At some point in this Tigers homestand, Alex Avila will have his 1500th plate appearance in the big leagues. Until Friday, he had put a 3-0 pitch in play in just two of those. The first was an RBI double in 2011. The second was a sacrifi...
Interesting comment from Jim Leyland last night after the announcement that Phil Coke will be activated from the disabled list for Saturday’s game. It wasn’t so much about Coke, whose role as a lefty specialist is pretty well...
The Tigers get their DH back with Victor Martinez, which obviously stretches out the middle of their lineup again. The Indians, meanwhile, are expected to welcome back Michael Bourn from the disabled list tonight.
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As a World Series preview, that didn’t last long. In fact, it lasted half as long (in number of games, anyway) as last year’s actual World Series, which Jim Leyland joked was over in about six hours.
So, how much can really b...
One year ago around this time, Ryan Raburn was on his way to getting booed out of Detroit. His experiment as the Tigers’ regular second baseman was going horribly, offensively and defensively, and the fan response was growing.
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It wasn’t nearly as long as his outing earlier in the week, with an eight-pitch eighth inning, Phil Coke made his second and possibly final rehab appearance for Triple-A Toledo Thursday night.
Coke actually faced four batters with...
Tigers stick with their regular lineup against right-hander Dan Haren. Victor Martinez is 9-for-25 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs against Haren, but no DH spot obviously limits their options. The one other Tiger with extensiv...
Bryce Harper’s home run will be the highlight play of the Nationals’ win on Wednesday. It will not be the reason why the Tigers lost.
Jordan Zimmermann had a lot to do with that. So did the bottom of the Nationals lineup.
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The sight of Miguel Cabrera hobbling at all sounds an alarm across Tigers viewership on television. The shot of Cabrera favoring one side after a sixth-inning groundout Wednesday in Washington had many wondering if something was up with ...
As you can see from the photo, the weather was fantastic in Washington this morning. It is not supposed to be nearly as great tonight. Whether it’s going to rain looks like a 50-50 chance at game time. Any rain, however, is expecte...
