Motor City Bengals Podcast

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb.

On this episode, the two hosts welcome their first fan onto the show in longtime Detroit Tigers fan Steve Butts, who correctly answered the trivia question to win the signed Victor Martinez ball courtesy of Mizuno. Pelc and Holcomb take turns asking Butts some questions about baseball and what the Tigers should do in the offseason. Once again, Mo...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb.

On this episode, the two hosts discuss multiple topics regarding the Detroit Tigers, but first, Pelc and Holcomb announce the winner the Victor Martinez signed baseball courtesy of Mizuno. For everything Mizuno, follow their social media accounts listed below and visit their website:

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Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb.

On this episode, the two hosts finally reveal the trivia contest to win the signed Victor Martinez ball. Pelc asks the trivia question in the first segment of the show. If you want to participate, send the answer to MCB_Tigers or search Motor City Bengals on Facebook. For everything Mizuno, follow their social media accounts listed below and visi...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb.

On this episode, the two hosts are proud to announce again that "Tiger Talk" will be giving away a signed Victor Martinez baseball to one lucky listener. In order to win, listen for a trivia question on the Sept. 8 "Tiger Talk" episode and send us your answer on Twitter or Facebook.

The Martinez autographed ball was provided by Miz...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb.

On this episode, the two hosts are proud to announce that "Tiger Talk" will be giving away a signed Victor Martinez baseball to one lucky listener. In order to win, listen for a trivia question on the Sept. 8 "Tiger Talk" episode and send us your answer on Twitter or Facebook.

The Martinez autographed ball was provided by MIzuno, w...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with host Dave Holcomb and guest host Steve Mitzel.

Despite falling five games below .500, there are some positive takeaways from the last week of Detroit Tigers baseball. For one, first baseman Miguel Cabrera is back on the field. Two, Justin Verlander has returned to form, posting a 1.75 ERA in his last five starts. MCB Staff Writer Tom Zahari started the conversation about why he h...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. In this episode, the two hosts debate professionalism versus unprofessionalism.

Detroit Tigers owner Mitch Ilitch fired General Manager Dave Dombrowski last week just days after the trade deadline. The news broke on Tuesday, but stranglely, Ilitch told his Assistant General Manager Al Avila on Saturday that he would be replacing Dombrowski. Meanw...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. In this episode, the two hosts completely cover the Detroit Tigers moves at the deadline. General Manager Dave Dombrowski decided to sell and dealt left-hander David Price, left fielder Yoenis Cespedes and closer Joakim Soria in exchange for several prospects, who are already making an impact with the Tigers or their minor league affiliates.

In a...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. On this episode, it's more of the same for the struggling Detroit Tigers, who have fallen three games below .500 with their latest loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. 

The pitching has obviously been a problem, but Pelc and Holcomb share their displeasure with the offense, which has failed to score more than two runs in four of the last fiv...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with host Dave Holcomb and guest host Steve Mitzel. Regular host Matt Pelc was attending to a family matter this week and hopes to return in the next show.

The inconsistency of the Detroit Tigers play has been well documented on "Tiger Talk", but there probably hasn't been a great example of it than the past few days. On Monday, second baseman Ian Kinsler hit two home runs...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with host Dave Holcomb. Co-host Matt Pelc is on his All-Star break.

On this All-Star edition of "Tiger Talk", Holcomb begins the discussion with the tough weekend series versus the Minnesota Twins. The Tigers won the first game and appeared ready to win the second until the Detroit bullpen yielded seven runs in the ninth and allowed Minnesota to win, 8-6. The Tigers also dropp...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. On this episode, Pelc and Holcomb share their displeasure with the horrible week from the Detroit Tigers. Even though they took two of three from the Toronto Blue Jays over the holiday weekend and then rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners in the first game of the series out west, the sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Justin Verlan...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. On this episode, Pelc and Holcomb discuss the month of June for the Detroit Tigers, who are 11-8 with just Tuesday's game remaining. Detroit has continued to play well  against AL Central opponents but still find themselves behind the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins in the division race.

The good news is the offense is now awake. M...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. On this episode, Pelc and Holcomb discuss the strong play the Tigers have displayed within their division and in particular, versus the Cleveland Indians. After Monday's, 8-5, victory, the Tigers are 8-2 against the Indians this season.

Unfortunately, that still didn't stop the Tigers from losing two of three to the Cincinnati Reds and tw...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. On this episode, Pelc and Holcomb praise the Detroit Tigers for winning six of their last eight games, which includes two complete-game shutouts from David Price and Anibal Sanchez in two of the last four games.

As great as the pitching has been, no one has been better than Miguel Cabrera. Miggy is hitting .464 with a .892 slugging percentage, th...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. On this episode, Pelc and Holcomb breakdown another tough week for the Detroit Tigers, two rehabs outings from Saturday, the MLB Draft and a frightening moment from the weekend series in Boston.

dissect the most disappointing players on the Detroit Tigers this season

To start the show, the two hosts discuss the disappointing players for the Tigers...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb. On this episode, Pelc and Holcomb breakdown the tough West Coast trip, which included a four-game sweep at Angel Stadium, and welcome guest, Motor City Bengals Staff Writer Matt St. Jean.

To start the show, the two hosts discuss the struggling Tigers offense. Detroit has scored three or fewer runs in seven of their last nine games and are 10th in...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with host Dave Holcomb and guest host Steve Mitzel.

On this week's show, Holcomb and Mitzel discuss the inconsistencies in the Tigers offense and the starting rotation. In the last nine days, the Detroit Tigers have scored two runs or fewer in five games and scored more than five runs in three other games. It is inconsistent at best, but Ian Kinsler and Yoenis Cespedes have been c...

Motor City Bengals Presents "Tiger Talk" with hosts Matt Pelc and Dave Holcomb.

After talking about the worst week in the season on last week's episode, the Detroit Tigers rebounded by taking two out of three from the Minnesota Twins and then two out of three from the St. Louis Cardinals, who have the best record in the league. As the Meat Loaf song goes, two out of three ain't bad.

Of course, Detroit did lose, 3-2, t...