Hours before the first pitch of the American League Championship Series, the Tigers announced that their hottest hitter during the American League Divisional Series, Delmon Young, will not be on the roster vs. the Texas Rangers. Utility infielder Danny Worth will replace him.  Delmon Young, who hit three solo homers and .316/.381/1.170 vs. the Yankees, was […]

Series Dates/Pitching Matchups Game 1 in New York: Friday, September 30; 8:37 p.m. —  Justin Verlander vs. CC SabathiaGame 2 in New York: Saturday, October 1; 8:37 p.m. — Doug Fister vs. Ivan NovaGame 3 in Detroit: Monday, October 3; 8:37 p.m. — Max Scherzer vs. Freddy Garcia Game 4 (if necessary) in Detroit: Tuesday, October […]

It’s their destiny. In 2006, the Tigers were a young, PFP-less team that satisfied their fan base by merely making it to the World Series. Magglio Ordonez’s walk off home run in Game 4 of the ALCS to send the Tigers to their first World Series since 1984 seemed to take all the celebration out […]

When the Tigers made a deadline deal with the Seattle Mariners this season, Tigers fans let out a collective groan and couldn’t help but conjure up repressed memories of Jarrod Washburn, the overrated Mariners lefty that single-handedly lost the Tigers the division in 2009. Okay, not single-handedly (the Tigers actually were 4-3 in his 7 […]

The Tigers made a sweeping statement on Sunday Night vs. the White Sox, drubbing them 18-2 in front of a national audience on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. The White Sox are now 8.5 games out of first in the Central and all but out of contention.  In the Tigers’ slugfest, White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen […]

There’s been so much drooling over media darlings Roy Halladay and Cole Hamels this year, there have been times this season when I forgot they also have Cliff Lee, who re-signed with the Phillies this past offseason. Maybe I’m really just ten-second Tom, but I definitely got that perception in July when Cliff Lee followed up […]

After signing Jeff “Frenchy” Francoeur as a free agent last December to a one-year deal worth $2.5 million (with a mutual option of $4 million for 2012), the Royals decided they like what they’ve seen by signing Francoeur to a two-year extension on Thursday.  The financial terms are undisclosed, but it’s believed that Francoeur will see […]

When Cameron Maybin was selected 10th overall in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft by the Detroit Tigers, he was immediately tabbed as one of the top Tigers prospects. In 2007, he was the team’s top prospect and a top 10 prospect in all of baseball for the next three years. In the same year he […]

You play in or watch thousands of baseball games and you think you’ve seen everything … then you see Mariners’ shortstop Brendan Ryan leg out an infield single and wind up on third base, no thanks to any conceivably recordable error.  In the bottom of the first of tonight’s A’s/Mariners game, Ryan hit a ball […]

Maybe the question would be better phrased, ‘is Mariners’ 22-year-old rookie phenom Michael Pineda hitting a rookie wall?’  In his last six starts, Pineda has posted a 6.55 ERA with a 1.31 WHIP. In the middle three of those six starts, he allowed 19 earned runs in 15.2 innings (good for a bad 10.91 ERA), which […]

In news unrelated to the world (not) ending, Marlins ace and a half Josh Johnson was put on the DL today. The official diagnosis is mild inflammation of the right (throwing) shoulder, something that has apparently been bothering him all season [via Yahoo!]: “It took everything I had to go and say something,” he said. […]

15 games, 15 recaps. Some walk offs, some snoozers. Let’s get right into it, shall we? Red Sox 4, Tigers 3:  Carl Crawford hit his third walk off of the month, this one coming with the bases loaded and one out in the 9th off of rookie Al Aburquerque. The 4-3 loss for the Tigers […]

Okay, so I had a fairly exhaustive recap of yesterday’s games typed up and the editorial logged me out when I went to publish and I lost all of it. Here’s the cliff notes’ version: Braves 6, Nationals 5 (10):  Braves’ Martin Prado hit a grand slam in the 7th inning to tie the game […]

Did you not watch an out of baseball yesterday because you were so caught up in the NFL Draft coverage? No? Well, I got a recap of yesterday’s 11 MLB games anyway. Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2:  BJ’s scored three in the 9th inning off of 40-year-old lefty Darren Oliver on three hits and a […]

I have a dentist appointment today, but I also have recaps of all 11 MLB games from yesterday. Eat it up, then floss. Dodgers 5, Braves 3 (12 innings):  I guess, sooner or later, the word’s going to get around the league that Matt Kemp might beat you, the inimitable Vin Scully said. It’s Kemp’s […]