From the Tigers Game Notes:
The Tigers have agreed to terms on a Triple A contract with lefthanded pitcher Casey Fossum. Fossum has appeared in 203 games at the major league level with the Boston Red Sox (2001-03), Arizona Diamondacks (2004) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2005-07).
Last year in Tampa, Fossum assembled a 5-8 record in [...]

LEAGUE CITY, Texas — The big letdown. That’s what I prepared myself for this Opening Day and that’s what I got.
For me, the letdown wasn’t the 5-4 final from Comerica Park. Nay, it was when the Royals came back to take a 4-3 lead in the seventh. And when I boarded my plane for Houston [...]

 

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #42, a 53-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz.
In this episode we are joined by über Tigers bloggers Ian Casselberry of BlessYouBoys.com and BaseballBlend.com, “Big Al” Beaton of The Wayne Fontes Experience and SideLionReport.com, [...]

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #41, a 17-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz.
In this episode we recap Spring Training and are joined by Gary Gillette, editor of several books including Tigers Corner 2008, to talk about the [...]

In case you’d forgotten, it was 24 years ago this week that the Tigers swung a deal with the Phillies that changed the 1984 season for the Tigers dramatically — and instantly.
On March 27, 1984, the Tigers acquired lefty reliever Willie Hernandez and first baseman Dave Bergman from Philadelphia in exchange for OF Glenn Wilson [...]

So last Friday night I took in the Rangers and Angels at Surprise Stadium — a record crowd, don’t you know — and as we took our seats the P.A. announcer introduced former Tigers reliever Franklyn German.

Anyone else now officially freaked out about Dontrelle Willis?

Shortly after the Easter egg hunt at Casa de McClary this morning, I planned on reading details of Miguel Cabrera’s record-setting contract extension. What I did not expect was this headline from the Free Press: Granderson will start season on Tigers’ disabled list.