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The Score: Twins 6 – Tigers 5, 12 innings

The Gist: The Tigers and Twins played a game for the ages and both teams followed the respective scripts of the past three weeks. For the Tigers, that meant squandering countless opportunities and watching a division lead evaporate. For the Twins: everything going their [...]

Just how inexcusable has Miguel Cabrera’s disappearance been? A clean-up hitter who’s hitting one for his last 12, grounding into first-pitch double plays with regularity, is a gynormous problem, isn’t it?

Everyone in the media piles on Aubrey Huff (who deserves every bit of the criticism) and to a lesser degree, Brandon Inge, but where’s the [...]

Here’s what I can’t figure out. This Tigers club has never, not for a nanosecond, felt to me like a team of destiny. Nor is it the team of which you say “They’re never out of a game”, because, well, we saw plenty of games this summer that they were out of by the second [...]

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The Score: White Sox 8 – Tigers 4

The Gist: Curtis Granderson hit the second pitch of the game out of the park and…game over. Edwin Jackson got his usual pittance of support but unlike most of the year he allowed quite a few runs himself. Then the offense went back to sleep, [...]

Conventional wisdom seems to indicate that Placido Polaco will not be back with the Tigers next year. His age, suddenly declining production and the emergence of minor leaguer Scott Sizemore add-up to departure for Polanco.
Not so fast, methinks.
I’m not sure what the Tigers’ backup plans are at third base next season, but I certainly would [...]

Somewhere on the vast Internet I saw a reader comment that the Tigers should fire hitting coach Lloyd McClendon. The thinking was that outside of Brandon Inge, Lloyd the Legend hasn’t developed anyone for Detroit. I’m always hesitant to fire coaches because so little is in their control. (Besides, remember how Chuck Hernandez was the [...]

Is it me or does Brandon Inge never seem to hit a ball on the ground? Pop-ups, flyouts and strike outs? No problem.

The Skinny:

4-3, 1st Place in A.L. Central, .5 games ahead of Chicago
Streak: W3
Home Record: 3-0 / Road Record: 1-3

Who’s Hot:

Miguel Cabrera: .520 avg., .586 OBP, .960 SLG, 3 HR, 10 RBI
Placido Polanco: .346, .393 OBP, .462 SLG
Gerald Laird: .318, .400 OBP, .455 SLG
Brandon Inge: .304, .448 OBP, .870 SLG, 4 HR, 7 RBI
Who’s Not:

Carlos Guillen:.182, [...]

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans.
This is Episode #70, an 8-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
In each daily episode this season we we’ll cover:

The previous day’s game;
Look ahead to the next game;
Look back on Tigers history; and,
Check in on what [...]

…watching Edwin Jackson deal all night long was nothing short of exhilarating. Even when he gave up the homer to the unlikeable Scott Rolen. Still, I put this game less on Brandon Lyon and more on the other Brandon with a four-letter last name: Inge.
Sure, he hit a homer to tie it in the [...]