ESPN highlights, should you want to abuse yourself, available here.
The Gist: What do you know? The Tigers were shutout again and Kenny Rogers got lit-up for seven earned runs in five innings. The offense called in sick.
The Quote: “If I had wanted you guys to know what I said to the team, I would have [...]

The Gist: It took more than a week, but the Tigers left the field with a win on Wednesday night, 7-2 over the Red Sox. Naturally, Todd Jones did his thing to make any level of comfort more than a bit tenuous. Huzzah, Marcus Thames! The man simply delivers when the Tigers need him. Jeremy [...]

Game 3 - Royals 4, Tigers 1
UPDATE: ESPN highlights available here.
The Gist: Zach Greinke did. Jeremy Bonderman didn’t. And Tigers hitters — with Miguel Cabrera on the pine — did even less.
The Quote: “Now it won’t straighten out.” Gary Sheffield on his left ring finger which, according to Sheff, has a torn tendon.
The Stat: Six [...]

We’ve all been exasperated by Jeremy Bonderman’s apparent inability to shutdown hitters in the first inning.

Today The Wall Street Journal and ESPN’s Rob Neyer take a closer look at Bonderman’s first-inning baggage.

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 [...]

As the Cubs mull over the notion of dealing Mark Prior, here’s a question: Should the Detroit Tigers make a play for the right-hander?Why not, I say.
[S]ince he went 18-6 with a 2.43 ERA in 2003, Prior has had repeated physical problems, and has pitched in just 57 games over the last four seasons — [...]

Let me get this straight, the Tigers had more than a sneaking suspicion that Jeremy Bonderman had a wounded wing, yet, in the thick of a playoff race, they sent him out there to get harpooned by the Mariners?Seriously?Beating a guy when he’s down isn’t fair. I acknowledge that. But for crying out loud, Bonderman [...]

The beauty of being self-employed: watching a Tigers matinee game on my office TV while working away. I don’t do this very often but he are my thoughts updated throughout the game.Jeremy Bonderman clearly has the slider going today.Wow, Timo Perez. As I’ve mentioned before, never in their history have the Tigers had a [...]

This morning I’m engaged in the highest form of multi-tasking: waiting for a conference call to begin, watching Jeremy Bonderman ease into and out of his standard first-inning high-wire act, and writing this post. Impressed? Thought not.Nevertheless, back from a long siesta here are the Non-Sequiturs:I called it. Sorta. During the pre-season podcast roundtable – [...]