Last July 9 I attend a Tigers/Indians game at Comerica Park — the one when the Tigers came back from six runs down to win it in the ninth on a Miguel Cabrera line-drive homer — and found myself utterly transfixed on the father and son duo sitting in front of me. The dad, possibly [...]

Thanks to a timely ping from Ian Casselberry, we heard about the Tigers curious trade with the Braves this afternoon. Here’s how Baseball Prospectus 2009 summed up Josh Anderson: Now 26, he’s still nothing more than a fifth outfielder. Nice. Atlanta gets pitching prospect Rudy Darrow. More to come, but three things come to mind: [...]

I’m down to my last box of Girl Scout Cookies — Thin Mints, don’t you know — but despite this unfortunate circumstance, I present the Wednesday Walewanders. Rob Neyer yesterday linked to this list of The Worst Contracts in Baseball and, no, the entire Tigers roster does not appear. But there is some significant Detroit [...]

This is the bullpen help we’ve been waiting for?

The Score: Tigers 5 – Orioles 1 The Gist: Justin Verlander dominated — 8.2 IP, three hits, three walks, three strikeouts — and Magglio Ordonez and Marcus Thames went yard to lead the Tigers to a series split against the pesky Orioles. Brandon Inge made the play of the week, if not the year, for [...]

ESPN highlights available here. The Score: Tigers 6 – Orioles 5 The Gist: Gary Sheffield went yard (almost twice), as did Marcus Thames and Brandon Inge, and Kenny Rogers pitched just good enough to win the opening game of the four-gamer against the Orioles. Magglio Ordonez went 1 for 5 in his return from the [...]

The Score: Tigers 9 – Indians 2 The Gist: Justin Verlander was virtually unhittable — two hits, seven strikeouts over seven innings — and Miguel Cabrera showed serious muscle in going 4-for-4 with two homers as the Tigers rolled over the cratering Indians, 9-2. Marcus Thames hit a home run to right field — right [...]