Rain washed out the Tigers/Phillies game in Lakeland today but Tigers manager Jim Leyland wasn’t about to let the day pass without getting a few things off his chest. For the past couple of days, Leyland has been hinting through the media about what qualities he’s looking for from his pitchers. Today, he told those [...]

Tigers manager Jim Leyland isn’t about to handicap the battle for the final two spots in the starting rotation, at least not publicly. And if he were to do that, he certainly wouldn’t do it after one Spring Training outing for each competitor. But he did speak candidly on the ideal situation for the team and it’s [...]

In this ninth episode of BTN, I was a little surprised by just how few significant players ever wore No. 9 for Detroit.  If you haven’t seen the list so far, click the By the Numbers tab at the top of this page, where you will find links to the profiles of each player 1-8.
Trying [...]

According to Steve Kornacki of MLive.com, the Tigers have whittled their search to replace the ousted Andy Van Slyke on the 2010 coaching staff down to three.
 
Mike Rojas, Gene Roof, and Tom Brookens are the apparent finalists for the job which was vacated when Van Slyke was not offered a contract for next season.  MLB.com’s [...]

Twitter is a wonderful thing, isn’t it?  Upon opening up my browser this morning I saw a tweet from Greg Eno who directed his followers to an article on Mlive.com where Bill Simonson absolutely raked Jim Leyland over the coals.  Simonson called for accountability and questioned why Leyland is so revered.
 
Recently, on this very site,  there [...]

Detroit 5, Minnesota 6 (box)
Final Record 86-77 (second place)
 
Devestation.  That’s what I felt last night as the Twins celebrated following their 12th inning walkoff, that’s what I’m feeling this morning as I write this.
 
The back and forth nature of this game made it a classic.  The stakes made it one of the greatest in recent [...]

Minnesota 8, Detroit 3 (box)
Magic Number 2
 
For the second time in this four game series, the Detroit Tigers allowed a Minnesota Twins’ pitcher to work through early inning difficulties without making them pay.
 
Scott Baker struggled to put hitters away from the very first batter.  The Tigers fouled off tough pitches and Baker fell behind on [...]

Seeing as how I’m bored/nervous while waiting for first pitch tonight, I felt it best to write.  Those 140 characters on twitter just never seem enough.
 
Eric Wedge
 
The Indians dismissed Eric Wedge as manager today, except that he will keep his job through the remainder of the season.  This move was a long time coming.  Since [...]