Some of you care a lot about facial hair. You obsess over it, even. Who’s got the greatest mustache of all time? Who’s got the worst? And just how fast does Alex Avila’s beard grow in after he shaves? So I’m going to nominate my best and worst facial hair of the current edition of [...]
With the Tigers having a scheduled day off, this might be a good time to go over the list of injuries and update the status of the many players who have missed time due to injury. Here is a list of the Tigers that have been placed on the disabled list this season and their [...]
The Tigers had the prime time game on Sunday, and nearly embarrassed themselves. Then a funny thing happened … Detroit scored five unanswered runs to win the game and the series. They’re off today, before heading to Chicago on Tuesday. Is this the start … OK I’m still not going there. Prince Fielder has been [...]
Did Tigers closer Jose Valverde throw a spitball in Sunday night’s victory over the Cincinnati Reds? Video evidence remains inconclusive … but it does kind of looks like it. Valverde appears to put the baseball in his glove, prepare something in his mouth, then make a spitting motion — I feel like I’m breaking down [...]
AL Central Standings W L PCT GB STRK Chicago 33 27 .550 0 Lost 1 Cleveland 32 27 .542 0.5 Won 1 Detroit 28 32 .466 5 Won 2 Kansas City 24 34 .413 8 Lost 4 Minnesota 24 35 .406 8.5 Lost 1 (updated 6.10.2012 at 8:49 PM PDT) Quintin Berry is not an [...]
The Detroit Tigers rallied from 3 runs down in the 8th inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-6. Brayan Villarreal (3-1) pitched 2 innings of relief to pick up the win, Jose Valverde converted his 12th save. Aroldis Chapman (4-2) took the loss. Austin Jackson led the Tigers with 2 hits, a home run and [...]
Current Series 3 game series vs Reds @ Great American Ball Park Fri 06/08 WP: Sam LeCure (2 – 1) LP: Phil Coke (1 – 2) 5 – 6 loss Sat 06/09 WP: Brayan Villarreal (2 – 1) SV: Jose Valverde LP: Sean Marshall (1 – 3) 3 – 2 win Detroit Tigers Bless You [...]
Bullet time! Let’s hope the Tigers have a few bullets left for tonight’s nationally televised series finale. Brennan Boesch was to start as the right fielder, but was scratched from the lineup with a right ankle sprain suffered while sliding home with the game winning run Saturday. Yes, ANOTHER injury for an very short-handed team [...]
Detroit Tigers (27-32) at Cincinnati Reds (32-26) Time/Place: 8:00 p.m., Great American Ball Park SB Nation Blog: Red Reporter Media: ESPN, Tigers Radio Network Pitching Matchup: Drew Smyly (2-2, 3.71 ERA) vs. Homer Bailey (4-4, 4.39 ERA) David Dewitt Bailey has pitched well this season — he has eight quality starts already — except for [...]
