Alan Trammell
Alan Trammell
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...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth21 February 1958
CityGarden Grove, CA
I thought that we made that play at first on Erstad's at-bat, but the umpire said we missed the bag.
Our bullpen just didn't do the job. Yesterday, they were great.
I think he's solid. He's gotten himself to the point that he can play. He's not flashy, but that's OK. He makes the plays. And with the way he works, he's going to get better.
Those were two guys we were hoping would be regular guys, ... And we miss their leadership, too. Being there on a regular basis would allow that.
We did some things to better ourselves to play with that group. For the most part, we haven't been able to do that. We thought we'd have more depth. We just haven't been able to have our guys out there for the kind of time that we would like.
We didn't score any runs. We had opportunities to score runs and we didn't do it. That was it.
We don't have the finished product yet, we have a learning 21-year-old. But we like what we have. I give him credit, going through what he went through last season, getting on-the-job training. He handled himself well under the circumstances.
We're all responsible. I'm the leader, the captain of the ship, and I have to take responsibility.
I'm a big boy. I've been through enough that I understand how things are.
Losing gets old. It's just been a heck of a month, to be honest with you.
His next start would be Friday. Right now, that's up in the air.
If we'd have swept them, I don't think we'd be going into Boston, or Chicago, or Cleveland any different.
He's a kid who wants to help carry us -- which is commendable -- and of late it hasn't happened. It's like we say about hitters who want to go out there and do too much. The same is true of pitchers, and Jeremy, unfortunately, still falls into that rut of -- instead of being a pitcher -- reverts sometimes to being a thrower.
He could make our decision easy -- one way or another.