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The Tigers took care of another three game series today and it was one of those wins where they scored three runs or less. Clete Thomas drove in the game winning run with his second bases loaded walk of the game while Gary Sheffield had the big hit.  His solo homerun in the bottom of [...]

First off, it’s been another busy weekend and I never got a chance to plug a roundtable discussion I took part in with Billfer, Lee Panas and Geoff Young over at Ducksnorts prior to the series.  It was a pretty good discussion so be sure to check it out.  The most important part was where I was the [...]

Armando Galarraga followed up a nice start by Kenny Rogers with his seventh win of the season as he pushes further for the Rookie of the Year award.  There’s still a lot of games left to be played, but this was Galarraga’s eleventh start and the Tigers have won nine of those and his ERA [...]

The hype surrounding the return of Fernando Rodney was shortlived as he and Freddy Dolsi combined to give up five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Tigers 8-6 loss to the Giants.  Dolsi gave up a pair of singles and got one out before Rodney came in and gave up a [...]

This game had it all.  You had a four inning, pre-rain delay pitchers duel, back to back homers and a near fatal meltdown by the bullpen.  Still, you have to be happy with quite a few things in this game.  First off, they held on and won and they also got another nice outing from [...]

The Tigers continue to pick up ground in the division with another win over the Dodgers this afternoon.  It wasn’t pretty, but Eddie Bonine won in his major league debut.  He gave up six runs on nine hits with two strikeouts (no walks, which is nice) in 5 1/3 innings.  Casey Fossum gave up a [...]

It’s been one of those weeks.  Things started off with what I first thought was a tornado but ended up being just massive gusts of winds as probably the worst storm I’ve ever seen came through.  Our next door neighbor has a tree in their yard (we’re talking big trees, not saplings) that’s partially in [...]

It’s too bad we can’t talk too much about the Tigers win tonight, but the victory was bittersweet because the Tigers got news that Jeremy Bonderman is likely out for the season with a blood clot in his pitching shoulder.  This is basically the same problem that sidelined Kenny Rogers for a bulk of the season [...]

Another game with two runs or less, and another loss.  Paul Byrd was the Cy Young look alike tonight as he and the Indians pen held the Tigers to two runs on five hits.  Brandon Inge put the Tigers on the board with a solo shot in the sixth and then Jeff Larish hit his [...]

Casey Fossum was having an excellent season with Toledo and now with the Tigers, he has an ERA of 135.00 after two relief appearances.  Still, the four runs he gave up were icing on the cake after a tough start by Nate Robertson.  The lefthander gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks [...]

The experimentation continued yesterday as Dontrelle Willis and Armando Galarraga effectively split their start yesterday in an attempt to get Willis some innings.  Willis didn’t allow a run in four innings and he gave up just two hits but he walked five, including three walks alone in the fourth inning.  The Tigers took a 3-0 [...]

The Tigers are now 0-22 when they score two runs or less after Francisco Cruceta gave up the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to Bobby Crosby last night.  It’s unfortunate because Kenny Rogers has had two straight solid starts but for is efforts, he didn’t get a decision in either of [...]

Half of the twelve runs the Tigers and Mariners scored this afternoon came in the final frame as the Tigers took the rubber game in their series against the Mariners and evened their record at 3-3 on their west coast trip.  The game was a back and forth, semi-pitchers duel until the ninth inning when [...]

At least this time, it was a pitcher who you could actually see shutting down a team.  Felix Hernandez threw seven innings of the Tigers ninth shutout in a game that saw the Tigers pick up a mere two hits without a single walk.  In fact just as many batters were hit by pitches then [...]

The Tigers kick off their series today with the Mariners and there’s quite a bit of news since the Tigers played their last game.  Matt Joyce has been sent down and Clete Thomas has been brought back up.  In the meantime, Marcus Thames is going to get a shot at being the full time left [...]

You don’t hear a lot about position battles during the season anymore.  In a way though, Jim Leyland has created just that by relegating Dontrelle Willis to the pen in favor of Armando Galarraga. He’s basically telling Galarraga the spot is his for the time being as long as he doesn’t give him a reason [...]

The Tigers avoided a sweep yesterday as they beat the Angels 6-2.  Marcus Thames led the way with a pair of homers and four RBIs in a game that saw five Tigers have multi-hit games.  Curtis Granderson singled twice and scored a pair of runs while Magglio Ordonez reached base three times with two singles, [...]

The Tigers offense was held in check once again as they lost a 3-2 game to the Angels late last night.  This time, the Tigers managed just three hits and one of them was a two run shot by Miguel Cabrera.  The Tigers rotation contiued their turnaround as Jeremy Bonderman had a nice start.  He [...]

On a good note, Kenny Rogers had his best start of the season.  Seven shutout innings, and he gave up just five hits and a walk.  The pen did a nice job too with Freddy Dolsi, Zach Miner and Bobby Seay combining to give up just one run in 4 1/3 innings.  Unfortunately, that one [...]

The Tigers just kicked off their game with the Angels.  During the pregame show, I decided to check something.  On August 7, 2006, the Tigers essentially peaked in their magical season.  They were 40 games above .500 before they went on a little bit of a spill.  What’s odd is how that stretch has basically [...]

The Tigers failed to capitalize on both their sweep over the Mariners and their 19 run outburst last night as they dropped the rubber game to the Twins.  You have to feel for Justin Verlander in this one because he threw another nice game.  Then he had to watch Francisco Cruceta give up a grand [...]

For the second time this season, the Tigers have put up 19 runs as they demolished the Twins 19-3.  The Tigers had all nineteen runs by the fifth inning so it looked like they might leap over that 20 run mark but not tonight.  Magglio Ordonez belted two homers, drove in six and scored four [...]

The Tigers finished off a series that saw them pile on 30 runs over the Mariners this week.  If anything, this was a series that Tigers needed to turn things around.  The Mariners had as bad of a record as the Tigers at the time and we were also missing Erik Bedard and Felix Hernandez.  [...]

It’s been a while since the Tigers won back to back games but they got it done tonight, topping Seattle 9-4.  They scored two in the second and then they piled it on in the third with seven.  It was somewhat disconcerting that they didn’t score after that but it was more then enough for the [...]

In a game that was way more interesting then it needed to be, the Tigers put one in the win column against the Mariners tonight.  The Tigers took an 11-1 lead into the seventh inning only to see it turn into a 12-8 win.  They needed Todd Jones to get a double play in the [...]

Jacque Jones has a new home as he was signed to a minor league contract by the Florida Marlins.  Who would have thought back in March that a move from Detroit to Florida would have put a player from a last place team to a last place team.  He’ll start out in extended spring training [...]

I’m watching the Cubs/Astros game and I was interested in seeing Tim Byrdak getting some time on the mound.  Talk about an odd stat line.  In 9 2/3 innings up until tonight, he has a 1.552 WHIP, yet he hasn’t been credited with an earned run.  And his control problems folowed him to Houston and [...]

While the bullpen hasn’t been a huge problem this year, it’s nice to see that Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney are both making their way back.  Both will throw during extended spring training this week and it’ll be interesting to see where they’re both at.

Jim Leyland’s words, not mine.  Looks like Leyland and the front office don’t have the day off while the team does.

Just one day after the Tigers snapped their five game losing streak, they go and suffer another shutout.  At least this time it was against a future Hall of Famer as Randy Johnson and the D-Backs pen held the Tigers to just seven hits.  Placido Polanco and Edgar Renteria both had a pair while Miguel [...]