Just saw the news that Fernando Rodney has been suspended for three games for his inexplicable heave-ho of the ball after Friday night’s win. Well, it was inexplicable to me; Rodney says he was only “feeling the moment.” Still, a three-game suspension? Please.
Anyway, enjoy him, folks. He’ll be frustrating another team’s fans next year.

The former Tigers outfielder and DH — a.k.a., Le Grand Orange to ’70s Expos fans in Montreal — turns 65 today.
Before then-TV analyst Al Kaline reminded us at every turn that Tony LaRussa is also an attorney in Florida, Mr. Tiger liked to talk about Staub being an accomplished chef. More on that shortly.

Daniel Joseph [...]

Baseball-Reference.com reports that on this date in:

1945 – The Detroit Tigers score five runs in the first inning of Game Seven of the World Series, and rout the Cubs 9-3 behind Hal Newhouser, who strikes out 10 to win the World Championship.

1968 – Mickey Lolich won the World Series for the Detroit Tigers by [...]

Looking through my baseball cards I came across this one from my 1980 Topps complete set.
Mickey Lolich? Padres pitcher?
I knew he played for the Mets and Padres but he looks odd wearing the mustard and brown, doesn’t he?
P.S. It’s not a crooked scan of the card, the card itself isn’t printed or aligned perfectly.

Happy Birthday to a broad spectrum of Tigers pitchers — from legendary to forgettable, in that order:

Mickey Lolich, 68
Mark Thurmond, 52
Masao Kida, 40

(Note: I’ve buried the lead deep into this post, but it’s worth it.) My brother and I were researching our first-ever Tigers games on Retrosheet.org (if you haven’t done it, do it!) and the conversation turned to one of the things that stood out for him: the starting pitcher for the Tigers that day, [...]