Welcome to August! In the Phoenix area we ring in the month with 113 degrees…but a mere 20 percent humidity. The poor Tigers head to Tampa where the temperature and humidity are 86. God bless Willis Carrier. So how did July end up for the Tigers? Even. As in 13-13. Here are some other tidbits [...]

Todd Jones is no longer the Tigers’ closer. The statement is as true today as it was on this date in 2001. That’s the day the Tigers sent Jones to the Twins for lefty Mark Redman. In 2002, his only full season with Detroit, Redman went 8-15, 4.21 in 30 starts. The Tigers traded Redman [...]

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 [...]

I’m breaking from the usual game recap format tonight to reluctantly raise a white flag on the 2008 season. In fact, indulge me while I use a line from my favorite movie, “Midnight Run“, in which Robert DeNiro tells Charles Grodin: “You’re in this mess because you’re in this mess. I didn’t put you in [...]

The Score: Tigers 7 – Rockies 6 The Gist: Ryan Raburn hit his first career grand slam and Miguel Cabrera‘s bottom-of-the-ninth laser to right center drove in the tying and winning runs to save Todd Jones‘s neck. Saved, that is, from the choking hands of Justin Verlander or, quite possibly, Jim Leyland. Verlander allowed two [...]

ESPN highlights available here. The Gist: Game #37 featured a terrific outing from #37 Kenny Rogers, three hits from Pudge Rodriguez and ridiculous ninth inning from Todd Jones. Luckily, and most importantly, it all added up to a Tigers’ 6-5 win over the Yankees. Rogers gave the Tigers a quality start — 6 IP, 9 [...]