When Fernando Rodney signed on the dotted line, not only did he receive two years and 11 million dollars. He received, for the most part, a pretty tough entrance into the Angels fan base. In the land of Detroit Tigers baseball land, a sigh of relief the size of a tidal wave has rolled over [...]

According to MLB.com’s Jason Beck (via twitter), the Tigers have extended salary arbitration offers to free agent pitchers Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon.  The two players both qualify as type-B free agents, so if either or both turn down the offers and sign elsewhere, the Tigers would recieve a compensatory draft choice.  The players have [...]

The names are familiar, ones we have all cheered (and probably jeered) for most of the season.  Some will be easy to forget, some we will never forget, but the cold truth of baseball is that player and coaches move on.  If the Tigers cannot extend their season, we could be seeing the last of [...]

Minnesota 3, Detroit 2 (10 inn.) (box)
Minnesota 5, Detroit 6 (box)
Magic Number 4
 
By this point, I’m sure most of you have read several game recaps covering these two ball games.  Seeing as how I attended game one, and made it home in about the third inning of game two, I decided to skip the usual [...]

The job is a simple one for the Detroit Tigers as they embark on the final two weeks of the season: Finish what you started.
 
The Tigers began their journey some five-and-a-half months ago.  Amidst the cries from the pundits and talking heads that said this team could not, would not compete with the likes of [...]

Toronto 2, Detroit 7 (box)
Magic Number 15
 
Rick Porcello and Ricky Romero had squared off once before.  They both made their major league debuts against each other in Toronto back in April.  The second meeting went much better for Detroit prized right hander.
 
Porcello (13-8) went six strong innings, allowing two runs on just four hits.  Romero [...]

Toronto 8, Detroit 6 (box)
Magic Number 16
 
This is getting ridiculous.  The Tigers found yet another way to lose, in running their current losing skid to a season high five games.  Edwin Jackson couldn’t consistently keep the Jays in the yard, and the bullpen once again failed to stop the bleeding. 
 
Detroit opened the scoring with a [...]

Detroit 1, Kansas City 5 (box)
Magic Number 19
 
Justin Verlander suffered just his second career loss in Kaufman Stadium last night as the Royals bested the Tigers.  Robinson Tejeda did his best Zack Greinke impression in shutting down the Tigers offense.
 
Verlander struggled against his pitch count from the get go, and managed just six innings, allowing [...]