Verlander Responds To Unfounded Suggestion Of Steroids, Calls It 'Moronic'
Sports talk radio host Jack Clark of WGNU in St. Louis, Mo., suggested on air that Verlander used performance-enhancing drugs.
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Sports talk radio host Jack Clark of WGNU in St. Louis, Mo., suggested on air that Verlander used performance-enhancing drugs.
Despite recording three RBIs and bringing his season total to 105, Cabrera's most noted moment Thursday was tripping over the bag at third.
At 23 years old, Jose Iglesias has officially made it big.
Fans who made the trek to Cleveland Thursday night to see the Tigers weren't just treated to a staggering win. They also learned a new song.
It would be hard to script a more powerful, victorious return to form than what Jeremy Bonderman experienced Wednesday, pitching for the Detroit Tigers for the first time since 2010.
If the Tigers can continue to get contributions from all over its lineup and bullpen like it has the last couple of weeks, Detroit might see another World Series yet.
The Major League Baseball Players Association formally appealed Alex Rodriguez's 211-game suspension Wednesday, sending the case to an independent arbitrator.
The look on Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona's face told the story almost before it played out in Wednesday night's game.
Even in Toledo, Jose Valverde still talked as if sure of himself, as if a return to the parent club was imminent. Apparently, that will not be happening.
Dave Dombrowski is the only man on the list who doesn't have to worry about a salary cap.
There is little argument that Jhonny Peralta makes the Tigers better when he is in the lineup. The bigger question is -- At what price?
Baseball America recently released its "MLB 2013 Best Tools" list, and the Detroit Tigers are all over it, with players - and manager Jim Leyland - placing in the top three of 10 categories.
"We're tired of guys who go and blatantly try to break the system," Scherzer continued.
Peralta could still work out with the team to stay in playing shape and maintain chemistry and rhythm with teammates in preparation for a possible return at the very end of the regular season. He could - but he won't.
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said the decision whether to appeal was completely Peralta's.
Champ: Dave Dombrowski for being proactive and making two good deals at the trade deadline.
The Los Angeles Angels have signed veteran left-hander Dontrelle Willis out of the independent Atlantic League.
In question-and-answer form, a look at the issues and implications of Major League Baseball's suspensions Monday resulting from its investigation of the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic, accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs:
The suspensions landed with a thud on Monday afternoon and laid there, fans stepped around them, not even trying to show the interest that the media automatically assumed they would.
Not one to shy away from controversy, former Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain told a reporter that Johnny Peralta should have taken one for the team.
Some athletes turn to performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to gain a competitive edge. But the drugs can do more than get a player banned from sports.
Alex Rodriguez figures to have a one-of-a-kind day on Monday.
Today is the day that Major League Baseball will likely hand down suspensions tied to a Florida drug clinic, and a Detroit Tigers all star is expected to be among them.
Scherzer will have to wait for that 1,000th strikeout after falling one short Saturday night, but the Detroit right-hander took a shutout into the eighth inning.
Doug Fister pitched eight impressive innings, Austin Jackson homered and Jose Iglesias drove in a run in his Detroit debut to lead the Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
