GERALD LAIRD RUMORS & GOSSIP
Umpire’s Mistake Gives Red Sox Victory over Tigers 7-4
Memorial Day- The weather couldn’t have been more perfect yesterday on Memorial Day for a day baseball game. The sox took advantage of a missed umpire call yesterday and had a 2 out rally to put them on top early in the game and never looked back. Mike Aviles was given a second opportunity after the home plate umpire ruled strike 3 a foul ball and that catcher Gerald Laird didn’t...
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Discuss
Jim Leyland upset about bad call, wants media to hold umps accountable
The Detroit Tigers are no strangers to bad calls by the umpires and moving on, but yesterday’s loss to the Red Sox can be directly attributed to a horrendous at home plate, when it was ruled that Gerald Laird dropped a what was called a “foul-tipped third strike.” Replays showed that Laird indeed caught it, [...]
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Blown Call Provides Boost for Red Sox, But MLB Needs More Instant Replay to Prevent Mistakes (Video)
The Red Sox caught on break during Monday's game when the umpires mistakenly ruled that Mike Aviles had fouled a ball into the dirt when Tigers catcher Gerald Laird had indeed caught the ball. Instead of striking out and ending the inning, Aviles continued his at-bat, and the Red Sox went on to score three more runs. If the umps had gotten the call right, then the game might...
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Gerald Laird delivers sacrifice bunt, trips, falls down for no reason (Animated GIF)
Detroit Tigers catcher Gerald Laird has no problem doing the little things — the intangibles, if you will – that a player can do to contribute to his team’s efforts to win a baseball game. For instance, delivering a sacrifice bunt at an opportune moment, as he did during the 5th inning of the Tigers-White [...]
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GIF: Gerald Laird tumbles over first base…he’s just like the rest of us!
Even though fewer kids are playing the game these days, here is yet another reason why baseball is awesome: because it has chubby goofballs that we chubby goofy guys can relate with.
Ladies and gentleman…Gerald Laird!
GIF source: SBNation via Reddit
You have to love Laird’s sense of humor about it too, popping right up with a smile and bowing to the U.S. Cellular Field...
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Gerald Laird trips, rolls and salutes the judges
Tigers catcher Gerald Laird pretty much summed up how badly the Tigers’ offense has been so far this season. Laird laid down a sacrifice bunt in the 5th inning of Monday’s game. And then this happened…
[SBNation]
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Gerald Laird Lays Down a Sacrifice Bunt, Hilarity Ensues
Gerald Laird, always the center of attention for anything involving the Tigers, made sure that his presence was felt during this evening's game against the Chicago White Sox. Laird laid down a sacrifice bunt in the 5th inning, but failed to notice the sniper in the 7th row, who struck as soon as Laird got to the base.
And since it was so nice, we did it twice.
I'm not...
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Why Gerald Laird Was Used As A Pinch Runner For Alex Avila
With the Tigers down by a run in the 9th inning of Wednesday afternoon's game, Alex Avila reached base on a single with one out. Detroit needed to scratch out at least one run to keep the game alive, and Avila isn't known as a burner, so Jim Leyland went to his bench to inject some more speed into the game. So out of the dugout popped fellow catcher Gerald Laird to run...
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28 days ago
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Detroit Tigers preview and predictions: Gerald Laird
Gerald Laird
Ugh…let’s get this over with.
Everyone and their great great great great grandmother who has needed to clip her toenails for the last five years knew that heading into this off season, Dave Dombrowski needed a back up catcher to avoid the total deterioration of Alex Avila like we all experienced in the playoffs. There were numerous possible options available...
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March 03, 2012
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March 03, 2012
Laird headed back to Tigers
Gerald Laird is headed back to Detroit.
The Tigers announced Friday that they have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Laird to be their backup catcher.
Terms were not disclosed, but FOXSports.com's Jon Paul Morosi reports, according to an unidentified source, that it's 1 million contract.
Laird hit .232 with one home run and 12 RBIs in 95 at-bats for the World...
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November 18, 2011
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