Now this makes sense (from Bill Madden’s column in The New York Daily News): How could [Yankees' GM Brian Cashman] know the Detroit Tigers’ perennial All-Star and Gold Glove catcher had become disconcerted over the decision of his manager, Jim Leyland, to give an increased percentage of the catching role to Brandon Inge? It seems [...]

Watching ESPN’s report about the Pudge trade to the Yankees. Peter Gammons says: The Tigers-Pudge relationship “had run its course.” Jim Leyland told him that the Tigers can’t run Zumaya and Rodney out there every night and the team needed bullpen depth. The Tigers believe Brandon Inge is ready to take over behind the plate. [...]

At the trade deadline in 1996, the Tigers sent Cecil Fielder, the only tradeable commodity at the time, to the Yankees for Ruben Sierra and RHP Matt Drews. That trade was a no-brainer. The Tigers weren’t going anywhere in ’96 — little did we know it would be another 10 years before they’d post a [...]

The Score: Orioles 7 – Tigers 4 The Gist: Armando Galarraga gave up two, two-strike home runs and Bobby Seay refused to throw anything but a breaking ball to Luke Scott and the Tigers fell back to the .500 mark. The Tigers weren’t suffering from a lack of baserunners. In fact, they had bases loaded [...]

Sun! That was my first thought as my Frontier Airlines jet touched down at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport early Thursday evening. It seems as though for we Michiganians glimpses of the sun outside the months of July, August, and – maybe – early October are random and fleeting. Warmth! That was my second thought. [...]

The Gist: Armando Galarraga threw a gem, Matt Joyce went deep and the Tigers eeked out a one-run victory, 3-2 over flame-throwing D’backs rookie Max Scherzer. It wasn’t a lot of offense, but the Tigers got enough and were able to overcome some untimely walks issued from the bullpen. The play of the game, at [...]