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Now that we’re in the final month of the season I suppose it’s time to call myself out on some declarations, predictions and general comments I made earlier this season that amounted to a whole lot of nothin’. In no particular order… Brandon Inge. I owned up to this one on the podcast with Ian [...]

Tigers’ Record: 66-68, 3rd Place; 11 GB Today’s Game Tigers @ Royals | 8:10 p.m. ET – Kauffman Stadium | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Jeremy Bonderman (7-9, 5.27 ERA) vs. Zack Greinke (8-11, 3.81 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 10 – Twins 9 (13 innings) W: Jose Valverde (2-3) L: [...]

Tigers’ Record: 65-67, 3rd Place; 11 GB Today’s Game Tigers @ Twins | 8:10 p.m. ET – Target Field | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Max Scherzer (10-9, 3.60 ERA) vs. Francisco Liriano (12-7, 3.41 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Twins 4 – Tigers 3 W: Matt Guerrier (3-7) L: Phil Coke

Is it just me or were there a lot of Aug. 31 trades made back in the day? Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s it seemed that Oakland was always adding a big name at the deadline — Willie McGee, Ruben Sierra, Harold Baines. Just asking. The last time the Tigers made any [...]

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast. This is Episode #121 a 70-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Asheville, N.C. In this episode we touch on: Johnny Damon chooses to stay in Detroit. Good move for him? What would the Tigers have preferred? Dan Shaughnessy‘s idiotic comments about Detroit vs. [...]

Tigers’ Record: 65-66, 3rd Place; 10 GB Today’s Game Off Day Tomorrow @ Minnesota Yesterday’s Results Tigers 10 – Blue Jays 4 W: Rick Porcello (7-11) L: Marc Rzepczynski (1-2) HR: Ryan Raburn 2 (10), Brandon Inge (9)

Tigers’ Record: 64-66, 3rd Place; 11 GB Today’s Game Tigers @ Blue Jays | 1:12 p.m. ET – Location | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Rick Porcello (5-11, 5.76 ERA) vs. LHP Marc Rzepczynski (1-1, 4.76 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Blue Jays 5 – Tigers 4 W: Brandon Morrow (10-6) L: [...]

The Tigers start play on Saturday at 64-65, 9.5 games back. A year ago today, the Twins were 64-64, 4.5 games back. So there’s hope. Maybe not for the Tigers. But there’s hope.

Looking around the majors there are plenty of former Tigers doing well — and some not so well. Here’s a look at some of the more notable players and their current numbers: Placido Polanco, Phillies: .314 avg., 6 HR, 42 RBI, .348 OBP. Currently fifth in the N.L. in hitting, which is just another reason [...]

Tigers’ Record: 63-64, 3rd Place; 9 GB Today’s Game Tigers @ Blue Jays | 7:07 p.m. ET – Rogers Centre | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Max Scherzer (9-9, 3.73 ERA) vs. Ricky Romero (10-7, 3.50 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Royals 4 – Tigers 3 (12 innings) W: Phil Humber (1-0) [...]

Tigers’ Record: 63-64, 3rd Place; 9.5 GB Today’s Game Royals 4 – Tigers 3 (12 innings) W: Phil Humber (1-0) L: Alfredo Figaro (0-1) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 9 – Royals 1 W: Rick Porcello (6-11) L: Kyle Davies (6-8) HR: Ryan Raburn (8)

Thoughts on the news out of Comerica Park today: Johnny Damon. I don’t care that the Tigers are going nowhere this season, Damon has been a good soldier for the Tigers and, based on what we read, he’s provided clubhouse leadership and mentorship for a youthful team. As of this writing, the Tigers are running [...]

Tigers’ Record: 62-63, 3rd Place; 10 GB Today’s Game Tigers vs. Royals | 7:05 p.m. ET – Comerica Park | On the air: FSD/AM 1270 and 97.1 FM Pitching Matchup Rick Porcello (5-11, 5.76 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Davies (6-7, 5.14 ERA) Yesterday’s Results Tigers 12 – Royals 3 W: Jeremy Bonderman (7-9) L: Bruce [...]

Here’s the final clip from the Tigers clubhouse after clinching the 1968 pennant. This one features George Kell interviewing Tigers owner John Fetzer. Here’s clip one and here’s clip two.