The Score: Orioles 11 – Tigers 10 The Gist: The Tigers were up 6-0. Again they couldn’t hold pile on until it was too late. Not sure if tacking on three runs counts as “piling on”, though. Nate Robertson was awful — 2.1 IP, 8 hits, 7 ER (but no walks) — and Placido Polanco [...]

I’m breaking from the usual game recap format tonight to reluctantly raise a white flag on the 2008 season. In fact, indulge me while I use a line from my favorite movie, “Midnight Run“, in which Robert DeNiro tells Charles Grodin: “You’re in this mess because you’re in this mess. I didn’t put you in [...]

Like Nuke LaLoosh, summer is announcing its presence with authority. Triple digits returned to the desert on Sunday — a mere 104. Today the temps approached 110. Big whoop. If you can’t handle the heat, don’t dish out The Non Sequiturs. Or something like that. Charley Steiner spoke with national baseball writer Phil Rogers of [...]

ESPN highlights available here. The Gist: Game #37 featured a terrific outing from #37 Kenny Rogers, three hits from Pudge Rodriguez and ridiculous ninth inning from Todd Jones. Luckily, and most importantly, it all added up to a Tigers’ 6-5 win over the Yankees. Rogers gave the Tigers a quality start — 6 IP, 9 [...]

Okay, we get it. The Tigers bullpen is to the team’s championship aspirations as an anvil is to a skydiver. But what, pray tell, if it’s not? I, for one, refuse to buy into the bullpen as Achilles’ heel conspiracy theory, and here are three reasons why: Healthy starters Dave Dombrowski Zach Miner 1. Healthy [...]

Happy 31st Birthday, Fernando Rodney. You’re going on the DL.

From my vantage point, tonight’s game at Comerica Park had the look and feel of a playoff game. Two good teams, a cool, overcast evening, and a sellout-plus crowd.More importantly for Tigers fans, the game had the look and feel of a Tigers game from June or early July – from 2006 or 2007, take [...]