance (2423)

Yearly Attendance (8607)

Time (2:38)

TIGERS Record (0-2)

Song Of The Day: Procol Harum-The Devil Came From Kansas (1969)

Tigers Host Tri-City Saturday Night at 7:05 PM at Dodd Stadium

Free Devon Travis poster to all fans!

Connecticut Tigers Connection Breaks The 10,000 Visitor Mark!

We have just passed the 10,000 page visitor mark, thanks for everyone for dropping by and come back often!

CT Tigers Drop 2015 Opener to Tri-City 3-2 in 10 Innings

Friday, June 19, 2015
at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT

The Tri-City Valley Cats edged the CT Tigers 3-2 in 10 innings before a record Dodd Stadium crowd of 6,184

Tri-City Valley Cats (1-0) 3
at Connecticut Tigers (0-1) 2
10 innings

WP-Tri-City: Yeyfry Del Rosario (1-0), Save-Juan Santos (1)
LP-TIGERS: Jack Fischer (0-1)

Starting Pitchers:
TIGERS-Chase Edwards (RP-Jordan Smith, Nate Fury, Jack Fischer)
Tri-City-Rogelio Armenteros (RP-Elieser Hernandez, Yeyfrey Del Rosario, Juan Santos)

TIGERS Batting: 2B-Jose Azocar (1), RBI-Corey Baptist (1)

Time (3:01)
Attendance (6184)

TIGERS Record (0-1)

Elvis Presley-Tiger Man (1968)

The King kicks face in 1968!

Connecticut Tigers Open Up Their Sixth Season Tonight At Dodd Stadium 7PM

The Connecticut Tigers open up their sixth season tonight again the Tri-City Valley Cats (Houston Astros affiliate.) It will be a rematch of 2014's NY-Penn League semi-finals. Chase Edwards gets the start for Connecticut!

Coming In June: Connecticut Tigers 2015 Annual

The Connecticut Tigers 2015 Annual will be available next week. It's a 300+ page volume of everything you need to know about the Connecticut Tigers 2010-2015.

2015 Connecticut Tigers Roster Released

Click on the 2015 CT Tigers tab on the menu for full details!

Meet The 2015 Connecticut Tigers: Ignacio Valdez

2015 CT Tiger Ignacio Valdez OF

Tyler Collins First MLB Home Run (9-1-14)

Former 2011 CT Tiger Tyler Collins blasted his first home run off the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on September 1, 2014.

Tyler Collins Heating It Up In Detroit!

Former 2011 CT Tiger Tyler Collins is hitting .302 with 1 HR, 5 RBI's, 1 double and 2 triples through 15 games with the Detroit Tigers in 2015!

2010 CT Tiger Dixon Machado Makes MLB Debut

Former 2010 CT Tiger SS Dixon Machado made his MLB debut with the Detroit Tigers on May 25, 2015. Good luck Dixon!

Dean Green Is Still A Hitting Machine!

Dean Green hit .341 for the 2011 CT Tigers and has continued to hit at every level as he has moved up in the Tiger system. Green is at Class AA Erie in 2015 and through 50 games is hitting .315 with 8 homers and 35 RBI's. Maybe someone in Detroit could finally give this guy a chance at DH in Detroit. He has proven he can hit. Green hit .311 for Erie in 2014, .311 for Lakeland in 2013 and .348 in Lakeland in 2012!

Meet The 2015 CT Tigers: Giancarlo Brugnoni

Giancarlo Brugnoni hit 7 homer in 2014 for the rookie level Gulf Coast Tigers (he is slated to be the first baseman for the 2015 CT Tigers!

Eugenio Suarez Making Noise With Cincinnati

Former 2011 Connecticut Tiger SS Eugenio Suarez is off to a good start with his new team the Cincinnati Reds.

Suarez walked and got a hit in his Reds' debut on Thursday at Wrigley Field in Chicago. On Friday, Suarez got the game winning hit to help the Reds beat the Cubs in 10 innings. Then last night, Eugenio hit a two run homer to tie the Cubs-Reds game at 3-3 (it was his first HR as a Red.)

Eugenio will now now get a real opportunity to prove himself as he replaces Red SS Zack Cozart (who is out for the season with a knee injury.)

Former 2011 CT Tiger Eugenio Suarez Makes Cincinnati Reds Debut Thursday Night In Chicago

Former 2011 Connecticut Tigers SS Eugenio Suarez was recalled by the Cincinnati Reds from AAA Louisville for tonight's game with the Chicago Cubs. Suarez walked and scored a run in his first AB as a Cincinnati Red. 

Detroit Tigers Select RHP Beau Burrows In First Round Of 2015 Amateur Draft

The Detroit Tigers selected RHP Beau Burrows from Weatherford High School in Texas with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB Amateur Draft on Monday night. Burrows throws in the high 90's and is considered to have front of the rotation stuff. He could be in Connecticut some time in 2015.