Johnson Takes It Easy At Practice, Says He's Fine
Calvin Johnson stood off to the side during drills, then insisted there's no reason to be alarmed.
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Calvin Johnson stood off to the side during drills, then insisted there's no reason to be alarmed.
Justin Verlander gave Detroit exactly what it needed, becoming baseball's first 17-game winner as the division-leading Tigers avoided being swept by Cleveland and opened a three-game lead in the AL Central with a 4-3 win over the second-place Indians on Thursday night.
The following players have been ruled out of tomorrow's preseason game by Coach Schwartz:
We all know the feeling. It comes anytime during the week around 3:30 in the afternoon. It is about that time when you feel like running to the bathroom and losing the lunch you enjoyed earlier in the day.
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There are no true utilitymen on big-league pitching staffs anymore, not since half the teams ditched their token swingman in favor of a third lefty-on-lefty specialist.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland doesn't like talking about the lineup. That is sort of humorous because all Tiger fans want to talk about is the lineup.
Brennan Boesch (sore right thumb) left the Aug. 10 game. X-rays were negative, but he was scheduled to have an MRI.
The biggest obstacle standing in the way of the Cleveland Indians moving within one game of the first-place Detroit Tigers is Cy Young Award candidate Justin Verlander.
The specter of NCAA scrutiny is, apparently, still hanging over Ohio State. As the school prepares to meet with the NCAA Committee on Infractions on Friday, a report has surfaced that the NCAA is still investigating OSU, and has let the school know thusly.
Three reasons the Tigers haven't been able to put away the rest of the American League Central:
NCAA leaders are ready to give college sports a complete overhaul.
Former Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher still has at least one NFL rooting interest.
Rick Porcello turned in his worst start in six weeks, allowing eight runs on 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings in Cleveland's 13th straight win over Detroit at Progressive Field.
Clouds have blown in on that nice, sunny feeling the Tigers had a few days ago.