DETROIT — Lisa Gray remembers moving to the United States and immediately feeling out of place. Born in Beijing, China, Gray worked at BBC in London for six years before moving to Michigan in 1998, when her husband got a new job. According to Gray, adjusting to a new life in the United States was
Ah, Memorial Day. Traditionally, it’s the gateway to summer and, at about the 54-game mark for most MLB teams, it’s about the time we can start to think about the playoffs. Yes, even the Detroit Tigers — this season, at least. After three straight seasons of a double-digit deficit in the American League Central by
TACOMA, Wash. — When Mike Ford told his current manager, John Russell, about his 2022 season, Russell had an apt response: “That’s not a season. That’s a career!” That about sums it up. Ford, a heavy-hitting first baseman and designated hitter, is currently a member of the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers.
Toledo Mud Hens 3, Rochester Red Wings 2 (Friday)(box) Rochester Red Wings 12, Toledo Mud Hens 7 (Saturday)(box) Rochester Red Wings 6, Toledo Mud Hens 4 (Sunday)(box) Indianapolis Indians 12, Toledo Mud Hens 6 (Monday)(box) The Rochester series didn’t end particularly well over the weekend, and then they proceeded to lose a Memorial Day matchup
Detroit Tigers (25-27) vs. Texas Rangers (34-19) When: 6:40 p.m. Tuesday. Where: Comerica Park in Detroit. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; Tigers radio affiliates). Probable starters: Tigers RHP Alex Faedo (1-2, 4.15 ERA) vs. Rangers LHP Martín Pérez (6-1, 3.83 ERA). • Box score SKUBAL DIVING: ‘He was nasty’: Detroit Tigers’ Tarik Skubal throws to hitters for first time
Being commissioner has its conveniences in professional sports, especially in baseball, no matter how inconvenient The Commish’s decisions and whims might be. Consider the MLB Draft, which this year runs July 9-11. Rob Manfred decided three years ago that All-Star Week, well into July, would be a jim-dandy time to showcase all those blue-chip college
Indianapolis, IN – The Toledo Mud Hens fell to the Indianapolis Indians 12 – 6 on Memorial Day. Mud Hens manager Anthony Iapoce went with Brenan Hanifee to start the game for the Mud Hens. Hanifee entered the Memorial Day game with a 4.63 ERA and 0-4 record on the Indianapolis, IN – The Toledo
While players continue to move up and down Draft boards, and MLB Pipeline expands its 2023 Draft rankings to 200 names, there appears to be one certainty as etched in stone as anything Draft-related can be: There’s a clear top five in this class. Crews has been the top prospect since the Top 100 was
DETROIT — The Tigers have a challenge on their hands battling the AL West-leading Rangers this series. But they had their chances to give some of that pressure back. One day after Eric Haase won Sunday’s game for Detroit with a 10th-inning walk-off sacrifice fly, he stepped to the plate on Monday afternoon against Nathan
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Detroit — Matt Manning, on the injured list with a broken bone in his foot, will throw his second, full bullpen session on Tuesday and he hopes that leads to a live session against hitters next week. “Yeah, I’m going to go on the road, so maybe I’ll throw one more bullpen and then a
Detroit — As Matthew Boyd said afterward, hindsight is 20-20 and it’s certainly easier to second-guess than it is to first-guess. But there was no ducking the bottom-line Monday after the Tigers were beaten by the scorching-hot Texas Rangers, 5-0, in the first of three at Comerica Park. “I threw the pitch I wanted,” he
We hear from Eric Haase after the Tigers are shut out against the Rangers.
After his Memorial Day outing, Matthew Boyd speaks on his start.
A.J. Hinch talks after the Tigers drop their series opener against the Texas Rangers.
Detroit Tigers (25-26) vs. Texas Rangers (33-19) When: 1:10 p.m. Monday. Where: Comerica Park in Detroit. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1 in Detroit; Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Matthew Boyd (3-3, 5.74 ERA) vs. Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-2, 2.60). • Box score Tigers lineup: (Matt Vierling scratched from the lineup with back soreness. Zach Short replaces him) 1.
Being commissioner has its conveniences in professional sports, especially in baseball, no matter how inconvenient The Commish’s decisions and whims might be. Consider the MLB Draft, which this year runs July 9-11. Rob Manfred decided three years ago that All-Star Week, well into July, would be a jim-dandy time to showcase all those blue-chip college
The Detroit Tigers had their chance — bases loaded, no outs — in the second inning against Texas Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi, one of the best pitchers in the month of May. But the Tigers stranded the runners and lost to the Rangers, 5-0, in Monday’s series opener at Comerica Park. Eovaldi walked a season-high three
Matthew Boyd vs. Nathan Eovaldi wasn’t a particularly encouraging matchup. The former entered Monday’s Memorial Day contest with an ERA approaching 6.00. If you extrapolate his last five starts, it’s nearly 7.00. Meanwhile, Eovaldi’s pitched to a 2.60 ERA and an even lower FIP in his first 10 starts with the Texas Rangers. It also
Editor’s note: This article was originally composed nine years ago and has been republished in its entirety for this year’s Memorial Day. There were many major league baseball players whose careers were interrupted as they left to serve our country in World War II, including Tigers Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg. Another Hall-of-Famer, pitcher Hal Newhouser, attempted
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