By Matt Pelc
Well it took a long time to do it, but it appears that Johnny Damon and the Detroit Tigers have FINALLY agreed on a contract for his services for probably just this upcoming season. The Tigers will have a press conference at 2 p.m. to officially announce the expected and Damon will arrive [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The Detroit Tigers got a bit of good news late last week when it was announced that ace Justin Verlander signed a five-year, $80 million deal to stay with the team through at least the 2014 season.
The Tigers started the off-season by choking down the stretch to fail to make the postseason and [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The Detroit Tigers have been making news this past week with their annual winter caravan to sites in and around Michigan to rev up fan interest for the upcoming baseball season, including Saturday’s Fan Fest at Comerica Park.
The biggest story of the week which also made national headlines was the admission of Tigers’ [...]

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By Matt Pelc
It is getting to be a daily event here on JLABANNERS.com: saying goodbye to a popular Tiger.
While I could understand the Tigers parting ways with Placido Polanco due to age, economics and declined productivity, the Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson fire-sale, sorry Dave Dombrowki, I am calling a spade a spade, is mind-boggling.
Both [...]

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By Matt Pelc
I was talking with a fellow Floridian Tiger fan over the weekend and I told him that I still have not gotten over last month’s swoon.
I told him that game was my biggest bummer sports moment since the Anointed One found Sterling Sharpe for a touchdown to pull a win out of the [...]

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By Matt Pelc
DETROIT LIONS (1-7) AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (7-1) (-15)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2009 @ 1 p.m. @ HUBERT H. HUMPHREY METRODOME
Series: 30-64-2
Last Game 9/20/09 @ Ford Field: Vikings 27, Lions 13
As you can tell from the title of this article, I have reached my annual saturation level with the Detroit Lions.
I love football and I [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
The Tigers‘ Curtis Granderson made the most of his one at bat when he tripled and scored the game-winning run in the 8th inning of the 2009 All Star Game in St. Louis when fellow first-time All Star Adam Jones of the Orioles drove him in with a sacrifice fly. With Curtis’ heroics, [...]

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By Matt Pelc
It’s a great time to be a Tigers’ fan.
More than halfway through the season, the Tigers have a better than decent shot at claiming their first divisional title since 1987, first ever AL Central crown and their second appearance in the postseason in four seasons.
Detroit sits at 48-39, first in the American League [...]

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By Brian Rexroth and Matt Pelc
It must have been the plug from jlabanners.com that sent Brandon Inge over the top in voting to receive 11.8 million votes and win the 2009 Sprint Final Vote to represent the Tigers and the American League and join his teammates Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson, and Justin Verlander.
This will be [...]

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By Matt Pelc
This is almost like an annual column for me: bitching about the All-Star game.
Why should we even care? I mean it is just an exhibition game, isn’t it?
But when Bud Selig and baseball decided to add meaning to the game by linking the World Series to the winner of the game, it should [...]

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