By Matt Pelc
It’s Opening Day in Kansas City.
Justin Verlander is getting squeezed with balls and strikes and he is not liking it. He immediately starts jawing with the umpire.
Now as a baseball fan since before I can remember, I know baseball, like in life, is patently unfair at times. Hitters can stare at the umpire, [...]

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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
As I write this, the Minnesota Twins are blasting the Kansas City Royals so it looks like a forgone conclusion that the Tigers will be heading to the Metrodome to face the Twins in a one-game playoff sometime on Tuesday.
Of course the Tigers have no one to blame but themselves. For three games, [...]

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By Matt Pelc
It’s a big weekend for Michigan sports.
Brian already previewed the annual Michigan-Michigan State grudge match in East Lansing and I will briefly touch on what each of the rest of the teams, aside from the Pistons who are currently playing practice games, having going on.
TIGERS
Fear not Tiger fans, the team still controls their [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Wow, they just don’t make it easy do they.
The Tigers split their doubleheader with Minnesota, losing 3-2 in 10 innings in the day portion and nearly blowing a 5-0 lead in the nightcap, but hung on to win 6-5 in two thrilling games that made baseball fans everywhere (except Minnesota and Detroit) excited.
It [...]

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By Matt Pelc
It is quite simple. The Tigers uphold home field and win at least three of the four games with Minnesota at Comerica Park this week, they win the AL Central division for the first time and win a division championship for the first time since they won the 1987 AL East title.
The Tigers [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
The 3-7 record in the last ten games, the score of this afternoon’s game and the series results against both Toronto and Kansas City must now be forgotten and the team must move on to face the stretch run of the regular season schedule.  The schedule features 12 games in 13 days, and [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The Tigers will honor longtime franchise icon Ernie Harwell before their Wednesday night game with the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park and the Lions will follow suit on Sunday during their home opener with the Minnesota Vikings.
Ernie spent 55 seasons broadcasting major league baseball games but, of course, he is closely tied to [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
With 17 games to go and a 5 game lead in the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers have gone 5-5 in their last 10 games and have been swept by Kansas City.  The pennant race is on now more than ever as the Chicago White Sox slipped past the Minnesota Twins in the [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The Tigers had a great weekend, and a great week. They swept the Cleveland Indians at home and then traveled to St. Petersburg to face the defending AL Champion, Tampa Bay Rays.
The result was a three game road sweep, their first since May, two straight road series victories and a huge division lead.
The [...]

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