Today, after the Tigers lost another game in which they took an early lead, I was convinced they had a losing record when they scored first. Not so. With today’s loss they are 41-25. Why does it seem worse? A year ago today Brandon Inge hit a grand slam off the Rays’ Russ Springer to [...]

Tigers’ Record: 68-70, 3rd Place; 13 GB Today’s Results White Sox 5 – Tigers 4 (10 innings) W: Chris Sale (1-1) L: Jose Valverde (2-4) HR: Don Kelly (6) Yesterday’s Results Royals 2 – Tigers 1 W: Kyle Davies (7-9) L: Brad Thomas (5-2) HR: Casper Wells (2) Tigers History Lesson On this Date in [...]

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: 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)

Jhonny Peralta. It’s precisely the move we expected the Tigers to make. That is, a drip not a splash. Not only is he the Tigers’ new and temporary third baseman until Brandon Inge returns, he’s also the new and temporary shortstop until the Tigers acquire Stephen Drew. Ahem. What’s more, you present a writing dilemma [...]

Yeah, yeah. I got started on these, then got pulled in another direction, etc., etc. Nevertheless, here are a few nuggets for your consideration to start off the weekend: I continue to watch with fascination how Kirk Gibson fares as the Diamondbacks’ interim manager. In this piece from the Arizona Republic, we learn about one [...]

In Jerry Crasnick’s Starting 9 column this week on ESPN.com, he names his mid-season “All-Offensive Laggard” squad — the “hitters for contending clubs who have failed to produce to expectations and need to pick up the pace in the second half to help their teams make the playoffs.” Not surprisingly the Tigers — and Johnny [...]