It’s been quite a week for birthdays in the Tigers’ galaxy, starting with May 2. Let us review.
Remember these guys?

Jim Walewander, 46 — A fan favorite in 1987 and ‘88, Walewander captivated the media with tales of his aluminum-foil window treatments and affinity for the Dead Milkmen, described in Wikipedia as a “satirical punk [...]

So what do Jason Grilli, Zach Simons, Jack Burns and Chief Hogsett have in common? They are the only players in Tigers history to be involved in a trade on April 30.
By now you’ve heard about the Grilli-to-Colorado trade, but you probably haven’t heard about the April 30, 1936 trade that sent LHP Hogsett to [...]

The prayers of many Tigers fans have been answered: The Tigers have traded Jason Grilli to the Rockies for minor-league pitcher Zach Simons.
More soon…
Update: This move makes room for Francisco Cruceta to join the Tigers on Thursday.
[Tip of the Fungo Fedora to Ian for the text message -- which arrived moments ahead of the MLB.com [...]

The Gist: The bullpen reversed its recent trend of hideous performances and bailed out the now officially gimpy Dontrelle Willis to beat the White Sox 5-2 in Reykjavik. Aquilino Lopez shut down the White Sox over four innings and Clete Thomas (2-5 and a rifle throw to cut down Jermaine Dye at second) continues to [...]

UPDATE: ESPN highlights available here.

The Gist: The Tigers drop to 0 and 4 on the year thanks to Jason Grilli’s incendiary seventh-inning performance in which he gave up three runs on five hits — including a bomb to A.J. Pierzynski — and a walk on just 22 pitches. Nate Robertson wasn’t much better in his [...]

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 starters. Among the many problems last [...]

There have been lots of thoughts percolating around my head lately. Now that I’ve cleared my driveway of snow for the third time today, it’s time to get those thoughts out to the masses.
Brandon Inge
If you recall prior to the 2004 season Mr. Inge acted like a petulant little child when the Tigers signed Pudge [...]

Three years ago this week the Detroit Tigers signed Troy Percival as the club’s new closer. Unfortunately his career in Detroit was a short-lived one due to injury.Fast forward to last year and Percival’s comeback with the Cardinals (many thought he’d return to Detroit out of loyalty, if nothing else. [Insert punch line here]). Relying [...]

My son woke me up at 5:45 this morning so I had some time to catchup on my reading and thinking…

Call me naive, but I thought the Kenny Rogers thing would be a slam dunk, even with The Scott Boras Factor. Now that Rogers, who turned 43 on Saturday, is testing the market — the [...]

Those of us old enough to remember when Pat Gillick was general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays (before moving on to similar roles with the Orioles, Mariners and his current employer, the Phillies), may be thinking of him today when pondering the Tigers approach to the non-waiver trade deadline.In the late 1980s, Gillick earned [...]