Gator's Blog: The Purpose Of Off-Season Awards
I'm not sure what the purpose of having post-season awards is if you're not going to apply simple logic behind the selection.
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I'm not sure what the purpose of having post-season awards is if you're not going to apply simple logic behind the selection.
Good for Alex Avila, but Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta both also deserved Silver Slugger Awards.
Miguel Cabrera nailed down his first batting title with a single and double, boosting his average to .344.
Miguel Cabrera singled and doubled, all but wrapping up the American League batting title, and Jhonny Peralta hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 on Wednesday night.
Miguel Cabrera (dizziness) experienced a few moments of dizziness while batting in the seventh inning Sept. 25. Cabrera was taken out of the game as a precaution.
Miguel Cabrera precipitated a couple of skipped heartbeats when he experienced a few moments of dizziness while batting in the seventh inning.
Miguel Cabrera homered and singled, keeping the pressure on in his push for the American League batting title before leaving the game with lightheadedness.
Jim Leyland doesn't want to put the cart before the horse, but he does want to get the horse ready for the race.
Victor Martinez is showing signs at the plate and on the bases that his left knee sprain is on the mend.
There's a reason Miguel Cabrera, who was walked intentionally 32 times last season, has only been walked on purpose 17 times this year.
Miguel Cabrera has a chance for his eighth consecutive 100-RBI season.
The Detroit Tigers placed first baseman Miguel Cabrera on paternity leave and recalled catcher Omir Santos from Triple-A Toledo on Thursday.
Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera will go on the paternity leave list and miss Thursday's game against Tampa Bay.
If you were watching the Tigers last night you may have noticed Rod and Mario cracking up over what looked like a fart in the dugout.
Miguel Cabrera singled, doubled and walked twice, as Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire continued his policy of pitching carefully to Detroit's cleanup hitter. Cabrera now has 70 walks this season.
Miguel Cabrera is good to go. That's the word from Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, Thursday evening, following a minor All Star Game injury.
Early this season, live both on radio and television, I made the not-so-profound statement: "The Cleveland Indians stink."
Six reasons the Tigers will win the division ... and six reasons they will lose.
On the surface things look great: Detroit is in 1st place by a half game, and they possibly have the best two players in baseball. So, what's the problem?
Last night's All-Star game could have hurt the Tigers.
Scoring in the first half of the season dropped to its lowest level in 19 years and the major league batting average shrunk to its smallest midseason figure since 1985, confirmation that the Steroids Era has ended and that a new Age of the Pitcher is taking hold.
The lawyer representing Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera in his DUI case in Floriday raised the possiblity the All-Star first baseman might not be able to play in Canada if he is convicted.
Detroit Tigers Alex Avila, Miguel Cabrera, Jose Valverde and Justin Verlander will all be representing the club at this year's 2011 All-Star Game in Phoenix.
Miguel Cabrera got another big hit for Detroit, a two-run home run to left that capped a three-run seventh and gave the Tigers enough runs to hold of the Angels, 5-4.
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.
Three people fell through the ice Sunday on a small lake in Northern Michigan. One person was rescued, the other two have died.
Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the Tyrannosaurus rex.
John Gibson made 39 saves for his first NHL shutout in nearly three years, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0.
The parent of a Monroe, Michigan, student-athlete has filed a Title IX complaint over a transgender student from another school competing in a girls' volleyball game and tournament.
The families of two girls in Macomb County, Michigan, are upset after the county prosecutor said he would accept an insanity plea in an attempted child kidnapping case over a year ago.
The developer behind the rezoning request for the potential new data center in Howell Township has withdrawn their application.
This week is an active one in Southeast Michigan with multiple rounds of snow and even rain on the way.
Three people fell through the ice Sunday on a small lake in Northern Michigan. One person was rescued, the other two have died.
Detroit's mayor-elect Mary Sheffield and her fiance, community leader Rickey Jackson Jr., were married over the weekend in Detroit, her team has confirmed.
MSP's Trooper 2 unit assisted with tracking a stolen van in Detroit after the suspect failed to stop for Hazel Park police.
Slower adoption of electric vehicles was cited as the reason for pending layoffs at GM's Factory Zero.
Yanfeng will close its Romulus production facility, located at 9800 Inkster Road.
In Metro Detroit, drivers are paying about $3.06 per gallon, which is 1 cent more than last week but 3 cents less than at the same time a year ago.
Most of the intersections and roundabouts that made the 2024 list are in Southeast Michigan.
Avancez said a change in customer orders will result in layoffs during December at its Hazel Park location.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes have been announced. Here are the nominees.
President Trump is hosting the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday after presenting medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony Saturday.
Japanese officials said Jeremy O Harris, known for his Tony-nominated "Slave Play" and his role in the series "Emily in Paris," was arrested on the island of Okinawa on Nov. 16.
Frank Gehry was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
John Gibson made 39 saves for his first NHL shutout in nearly three years, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0.
According to the FBI, domestic homicides more than doubled between 2019 and 2024, increasing from 1,065 to 2,339. The latest data has experts worried.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes have been announced. Here are the nominees.
The recall involves INIU 100,000mAh portable power banks, model BI-B41that were sold on Amazon between August 2021 and April 2022, the recall notice says.
Many people living with MS are limited from taking nature walks shown to improve mental health, so Hala Darwish is bringing Mother Nature to them.
Legionella bacteria were found through water testing in the building late Thursday after an employee was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease.
The new guidelines are effective at all DMC locations, including the Children's Hospital of Michigan.
The sheriff's office says closure for Building 38E is effective Friday through the weekend.
Women who have a doula are 47% less likely to have a cesarean delivery and a 29% lower chance of having a preterm delivery, according to a study published in the National Library of Medicine.
John Gibson made 39 saves for his first NHL shutout in nearly three years, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0.
The parent of a Monroe, Michigan, student-athlete has filed a Title IX complaint over a transgender student from another school competing in a girls' volleyball game and tournament.
Pistons guard Cade Cunningham spent his Sunday giving back to the Detroit community.
No. 18 Michigan will meet No. 13 Texas in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 31, the bowl game's organizers announced Sunday.
Cade Cunningham had 23 points and 12 assists and the Detroit Pistons beat Milwaukee 124-112 on Saturday night to end the Bucks' 15-game winning streak in Detroit.
The Detroit show will attract hundreds of thousands to the area as automakers, tech companies and more gravitate to downtown Detroit.
This week on Michigan Matters, Carol Cain speaks with retail owners and entrepreneurs ahead of the holiday season.
Hundreds of thousands will line up along Woodward Avenue for America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit.
This week's roundtable discusses the economic outlook as the critical fourth quarter of 2025 plays out.
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield was overwhelmingly elected as mayor.
A couple rounds of snow along with rain and a possibility of freezing rain moves through Southeast Michigan. NEXT Weather Meteorologist Karen Carter breaks down when you can expect which type of precipitation and how much snow we could get.
An arrest has been made in a fatal shooting in Ann Arbor. The plans for a proposed data center in Howell Township have been withdrawn. Weather and other top stories.
Ann Arbor police say they have made an arrest in connection with girl who was found dead Sunday night at an apartment complex on Pear Street.
Two men now facing federal charges for allegedly stealing a cash machine and going on a shopping spree last year at Somerset Mall in Troy.
President Trump on Monday announced a $12 billion aid package for American farmers, moving to support a sector that's been hurt by tariffs and a U.S. trade war with China.