Play Ball! It's Opening Day!
It's opening day and WWJ is broadcasting live from the Champions Club at Comerica Park as the Detroit Tigers begin their 114th season with a game versus the Kansas City Royals.
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It's opening day and WWJ is broadcasting live from the Champions Club at Comerica Park as the Detroit Tigers begin their 114th season with a game versus the Kansas City Royals.
The Rockies expect big things from Nolan Arenado. But can he put it all together at the plate?
Even with the addition of metal detectors, security at Comerica will not be as intense as it is at other venues.
For all the trouble weather caused Nabozny and the rest of the Detroit Tigers grounds crew, the process could have been even more hectic.
Brad Ausmus had the piece of paper with the Opening Day lineup ready to go Sunday. "I know you've been waiting," he said with a grin.
It's a lot of money, but someone was going to pay it. Be happy it was the Tigers.
The Giants' Madison Bumgarner, entering his sixth season, is beginning to show mastery of his pitches.
Even as he smiled, James made it clear he found the idea of such a contract quite enticing.
Andrew Cashner went from the Padres' bullpen to staff ace last season. Can he continue that growth?
Less than a week after Max Scherzer rejected their offer, the Tigers sealed a much bigger deal with a much more established superstar.
From the tweets of Christie and Kate, it appears that the birthday was not the first time Christie has met her famous sister's new boyfriend.
Debate about the offseason moves of the Tigers has simmered for months. Monday the team finally gets to start answering the questions.
Barring any last-minute moves the 25 players currently on the Tigers roster will be the ones available for Opening Day on March 31.
Injuries mean opportunities. Diamondbacks' Archie Bradley could land a spot in the starting rotation.
After deciding close calls on the field since 1876, baseball opens a high-tech control room this weekend where the fates of batters, pitchers, runners and fielders will be decided by umpires up to 2,600 miles away in the building where the Oreo cookie was invented.
Dodgers' Yasiel Puig is on the fast track to superstardom if he continues to perform on the field, and keeps quiet off it.
A late move could still be made that bumps the rookie back down, but only six days remain until Opening Day.
Despite mediocre hitting, Jonathan Villar has too much speed to keep out of the Astros' lineup.
Scherzer turns 30 in July, so he would have been 38 at the end of such a contract.
All streets around the ballpark will be restricted from any vehicle traffic.
Martinez hit .274 in 53 games for the Astros in 2011, recorded a .241 average in 113 games in 2012, and hit .250 in 86 games in 2013.
Even outside of the injuries, it has been a rather bumpy offseason for the Tigers.
Here are the results of the CBS Local Sports fantasy baseball draft. See how it all played out.
The Detroit Tigers continue to bring in pieces with hopes of adequately compensating for the loss of Jose Iglesias.
The Mariners may have Cano's double-play partner for the next decade in Brad Miller.
