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Ivan Rodriguez led the Tigers at the plate last night as they blew out the Mariners 12-6 for their fourth straight win.  It was Pudge’s third game in which he had four hits this season.  He homered, drove in two and scored twice.  Curtis Granderson picked up his 22nd triple and he scored three runs while […]

The Tigers have put together a nice little winning streak and in the process, they’ve moved into sole possession of second place in the American League Wild Card race.  As I’m writing this, the Yankees and Royals are tied 2-2 and if KC can pull it out, then the Tigers will pick up a game […]

It was another close, but the Tigers pulled a game out of their hat as they took their series against the White Sox and for the second straight day, they won the game on a walk off hit.  Brandon Inge put the Tigers on the board in the third inning with a solo homer (his […]

Other then the fact that the Tigers had to use six pitchers in the Tigers 2-1, eleven inning win over the White Sox,the game was encouraging on a couple of different levels.  Kenny Rogers made his second return and pitched five solid frames.  He gave up just one run on two hits and he had a […]

Jon Garland held the Tigers’ hitters in check as a solid start by Jeremy Bonderman was wasted.  And once again, the Tigers failed to get it done against the White Sox.  Sigh.  With the Indians win, the Tigers sit a distant seven games out with each team having 24 games left.  So even if the […]

The Tigers minor league affiliates have had some quality seasons this year and with a lot of the playoffs starting tomorrow, the Tigers have three affiliates in the post season.  The Toledo Mud Hens and West Michigan White Caps will defend their titles while the Erie Seawolves also made the playoffs.  And the Oneonta Tigers […]

Wow.  It’s funny because I turned the game off in the seventh because of family duties (i.e. playing with boy).  I logged back in to check the box score to see how many runs the Tigers ended up winning by only to see the A’s came back in dramatic fashion.  I’m glad I didn’t keep […]

The Tigers lost on Friday but then won this afternoon.  The problem is at this point, .500 isn’t going to cut it especially against a team that’s pretty much out of it.  With the Indians winning eight straight, the Tigers find themselves down by 5 1/2 games.  Things are a little better for the Wild […]

It took well over a month, but Jeremy Bonderman finally won his eleventh game of the season as the Tigers finally put together and pulled out a win in their series finale with the Royals.  Bonderman improved to 11-7 and he gave up just one run on six hits with three strikeouts in seven innings.  Just […]

Well, it was another bizarre game,  Andrew Miller couldn’t do much right as the left hander gave up five runs before getting a single out in the first inning as he fell to 5-5 on the season.  Oddly, Buddy Bell probably had just as much to do with the Tigers escaping with just five runs […]

The Tigers are sending three pitchers and three hitters to the Arizona Fall League that begins in early October.  Eddie Bonine, Jeff Gerbe, Jair Jurrjens and Dallas Trahern are the pitchers while Michael Hollimon, Jeff Larish and Cameron Maybin.  So you have a couple of guys who spent some time on the big league club […]

The Tigers winning streak came to a quick end at two games after a loss to the Royals in their series opener.  Robertson threw three decent innings before the wheels fell off the wagon and he he gave up three in the fourth and three in the fifth.  Give some credit to Jason Grilli though.  He came […]

You know it’s a beatdown when Sean Casey gets a triple.  The Tigers completely dismantled Mike Mussina and the Yankees bullpen last night as they won their second straight game to win the four game series three to four.  Every Tiger regular had a hit and six had multi-hit games.  The only Tiger starter who […]

The Tigers have a chance to do something tonight for the first time since July, and that’s win a series.  They got to this point by putting together a nice performance yesterday that saw three homeruns, an injury to their starting pitcher, and some pretty good bullpen work.
Curtis Granderson led off the game with his […]

…..by scoring on an inside the park homer.  Man, Granderson has pretty much done it all this season.  It’s the first inside the park homer since September of 2005 when Granderson himself did it.

Like their last couple of series, the Tigers took the first game last night as they kicked things off with the Yankees.  This one must have been tough on the fans.  There was a four hour rain delay before things finally kicked and then when they did, the game dragged on for close to four […]

On July 19, the Tigers reached their peak of 21 games above .500 for the first time.  They’d split their next four games and on July 23, they sat as 59-38 with a two game lead over the Indians.
Since that point, the entire division has been in a funk.  There’s a three way tie for […]

The last time the Tigers won a series, we were still talking about the All Star Break.  This time it was Joel Zumaya who faltered on the mound.  I was listening to the game on the radio, but from what Jim Price and Dan Dickerson were saying, Zumaya was mostly throwing around 94-95, which is […]

The Tigers traded Craig Monroe to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later.  No surprise that the Tigers didn’t get much for him after designating him for assignment.  More on this when I recap the game.

A lot was made last year about how the White Sox starting pitchers wore down in the second half of 2005 because of their extended work load when they won the World Series in 2004.  Three Tigers starters (Justin Verlander, Nate Robertson and Jeremy Bonderman) all set career high innings pitched totals last and that […]

Earlier yesterday, I was listening to the Big Show and they had ESPN’s Steve Phillips on.   Phillips talked about how he wouldn’t have thrown Jair Jurrjens because his stuff was only okay and with it being the second time around, the surprise factor wouldn’t be there.  He said he would have skipped Jurrjens and with […]

Still out of town and the last leg of our trip took us to rainy Pittsburgh to see the Pirates play the Phillies at beautiful PNC Park.  I found out too late that the hotel I stayed at was also the hotel where the Phillies stayed for the weekend but then again, I don’t get […]

I go out of town and all hell breaks loose (so I’ll be keeping this short).  The Tigers took care of Mike Mussina and the Yankees last night, and with a sick Justin Verlander on the mound.  Ideally he throws into the seveth but considering that he has the flu, you have to take what you […]

While Jair Jurrjens didn’t pitch particularly great, he did give the Tigers seven innings and he kept them in the game.  This was more the hitters not getting it done then heaping on Jurrjens and the rookie pitched about as well as you could expect for a guy making his debut in the middle of […]

The Tigers got it done today and signed their first round draft pick Rick Porcello.  Much to the dismay of the commissioner, it was well above the alloted slot with the young right hander picking up $7.28 million over four years.  It’s a major league deal so every year he spends starting in 2008 is […]

The Tigers topped the Indians 6-2 in ten innings and I have to admit that this was a fun game to watch.  It definitely had that pennant race feel to it and it was equally as nice that the Tiger pulled off a come from behind victory.  Jeremy Bonderman’s first inning woes continued when he […]

With two men on and two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Curtis Granderson just made a spectacular diving catch to save at least one run and potentially the game.  The Tigers still need to score, but that was definitely a game saver.

It looks like the Tigers are close to signing Rick Porcello, the team’s first round draft pick this year, to $7.7 million deal.  The terms appear to be a $3.7 million signing bonus and then $4 million over four years.  The way things work now with the August 15th deadline and the slotting rules (I’ll […]

The Tigers dropped their finale against the A’s last night and they settled for a 2-2 split in their four game series.  This time it was a rough outing by Chad Durbin that cost the Tigers.  He was tagged for six runs on six hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  […]

The Tigers traded minor league second baseman Jack Hannahan to the Athletics for an upspecified Triple A player.  Hannahan has had a solid season for the Mud Hens but like a lot of players on that team, he’s well past the point of being considered a prospect (he turned 27 in March).  I picked this up from […]