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The Last Resorts, combination of Detroit emcee Stryfe and Detroit producer Marc Byrd, dropped their latest visuals for, “WAR,” taken from their debut, self titled album. HIT THAT PLAY BUTTON!

No. 1 Star: Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks Seabrook fired home the winner for the Blackhawks as his overtime goal gave them a 6-5 victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 4, evening the Stanley Cup Final 2-2. It was his second overtime goal of the playoffs, with the first coming in Game 7 against the Detroit Red Wings. No. 2 Star: Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins Continuing to make his case for the Conn Smythe Trophy, Bergeron scored a pair of goals that helped the Bruins tie the game at four early in the third period. The first of his two goals came on the power play and was the result of a deflected shot that went off the glass behind Corey Crawford, off the top of the net and right to Bergeron. No. 3 Star: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks Reunited with Jonathan Toews, Kane (and Toews) woke up offensively with a goal and an assist. The goal was Kane's first of series, while Toews put home his first since Game 5 against the Detroit Red Wings in the second round. Honorable mention: Bryan Bickell picked up two assists, his first points of the series ... Marian Hossa played 19:07 and recorded an assist in his return from an injury that forced him to be scratched from Game 3 ... Jaromir Jagr's two assists give him 199 points in 200 career postseason games. Did You Know? Zdeno Chara was on the ice for one goal in the past seven games. He was on the ice for five in Game 4. (@cotsonika) Conn Smythe Watch: 1. Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins; 2. David Krejci, Boston Bruins; 3. Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks; 4. Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins; 5. Andrew Shaw, Chicago Blackhawks; 6. Nathan Horton, Boston Bruins; 7. Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks; 8. Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins; 9. Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks; 10. Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks. Dishonorable mention: It was an off night for the goalies, Tuukka Rask and Corey Crawford, who each allowed their most goals against since March ... All five goals allowed by Crawford went glove side ... Rask's shutout streak ended at 129:14.

• So it looks like the horrible rehab outing by Chris Perez last night might affect his timetable to return as he won’t be activated off of the disabled list Friday anymore.  Perez will need another rehab appearance but it still shouldn’t be too long until he’s closing in Cleveland. In his place of course is currently Vinnie Pestano, who has two saves in place of Perez but has not been without his own troubles this year.  • Heath Bell notched his 13th save of the year but not before allowing a home run, a single and a walk to the Miami Marlins. In his last four appearances hes allowed five runs and with JJ Putz starting a rehab assignment this week, Bell’s days of closing in Arizona might be numbered. Similarly to Chris Perez in Cleveland, if their are no setbacks, Putz will be back to his familiar place in ninth inning once he’s activated off of the DL. Bullpen mate David Hernandez, pitched a scoreless eighth inning tonight picking up his fourth win of the year. Hernandez hasn’t been without his faults this year either (4.62 FIP in 2013 after a 2.08 FIP in 2012) but he remains a top set up option in Arizona for holds and if Bell continues to struggle he could become a preferred back-up option for saves in the desert. • Valverde’s chances of seeing saves might be gone after today’s outing: 1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR. I fully expect Joaquin Benoit to receive the next opportunities in Detroit, with Drew Smyly as a sneaky option. Bruce Rondon has been solid in AAA, with a 1.93 FIP and 12.83 K/9 in 26.2 innings pitched and remains an option to help out the pen at some point this year and Detroit could certainly look outside the organization as well. Either way, in the meantime make sure you have Benoit in your lineup. • Oliver Perez entered the game in the seventh inning last night while Yoervis Medina recorded the first save of his career. Tom Wilhelmsen was initially supposed to only leave the ninth inning briefly but after blowing the lead in the eighth inning tonight and continuing his struggles, his temporary leave of absence might become more permanent. In his place Seattle could play the matchups, with Medina getting the bulk of the opportunities and Ollie having a chance to get out any tough lefties. Carter Capps was initially thought to be in the closer mix but he’s struggled of late as well particularly with the long ball, falling behind Perez and Medina on the depth chart. Medina has a fastball/slider combo that gets a fair share of strikeouts (9.51 K/9) and keeps the ball on the ground and in the yard, but like many a hard-thrower, Medina struggles a bit with his control (5.32 BB/9). The door has opened due to Wilhelmsen’s struggles and if Medina can keep his walks in check, he could be an adequate option. Closer Grid: collapse;table-layout:fixed'> Closer First Second DL/Minors Arizona Heath Bell David Hernandez Matt Reynolds J.J. Putz Atlanta Craig Kimbrel Jordan Walden Cory Gearrin Baltimore Jim Johnson Darren O’Day Tommy Hunter Boston Andrew Bailey Junichi Tazawa Koji Uehara CHI (NL) Kevin Gregg Carlos Marmol James Russell CHI (AL) Addison Reed Jesse Crain Matt Thornton Cincy Aroldis Chapman Jonathan Broxton J.J. Hoover Sean Marshall Cleveland Vinnie Pestano Joe Smith Bryan Shaw Chris Perez Colorado Rex Brothers Wilton Lopez Matt Belisle Rafael Betancourt Detroit Joaquin Benoit Drew Smyly Jose Valverde Houston Jose Veras Hector Ambriz Wesley Wright KC Greg Holland Aaron Crow Kelvin Herrera LAA Ernesto Frieri Scott Downs Robert Coello Ryan Madson LAD Kenley Jansen Brandon League Ronald Belisario Miami Steve Cishek Mike Dunn Chad Qualls Milwaukee Francisco Rodriguez Jim Henderson John Axford Minnesota Glen Perkins Jared Burton Casey Fien NY (NL) Bobby Parnell Brandon Lyon LaTroy Hawkins Frank Francisco NY (AL) Mariano Rivera David Robertson Joba Chamberlain Oakland Grant Balfour

Detroit's experimental maverick Shigeto continually expands the bounds of the trend-heavy stylization that is best classified as downtempo. His experimental take on a mixture of IDM, ambient, and classic styles make for music that not only provides a backdrop to hazier days, but also carries emotion through progression,stemmingthrough heavy use of layering echoing melodies and lush textures. Recently announcing that his upcoming album No Better Time Than Now will be released on Ghostly International in mid-August,Zachary Shigeto Saginawhas positioned himself in a space where even the sky that he generallymaneuversthroughout his music Read MoreBlog: earmilk.comRelated: Shigeto RingleaderShigeto: RingleaderShigeto RingleaderShigeto | Detroit Part 1Doldrums + Shigeto + F&L + Le RevelateurShigeto What We Held On To | Live | Mix For Streets Of Beige

Jun 19, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook (7) celebrates with defenseman Duncan Keith (2) after scoring the game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins during the overtime period in game four of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Michael Ivins-USA TODAY Sports The first period was the story of the Hero and the goat.  The Hawks came out in the first period playing hard and they had all the momentum.  The Bruins got a very early powerplay on a very soft interference call on Johnny Oduya.  The Hawks finally scored on the powerplay in this series but it was the Boston Bruins powerplay as Brandon Saad made a great play and push up the ice and fed Michal Handzus who buried it past Tuukka Rask for a 1-0 lead and short-handed goal. The part of the hero of the first period was played by Saad but when the Bruins second powerplay was about to run out the Hawks won a faceoff but Saad couldn’t clear the puck then had a second chance to clear but fell to the ice and Rick Peverly put one past Corey Crawford glove side as Crawford didn’t move and the score was all tied up.  So as quickly as Saad was the hero he became the goat of the period.  The Hawks owned the first half of the period but the Bruins after Saad’s failed clear claimed it for the second half of the period.  The question coming out for the second would be if the Hawks could regain any of the momentum it had lost. The second period was the first truly wild period of the series to date. The Hawks got the first goal of the period which was scored by the Captain on a deflection off a Michal Rozsival shot. It was the first goal by Jonathan Toews since Game #5 of the Detroit Red Wings series.  Next up for big guns that needed to show up tonight was Patrick Kane who picked up a rebound and buried it into an empty net.  The 3-1 lead seemed huge but it didn’t last long as a play in front of Crawford broke down and Milan Lucic put in a rebound past Crawford.  Crawford sure had the look of someone fighting it for most of the second period. The Hawks regained a 2 goal cushion when Michael Frolik and Marcus Kruger put on a nice 2 on 1 break and Kruger on a second effort put it in for a 4-2 lead. The momentum seemed to be back in the Hawks favor but the refs called a truly weak hooking call on #88 and the Bruins went on the powerplay.  Zdeno Chara put one high off the glass and a fluky bounce fell nicely into the crease and Patrice Bergeron easily put it in the back of the net.  The last second of the period was pretty crazy with three awesome chances by the Bruins including a premature horn by the Boston staff but in the end mercifully the horn sounded and the Hawks headed to the second intermission with a 4-3 lead and a crazy period had come to an end. The third period started with Bruins scoring early in the third period tying  it up with Bergeron’s 2nd of the game after a pretty impressive two man play between him and Jaromir Jagr. The Hawks took the lead 5-4  midway through the third period when the Hawks finally broke their powerplay drought when Patrick Sharp pounced on a Marian Hossa shot from the point.  The lead was short lived by less than a minute when Johnny Boychuk tied it with a blast from the middle of the ice past Crawford’s glove hand.  The rest of the period was chances both ways but in the end for the third time in four games in this Stanley Cup Final the game was heading to overtime.  The Hawks really threw everything they had at the Bruins putting 16 third period shots on goal to the Bruins 8 but in the end it would take extra time to decide this very exciting contest. Another overtime but this one was different than the first two games that went into extra time , because  this was a serious gut check for the Blackhawks because the series was either in dire straits at 3-1 Boston or heading back to Chicago tied up 2-2.  The Bruins had early momentum in overtime with Duncan Keith

Feature trailer for Burn. A documentary about Detroit told through the eyes of firefighters charged with the thankless task of saving a city that many have written off as dead. Filed Under: Burn Tags: Tribeca Film Festival, Documentary

The Narrative, written in 2013, is a New York Times Bestseller. Coauthored by the residents of Bless You Boys, a Detroit Tigers blog, it helps unveil the mysteries surrounding the game of baseball. Major League Baseball is something funny. We're all very invested in it. However, how can one be invested in a game that they don't even play? Heck, they don't even indirectly influence the game! This troubled me when I pondered it during another night of watching someone for the Tigers pitch his butt off. That's when I remembered an argument between Singledigit and Trout Jefferson recently. It was mentioned that anyone can cherry pick stats to make their argument for something. Really? Then I'd better get researching! Narrative Objective: Prove that I somehow affect the game Evidence: Anecdotal, with made-up statistics Narrative Degree of Difficulty: 6 First, I figured that I would review each game recap to see if I could remember how involved in it. I made it all the way to the home opener. That's when I got smart and realized this was a narrative, nobody was paying me for accuracy. Therefore, I began skimming the schedule to see what games I remembered watching or listening to and which ones I didn't. This compilation's inaccuracy was probably aided by selective memory and The Rod Allen Drinking Game, but whatever. Eventually, I came out to a record of 21-13 in games I paid attention to and 18-18 in the others. That's a winning percentage of .618 as opposed to .500. Now, you can tell me that the Tigers are just suffering sample size luck, and I really don't have an argument. Therefore, I thought I'd plan ahead and use more numbers to say the exact same thing! First of all, my statistic uses WAR. We'll call it josWAR. The replacement level for this environment is based upon the games I didn't watch, or a .500 watcher. A completely non-watched Tigers team would win 81 games over the course of a season. Not bad, but not good at all. What would a team watched exclusively by me each night win? 100 games. Therefore, I am worth 19 josWAR! Suck it, Trout. However, since the season is 70 games over we'll just apply that winning level to the remaining 92 games. That shows the Tigers can still win 96 games, give or take a few. The season is not over just yet, this narrative seems to indicate. Obviously, one cannot come up with an argument against logic as infallible as homemade WAR. That means my narrative is a success, and subject to being whipped out and screamed about next time I miss a Gamethread for "social commitments." Someone get me a chair and some water. I have a duty to my team to stay by the TV all summer. The Narrative, written in 2013, is a New York Times Bestseller. Coauthored by the residents of Bless You Boys, a Detroit Tigers blog, it helps unveil the mysteries surrounding the game of baseball. Major League Baseball is something funny. We're all very invested in it. However, how can one be invested in a game that they don't even play? Heck, they don't even indirectly influence the game! This troubled me when I pondered it during another night of watching someone for the Tigers pitch his butt off. That's when I remembered an argument between Singledigit and Trout Jefferson recently. It was mentioned that anyone can cherry pick stats to make their argument for something. Really? Then I'd better get researching! Narrative Objective: Prove that I somehow affect the game Evidence: Anecdotal, with made-up statistics Narrative Degree of Difficulty: 6 First, I figured that I would review each game recap to see if I could remember how involved in it. I made it all the way to the home opener. That's when I got smart and realized this was a narrative, nobody was paying me for accuracy. Therefore, I began skimming the schedule to see what games I remembered watching or listening to and which ones I didn't. This compilation's inaccuracy was probably aided by selective memory and The Rod Allen Drinkin

Follow me @jaeckel Game 5 against Detroit. Game 4 against LA. Game 4 against Boston could be one of those games, like the above two, where the Hawks turn this series around. It wasn't an epic performance. And Corey Crawford had to be bailed out after a really weak outing, where his glove hand was repeatedly exposed. But the Hawks showed that with a little pushback, forecheck and . ....

We keep waiting for him to stop, but it would appear that Chris Davis either doesn't have an "Off" button or is keeping it very well hidden.His wallet approves. Or will approve, anyway. If you missed it, Davis was at it again on Wednesday afternoon in Detroit, slugging two more home runs as part of a 3-for-5 afternoon in a 13-3 Baltimore victory over the Tigers.The Orioles first baseman is now hitting .337/.413/.720 with a league-leading 26 home runs. Pretty good stuff for a guy who came into the season as a .258/.310/.466 career hitter and a reputation as nothing more than just another slugging meathead. Davis is so much more than that now, and the article that Grantland's Jonah Keri penned earlier this month made it clear that Davis has himself to thank for that. With a little nudging from Orioles hitting coach Jim Presley, Davis went to great lengths to remake himself into a more complete hitter. Obviously, he's succeeded.Davis' efforts could pay off in an American League MVP award in the short run. But in the longer run, there's going to be a massive paycheck coming his way eventually. If he refuses to cool down, he'll be your garden-variety slugging first baseman. At last check, they get paid well.If Davis continues his current pace, ESPN.com projects that he'll end the season with 58 home runs. That would be the most for a first baseman since Ryan Howard also slugged 58 homers in 2006, and it would also be the 12th 50-homer season by a first baseman in baseball history.Even the more modest projections are still impressive. Per FanGraphs, ZiPS sees a .301/.370/.600 line with 42 home runs at the end of the season for Davis. Steamer sees a .305/.377/.613 line and 39 homers.No matter which way you slice it, it's hard to see Davis as anything less than a .300 hitter with 40 bombs at season's end. The last few first basemen to hit .300 with 40 bombs in a season were named: Albert Pujols, Howard, Lance Berkman, Derrek Lee, Mark Teixeira and Carlos Delgado.Pretty good company right there, and putting himself among them will obviously bode well for Davis' future earning power. Pujols, Howard and Teixeira are particularly relevant, as they've all signed contracts worth over $100 million within the last five years. Davis is putting himself on a path to join them with what he's doing in 2013, but it's not going to be as simple as going from A to B. Even in a sport as liberal with money as baseball, $100 million contracts aren't given to players with only one brilliant season under their belts.If Davis wants a $100 million contract, he's going to have to keep doing for a few more years. And since he's only under club control through 2015, that means the best bet is that he'll be getting his $100 million contract in free agency rather than via an extension from the Orioles—who aren't in the habit of giving out $100 million deals anyway.Davis will be off his age-29 season if and when he hits free agency after 2015, and that represents a complication in trying to narrow down a potential free-agent contract. Unless MLB Trade Rumors' transaction tracker is missing somebody, no first baseman has ever signed a free-agent contract worth an excess of even so much as $50 million fresh off his age-29 season.Teixeira comes close enough, however, as he signed with the New York Yankees off his age-28 campaign in 2008. He got an eight-year contract that will last him through his age-36 season.That's not a bad target area for sluggers. Carlos Lee's six-year contract with the Houston Astros lasted through his age-36 season. Josh Hamilton's five-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels is also going to last through his age-36 season. In light of these guys, Davis could turn two more brilliant full seasons in 2014 and 2015 into a seven-year deal in free agency that would last him through his own age-36 season. As for what the money will be like, I feel safe in assuming that the going rate for a .300 hitter with 40-homer power in the winter of 2015-2

The Detroit Tigers (39-31, 1st place, 3.5 games ahead of Cleveland, losing streak at 2) continue their home stand with a 4-game set against the Clay Buchholz-less Boston Red Sox (44-30, 1st place AL East). The forecast says Detroit weather all good for the first couple games, fair chance of rain over the weekend that could affect play. Thursday, June 20, 7:08 PM EDT: RHP John Lackey (4-5, 3.08) v LHP Jose Alvarez (1-0, 1,50) Friday, June 21, 7:08 PM EDT: LHP Jon Lester (6-4, 4.37) v RHP Doug Fister (6-4, 3.21) Saturday, June 22, 7:15 PM EDT*: RHP Allen Webster (0-1, 11.74) v RHP Max Scherzer (10-0, 3.08) Sunday, June 23,  1:08 PM EDT: LHP Felix Doubront (4-3, 4.38) v RHP Justin Verlander (8-5, 3.72) * National on Fox, meaning blacked out for us MLB.tv folks  MEET THE RED SOX*:  HITTING: .268 AVG (Tigers .281), .345 OBP (.348), .443 SLG (.428), .788 OPS (.776),  371 R (343), 82 HR (72), 58 of 71 SB (21 of 27), GIDP 59 or 11% (61 or 11%), INFIELD HITS 68 or 10.3% (52 or 7.6%). STARTING PITCHING: 3.70 ERA (Tigers 3.38), .241 BAA (.237), 1.30 WHIP (1.13), 401/174 K/BB (465/107), 54 HR (31). BULLPEN: 213 IP (Tigers 191), 12-8 W-L (4-13), 3.89 ERA (3.76), .246 BAA (.234), 1.36 WHIP (1.27), 231/91 K/BB (200/77), 26 HR (17), IRS% 27% (30%) DEFENSE: .986 FPCT (Tigers .989), .692 DefEff (.686), 59 DP (52), 76% SBPCT (75%), OF ASSISTS 15 (9), UNEARNED RUNS 20 (13). *Thru 69 games You could have – would have – called this another “are they ready?” series before the one just concluded against Baltimore. (You may recall that the Tigers failed the first two such tests against the Rangers and the Pirates.) At this point, a split with Boston would be a pleasant surprise, though the Red Sox feature a bullpen that the Tigers could munch on if they were so inclined. But I’m guessing that they’re not so inclined. A few tidbits on the best starting rotation in baseball: INNING-OWNERS*: MASTERS OF THEIR DOMAIN (thru 67 games) SCHERZER 52.2% (48 OF 92) ALVAREZ 50.0% (3 OF 6) PORCELLO 40.3% (29 OF 72) SANCHEZ 36.1% (30 OF 83) FISTER 35.8% (34 OF 95) VERLANDER 26.1% (23 OF 88) *Perfect but for any IBB or ROE IMPERFECT INNINGS ERA (thru 67 games) ALVAREZ 3.00 SANCHEZ 4.25 VERLANDER 4.57 FISTER 4.87 SCHERZER 6.54 PORCELLO 9.18 INTERESTING COUNT DATA (BAA/OPSA) thru 67 games 1ST PITCH*** 0-2******* 3-2****** 3-BALL%** HOT COUNT**** NOT COUNT***** K COUNT VERLANDER .222/.633 .152/.391** .333/.974 18% 1-2 .158/.366 2-1 .611/1.690 1-2 (60%) SCHERZER .343/.905 .146/.341* .057/.498 18% 2-2 .079/.238 1-0 .438/1.537 0-2 (59%) PORCELLO .458/1.208 .190/.381** .286/.819 20% 1-2 .070/.233 1-0 .563/1.250 0-2 (57%) SANCHEZ .548/1.322 .122/.244* .200/.710 19% 1-2 .037/.073 1ST PITCH 1-2 (65%) FISTER .324/.780 .188/.517** .351/.922 17.5% 2-2 .182/.400 1-1 .393/.842 2-2 (47%) (The bold type and asterisks are for separation and readability only, nothing more. Haven’t quite worked out the table insertion thing…) And now, the situation… The Tigers are fresh off their most humiliating loss of the season, a 13-3 rout at home that went from bad to worse to what we hope will be the last pitch Jose Valverde throws as a Tiger. Tell me something. Why does Miguel Cabrera not charge the Flaherty grounder in the 4th, two outs, man on 2B, Orioles up 2-0? Mario Impemba on Cabrera waiting on the ball at the bag and attempting to tag Hardy out there: “Really Miggy’s only play.” I don’t think so. I think that was a horrendous error in judgment that sent the game on its way to the toilet. I’ll have nice things to say about Miggy later, but that play is one big black eye. HUGE black eye. Even if the tag at 3rd is the only play, it was still misplayed, at great cost. I will get to the oft-neglected subject of defense next series. Oh, I get it. The Tigers are a good hitting team. Not a good scoring team. Thanks for clearing that up, Tigers hitters. Anibal is out. That hurts. Austin is back, and wa