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I can’t think of a more polarizing Tigers’ player then Brandon Inge.  It seems like fans either love him or hate him.  Well, the haters have something to complain about because Inge and the Tigers inked a two year deal with an option for a third that should keep Inge at third base for at [...]

I’m going to actually write something here later today (with a large part of it being the Brandon Inge signing) but in the meantime, here’s some trivia.  What do Brandon Inge, Lou Whitaker, Norm Cash and Al Kaline all have in common?

Before the Post season started, I had the Rangers and Phillies playing in the Fall Classic. I was half right(Figures I would get the wrong team from the league I cover) but I am picking Texas to win in 6. Love that lineup (Both in the field and at bat) and they have enough pitching [...]

Various media outlets are reporting the New York Mets will name MLB executive Sandy Alderson their new general manager as early as Friday.  Alderson  built the great Oakland A’s teams of the late 1980s (led by RF Jose Canseco and 1B Mark McGwire) and also worked in the commissioners office from 1998 to 2005. He [...]

I’ll write more on this tonight but the Tigers signed Brandon Inge to a two year deal with an option for a third year.

AL: I like the Texas Rangers to come out of the American League, they will defeat Tampa in 4 games then down the Minnesota Twins, who will stun the New York Yankees in 5. The Yankees lack of pitching depth will be exposed and the Twins have the right type of team to extend that [...]

After 2 tough seasons in 2009 and 2010 as well as historic collapses in 07-08, time finally ran out on the tenure of GM Omar Minaya as well as Manager Jerry Manuel; Minaya was relieved of his duties while Manuel’s 2011 option was not picked up Monday morning by Mets management.  Manuel managed the final [...]

The Tigers declined to take advantage of their $15 million option on Magglio Ordonez, although according to Jason Beck, they’re still keeping the door open to a possible return by the right fielder.  After a rough 2009, Magglio Ordonez took some big strides in returning to form before his season ended prematurely because of that [...]

Beleaguered Mets LH Oliver Perez(0-5,6.80) put a fitting cap on the 2010 New York Mets season Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, walking 3 and hitting another in only a third of an inning, helping the Washington Nationals win 2-1 in 14 innings. Perez, in the 2nd year of a $36 million dollar deal, was  removed [...]

The Tigers 2010 season is over with and they finished with a nice even 81-81 record.  The last time they finished exactly .500 was back in 1958 when the finished 77-77.  Billy Martin played for the team that year and Al Kaline led the team in OPS with an .864.  Entirely meaningless but a little [...]

Please follow the team at mets.com or at Matthew Cerrone’s metsblog.com, I will return with Sunday’s season finale as well as with any breaking off-season news.

Numerous media outlets are reporting that both Mets GM Omar Minaya and Manager Jerry Manuel will both lose their jobs but could be reassigned within the organization. Manuel’s(Manager since July 17,2008) contract expires after the 2010 season while Minaya(GM since Sept 2004)  has two years left at 1.1 million per year, rumors have specific language [...]

LH Pat Misch(0-4,3.89) pitched outstanding and C Josh Thole hit a walk off shot in the 10th inning as the New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 2-1 Friday night at Citi Field. Misch struck out 10 in 8 innings and 1B Ike Davis also homered for the NY, Hisanori Takahashi collected his 10th win [...]

The big bats of the Milwaukee Brewers proved too much for the New York Mets as the visitors rolled 9-2 Thursday night at Citi Field. RF Corey Hart and 3B Casey McGehee posted rbi to reach 100 rbi for the year while rookie CF Lorenzo Cain chipped in two hits and 3 runs driven in. [...]

Milwaukee starting pitcher Dave Bush(8-13,4.54) allowed 3 hits over 6 innings while also helping his own cause with a rbi single in the 3rd inning as the Brewers defeated the New York Mets 3-1 in game 2 as the visitors swept the day-night doubleheader at Citi Field in New York. All star LF Ryan Braun [...]

1B Prince Fielder capped a 2 run 8th inning rally with a game winning rbi single to center as the Milwaukee Brewers held off the New York Mets 8-7 Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field.  The teams combined for 29 hits(16 by Milwaukee) with each club having a huge inning(Mets 6 run 3rd, Brewers 5 in [...]

Rookie 2B Ruben Tejada doubled home fellow 1st year studs 1B Ike Davis and C Josh Thole for the winning runs in the 9th as the  New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 Tuesday night at Citi Field. 3B David Wright hit a  two run homer while Tejada had 3 of the Mets 8 [...]

Monday night’s opener vs the Milwaukee Brewers was rained out and will  be part of a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday at 4:10 pm. Mike Pelfrey will pitch Tuesday while R.A Dickey and Jon Niese will throw Wednesday in the start of the Mets final homestand in 2010. For rainout policy information, please visit mets.com or [...]

Off until Monday’s game vs Milwaukee… Please follow the team at mets.com or at Matthew Cerrone’s Metsblog.com

The young and talented Florida Marlins jumped on starter Jon Niese for 5 first inning runs and never looked back as they handled the New York Mets 7-5 Wednesday night in Miami. Florida 2B Dan Uggla(3 hits,  run, 2 rbi) and 3B Wes Helms(hit, 3 rbi) led the Marlins 9 hit attack while rookie RH [...]

Armando Galarraga fell to 4-7 on the season with his second straight rough start in the Tigers 9-6 loss to Kansas City.  The first four innings went fairly well then the floodgates opened in the fifth and he gave four runs (blowing a 3-0 lead).  Alfredo Figaro and Eddie Bonine were also tagged for a [...]

1B Gaby Sanchez hit a tie breaking 3 run homer in the 8th leading the Florida Marlins over the New York Mets 5-2 Tuesday  night in Miami. 3B David Wright had 3 hits and homer #25 to pace NY while rookie LF Lucas Duda also hit a home run. Mets starter  Mike Pelfrey(15-9,3.75) pitched well, [...]

It’s been a rough year for Zach Greinke.  Coming off of his Cy Young season, he got off to a nice start in April (five starts, 2.56 ERA, 1.11 WHIP) only to get little run support and he went 0-2.  Since then, he’s looked mortal and he now finds his ERA sitting at a nice [...]

I went to bed after the seventh inning thinking the Tigers had this one in the bag.  I was kind of right because they won but the game went into the eleventh inning and thanks to the bottom of the order, the Tigers walked away with the win.  After this one being a pitchers duel [...]

Braves 1B Derek Lee’s 7th inning grand slam put Atlanta ahead for good as the Braves handled the New York Mets 6-3 Sunday afternoon at Citi Field.  R.A. Dickey(11-7, 2.92) ran out of gas in the frame and two relievers could not  escape the jam as well. Ex Brave Manny Acosta(2-1,3.34) served up the slam, [...]

I forgot to throw this up, but David Laurila talked to Tigers minor leaguer Scot Drucker.  Pretty good stuff especially on how the players keep up with some of the minor league sources like Baseball America. Tigers are winning now after a big seventh inning.

I’m about twenty minutes behind on the game (thank you TiVo) but the Tigers haven’t gotten anyone on base after ten hitters.  Check that, Sizemore just hit a home run right before I made myself look foolish for criticizing Leyland for hitting him second.  2-1 White Sox.  Now Raburn just got a double.  Interesting note [...]

Scott Sizemore blasted a big three run home run in the top of the eighth inning to break a 3-3 tie in the Tigers 6-3 win over the White Sox yesterday.  It was just his second home run on the season in what’s been a disappointing year for the upstart second baseman.  It’ll be interesting [...]

The Twins won earlier this afternoon so that means the Tigers are 15 1/2 games back with 15 to play, ending even their formerly remote chances of making the playoffs.  Not surprising considering the Tigers are 25-36 since the All Star Break. Only the Kansas City Royals (21-37) have had a worse record. Jeff Passan [...]

Max Scherzer pushed his record onto the winning side as the Tigers came back to beat the White Sox 9-2.  Scherzer gave up runs in the fourth and fifth and he had to wait until the seventh inning, when the Tigers scored six runs, to finally get some run support.  In all, it was another [...]