Tigers' Verlander Reaching New Level
Justin Verlander has been among the American League's elite pitchers for most of his career. He's taken another step forward this year.
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Justin Verlander has been among the American League's elite pitchers for most of his career. He's taken another step forward this year.
Carlos Guillen will begin a rehab assignment down at single A Lakeland today.
Detroit's Max Scherzer owes a lot of his success this year to offensive support from his teammates.
Sparky Anderson's hair turned from dark brown to snow white while he was in his 30s. It led to the illusion he was older than his actual age.
Rookie Alburquerque coming up big for Tigers. He's not getting paid like it, but reliever Al Alburquerque and guys like him are worth their weight in gold.
Miguel Cabrera lined a 2-1 pitch to left for a two-run single that gave Detroit back the lead, 3-2, and was the start of a seven-run inning.
On the day the Detroit Tigers retired Sparky Anderson's number, former pitcher Milt Wilcox reflected on how the Hall of Fame manager might have felt if he'd been alive to see the ceremony.
Was Sparky Anderson helping the Tigers from above? Detroit went into the eighth inning behind by one but score seven and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-3 on Sunday afternoon.
The number of Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson was retired in a ceremony Sunday before the Tigers game against the Diamondbacks.
There are certain people genuinely unique, so-called characters with character. Just different than anyone else. The late Sparky Anderson, for example.
Justin Verlander struck out a career-high 14 in his latest masterful performance, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-0 on Saturday night.
Wily Mo Pena's latest home run was a long one.
Minutes before the first pitch, fans at Comerica Park broke into a polite smattering of applause after hearing Kirk Gibson's name.
Kirk Gibson quotes Sparky Anderson. Kirk Gibson's players quote Kirk Gibson. And they don't even know it. "Gibby-speak," Diamondbacks president Derrick Hall calls it. "They talk like he does."
When Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer don't pitch, Detroit has to hope it can outslug opponents and get a lead to its newly revived bullpen.
The Tigers had a chance to win in the ninth inning but couldn't connect as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Friday night.
I remember it like it was yesterday; I was 9 years old, it was a Sunday night and I along with my family was watching game 5 of the 1984 World Series.
Tigers announce today that owner Mike Ilitch will take part in the Sparky Anderson jersey retirement ceremony Sunday before the game.
Kirk Gibson grew up in Michigan and helped the Detroit Tigers win their most recent World Series title, but that doesn't mean the Arizona Diamondbacks manager plans on letting any cherished memories cloud his trip home this weekend.
It went right down to the final pitch - but the Tigers salvaged one game out of their three game series with the Dodgers with a 7-5 win on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium.
Victor Martinez made an excellent defensive play in Detroit's 7-5 victory at Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Some people are getting worked up because of the possibility Justin Verlander might not be able to pitch in the July 12 All-Star Game.
Joe Dumars with a busy night ahead, the Pistons President embarks on his fist draft under new ownership and a draft where he has some flexibility, picking 8th in the first round.
Today, the club has optioned the contract of infielder Danny Worth to Toledo and recalled the injury rehabilitation assignment of Brandon Inge from Toledo and reinstated him from the disabled list.
The Tigers sputtered on an interleague road trip to Colorado and Los Angeles recently, but for the most part, during the first half of their season, there have been more good things that have happened than bad.
