Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Aug 28, 2020 Almost halfway through the Detroit Tigers’ season, I have a confession to make. I’m surprised that we have even reached this point. In the first week of this strange, shrunken season, I was starting to think it was going to be shut down
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David Brandt Associated Press Published 5:27 AM EDT Aug 28, 2020 In a typically awkward way, Major League Baseball has been pulled into America’s discussion about racial injustice. Some teams are playing. Some aren’t. Some have played with individual players sitting out. But across the sport, one theme became clear: Baseball shouldn’t avoid potentially difficult
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 5:34 AM EDT Aug 28, 2020 Detroit – It got lost in the shuffle a little bit Wednesday night, but Tigers right-hander Jose Cisnero and Cubs’ star Javier Baez had themselves a righteous confrontation with the game on the line in the seventh inning. The Tigers had just rallied
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Lynn Henning The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 In this series, The Detroit News looks back at events and people from past sports moments, enlarging on experiences that might have been forgotten with time, or revisiting behind-the-scenes drama that never made it into print or on airwaves. They had become acquainted,
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Ahead of Monday’s trade deadline, here are 3 players the Detroit Tigers could sell high on. Entering Thursday, with their game against the Minnesota Twins postponed, the Detroit Tigers are 13-16 and 5.5 games back in the AL Central. They’ve won two in a row, but their playoff odds aren’t good (2.1 percent, according to
DETROIT — Tigers general manager Al Avila did not want to label his team as buyers or sellers when asked about their Trade Deadline plans last week. That was before a 2-5 road trip knocked them into fourth place in the American League Central. But in a 60-game season with DETROIT — Tigers general manager
Tony Paul The Detroit News Published 9:16 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Detroit — Cameron Maybin spoke, as did a few others. And, more importantly, everyone listened. And when the emotional, half-hour team meeting was over, the Tigers overwhelmingly concluded that it just didn’t feel right to play baseball Thursday night. In a team vote, the
Manager Ron Gardenhire talks about the postponement of Thursday’s Tigers-Twins amid protests. The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader Friday starting at noon on FOX Sports Detroit.
Omari Sankofa II Detroit Free Press Published 7:03 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 The Detroit Tigers have shut down two of their top pitching prospects, Matt Manning and Alex Faedo, due to right forearm strains, general manager Al Avila announced Thursday. “As opposed to trying to push this through and seeing if we can get
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 7:12 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Detroit – It got lost in the shuffle a little bit Wednesday night, but Tigers right-hander Jose Cisnero and Cubs’ star Javier Baez had themselves a righteous confrontation with the game on the line in the seventh inning. The Tigers had just rallied
The Tigers’ series opener against the Twins on Thursday was postponed following discussions by both teams in which players decided not to play in protest of social injustice. The game will be made up Friday as part of a doubleheader beginning at 1:10 p.m. ET. Matthew Boyd will start the The Tigers’ series opener against
Omari Sankofa II Detroit Free Press Published 6:26 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 As the sports world went on pause Wednesday evening, the Detroit Tigers took the field. Spurred by Sunday’s police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Bucks decided to protest by not taking the floor for their
The Tigers have shut down pitching prospects Matt Manning and Alex Faedo for the remainder of the season, GM Alex Avila announced to reporters (including Chris McCosky of the Detroit News). Both right-handers have been diagnosed with right forearm strains, though Avila emphasized that four different specialists examined the pair to ensure that there was
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Marlowe Alter Detroit Free Press Published 5:38 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Update: Thursday’s game has been postponed. Detroit Tigers (13-16) vs. Minnesota Twins (20-12) When: 7:10 p.m. Thursday. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: 97.1 FM in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Matthew Boyd (0-4, 8.48 ERA) vs. Twins RHP Randy Dobnak (5-1, 1.78). • Box score Trending: Why Tigers
Omari Sankofa II Detroit Free Press Published 5:57 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Thursday’s scheduled 7:10 p.m. game between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park has been postponed to protest racial injustice and inequality, the teams announced. The game will be made up Friday at 1:10 p.m. as part of a seven-inning doubleheader. The
Tony Paul The Detroit News Published 5:15 PM EDT Aug 27, 2020 Detroit — The Tigers and Minnesota Twins are the latest teams to join the growing movement against racial injustice that’s sweeping the sports landscape. Players on both the Tigers and Twins voted Thursday afternoon to postpone that series opener at Comerica Park, a peaceful
Breaking down an Austin Romine at-bat in excruciating detail. Everyone loves a walk-off hit. There’s an exciting, almost mythical feel when batters smite the opposition with a single swing, like Perseus delivering the coup de grâce to the vile Gorgon Medusa. And winning is fun, too. But baseball games are never actually won or lost