Why does the Miguel Cabrera intentional walk make sense? In a pure baseball sense, it does, even if the baseball Gods smite Yankees manager Aaron Boone in the aftermath. Cabrera had three earlier at-bats to register his 3,000th career hit, but failed to do so. Miggy struck out twice and flew out in his first…
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Detroit Tigers (5-7) vs. Colorado Rockies (8-4) When: 7:10 p.m. Friday. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Tigers radio affiliates). • BOX SCORE Weather forecast: High chance of rain, low-50s. Probable pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (0-1, 3.72 ERA) vs. Rockies RHP Antonio Sanzatela (1-0, 2.16 ERA). ABOUT YESTERDAY: Why Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera isn’t mad about
Detroit — Now it’s Mother Nature making Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera wait. Friday night’s series opener between the Tigers and Colorado Rockies at Comerica Park was postponed due to inclement weather, keeping Cabrera’s hit total at 2,999. It will be made up as the second game of a split doubleheader Saturday at 6:40 p.m. The originally scheduled game on Saturday
DETROIT – Friday’s game between the Tigers and Rockies has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as the second game of a split doubleheader on Saturday, April 23 at 6:40 p.m., following the originally scheduled game at 1:10 p.m. All paid tickets from tonight’s game are valid for game two of Saturday’s
Detroit Tigers fans like to view themselves as the underdog, or the unlikely hero. And every hero needs their foil. Some heroes have many. Just ask Batman. Sports villains don’t have to be manufactured. They arrive as a result of real moments. John Rocker vs. the Mets, and all of New York in general, is…
News staff and wire services Cooperstown, N.Y. — Baseball’s Hall of Fame is restructuring its veterans committees for the third time in 12 years. The Hall said Friday it is revamping the panels into the Contemporary Baseball Era from 1980 on and Classic Baseball Era for before 1980. The Contemporary Baseball Era will hold a
You’re a baseball fan. You have an MLB.TV account to watch out-of-market Major League games across the country. But you want to see some of the game’s up-and-coming stars, too. If not, you can get a taste of what you’re missing with select Minor League Baseball games featuring some of MLB’s top prospects coming to
With 3,000 hits on the line and first base open, the Yankees opted to walk Miguel Cabrera, robbing Tigers fans of a chance to see history on Thursday afternoon. Comerica Park erupted in chants of “Yankees Suck!” in the aftermath of Boone’s decision, but he did not care. He’d do it again, a thousand times…
The Detroit Tigers are 5-7, but early signs suggest things may get worse. Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario (left) meets second baseman Jonathan Schoop (7) after he homered against Red Sox starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (not pictured) during first inning action Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at Comerica Park in Detroit.
There are teams we see so often during a season we feel like we know them almost as well as the one we cheer for. The players and the lineup become familiar, and we quickly latch on to villains — anyone who is especially good at hitting home runs against the Tigers — and plucky
It was a bit of a tough week for the Detroit Tigers after taking two of the three games played out of a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals, dropping the opening pair of a midweek trio to the New York Yankees. However, the boys in the Olde English D bounced back in the
There are a lot of factors that go into making someone a “favorite” player. It can be their onfield prowess: perhaps they’re the best batter or pitcher you’ve ever seen in action, or they make such mind-boggling defensive plays you know it will be Must See TV to tune in whenever they take the field.
The Colorado Rockies are visiting Detroit this weekend, and there’s more than just Detroit Tigers fans celebrating Miguel Cabrera’s 3000th hit in the forecast for Comerica Park. In fact, the weather Friday night in Detroit doesn’t look all that promising at the moment, although the rest of the weekend looks like it will improve and…
Leave it to the New York Yankees to screw up Miguel Cabrera’s chance at history. While you can debate the strategy of the move until the cows come home, the Detroit Tigers fans in attendance at Thursday’s game wanted to see history. Unfortunately, they’ll have to wait another day.
You can make a case that for a four-month stretch in the late spring and early summer of 2013, Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera hit a baseball better than any other Detroit team athlete performed their sport in the history of this city. And I would, until I remember what it was like watching Barry
Several hours before Michael Pineda pitched a gem limited only by his pitch-count restriction, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch discussed the impact of his presence. He explained the veteran right-hander prides himself on two things: leaving the game with the lead and leaving the game with a chance to win. The 33-year-old, in his first start
The Tigers announced this afternoon that right-hander Beau Brieske will start Saturday’s game against the Rockies. The 24-year-old will be making his major league debut. Brieske is not on the 40-man roster, so Detroit will need to make another move in that regard to formally accommodate the selection of his contract. Brieske signed for just $75K
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone explained his decision to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera, who is still in search of his 3,000th hit. Aaron Boone became public enemy No. 1 in Detroit on Thursday.
Detroit — Tens of thousands of fans stood on their feet Thursday, cheering loudly and aiming their camera phones at Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera each time he stepped to the plate in anticipation that he would pound out his 3,000th career hit. But that one magic base hit to make history didn’t come to fruition
GAME ONE The SeaWolves notched their second walk-off win of the season, taking down the Richmond Flying Squirrels 3-2 in game one of a doubleheader on Thursday night at UPMC Park. Erie took the lead in the second against Richmond starter Jake Dahlberg when Quincy Nieporte connected on an opposite-field GAME ONE The SeaWolves notched