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Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 5:48 AM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Detroit – Spencer Turnbull was about to begin his pre-start preparations Saturday when a team meeting was hastily called to announce that manager Ron Gardenhire, citing health issues, was retiring. Effective immediately. “A complete shock,” said Turnbull, who pitched six strong innings in

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 11:39 PM EDT Sep 19, 2020 Detroit – Spencer Turnbull was about to begin his pre-start preparations Saturday when a team meeting was hastily called to announce that manager Ron Gardenhire, citing health issues, was retiring. Effective immediately. “A complete shock,” said Turnbull, who pitched six strong innings in

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 9:30 PM EDT Sep 19, 2020 Detroit – The games must go on. Just a couple of hours after saying goodbye to manager Ron Gardenhire, who announced his retirement Saturday afternoon, effective immediately, the Tigers erupted for four runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat the Cleveland Indians

Tony Paul The Detroit News Published 8:03 PM EDT Sep 19, 2020 Detroit — From 2006-13, the Tigers had one manager. They’ve now had three since. Ron Gardnehire abruptly retired early Saturday evening, after 16 years as a big-league manager, including the last two-plus seasons with the Tigers. Lloyd McClendon is taking over on an interim

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:47 PM EDT Sep 19, 2020 Detroit – At 2 p.m. Saturday, Ron Gardenhire was on his daily Zoom meeting with the media, answering questions like it was just another day. A couple of hours later, he informed general manager Al Avila that he was retiring – effective immediately.

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 1:28 PM EDT Sep 19, 2020 Detroit – One big question going into 2021 has been answered in the affirmative for the Tigers. You can pencil Michael Fulmer’s name into the starting rotation – full-go, not as a three-inning opener. Wait, you say. Are you serious? An 8.17 ERA,

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 12:15 AM EDT Sep 19, 2020 Detroit – It was baseball oddity night at Comerica Park Friday. First an immaculate inning and then an attempted steal of home. If one of the teams managed to pull off a triple-play, it would’ve truly been one for the ages. The Tigers

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:23 PM EDT Sep 18, 2020 Detroit – His response to the question was as revealing as it was precious. Jeimer Candelario was asked what impact hitting coach Joe Vavra had on his success at the plate this season. “Thank God for his life,” Candelario said. “He put in

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 4:56 AM EDT Sep 18, 2020 Detroit – The Cleveland Indians limped into Comerica Park Thursday night dragging an eight-game losing streak. They had slid back to the pack in the wild-card race, leading the Tigers by 4.5 games coming into this four-game series. Theoretically, this could’ve been a pivotal

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 10:22 PM EDT Sep 17, 2020 Detroit – The Cleveland Indians limped into Comerica Park Thursday night dragging an eight-game losing streak. They had slid back to the pack in the wild-card race, leading the Tigers by 4.5 games coming into this four-game series. Theoretically, this could’ve been a pivotal

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:36 PM EDT Sep 17, 2020 Detroit — Willi Castro isn’t going to win Rookie of the Year honors in the American League. Seattle’s Kyle Lewis and Chicago’s Luis Robert have turned it into a two-man race. But he has hit his way into the conversation. “He’s proving that he

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 4:24 AM EDT Sep 17, 2020 Detroit – They were separated by 237 picks in the 2018 draft. There wasn’t nearly that much separation Wednesday night. Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal, a ninth-round pick out of Seattle University, went nearly pitch for pitch with Royals right-hander Brady Singer, the 18th

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 9:49 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 Detroit – They were separated by 237 picks in the 2018 draft. There wasn’t nearly that much separation Wednesday night. Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal, a ninth-round pick out of Seattle University, went nearly pitch for pitch with Royals right-hander Brady Singer, the 18th

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:29 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 Detroit — No, Niko Goodrum did not love it. If he had his druthers, he’d be finishing up the season where he started — at shortstop — especially since he played well there defensively (plus-2 defensive runs saved). Bad enough that the first time he

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 2:11 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 Detroit — Nothing wrong with being optimistic. The Tigers on Wednesday released the 2021 Grapefruit League schedule for spring training in Lakeland, Florida. Obviously, the schedule is contingent upon whatever COVID-19 protocols are in place next February and March. It will be the Tigers’

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 10:48 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Detroit — Maybe it’s a split-personality thing with Matthew Boyd. Because the left-handed pitcher wearing No. 48 Tuesday scarcely resembled the guy who got tagged for seven runs and needed 78 pitches to get nine outs a week ago against the Brewers. This

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:36 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Detroit — He grew up attending games at Comerica Park and dreaming of wearing the Old English D on his jersey one day.  That day has come for catcher Eric Haase. “I get chills just thinking about it,” said the Dearborn Divine Child product and

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:13 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Detroit — It was expected that Niko Goodrum would return off the injured list Tuesday. But starting at second base? Didn’t see that coming. “I told him he was playing second base and he said, whatever, he just wants to play,” manager Ron Gardenhire

Ronald Blum Associated Press Published 5:32 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 New York — The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers’ new ballpark in Arlington, Texas, as part of a bubble agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association, the first time the sport’s championship will be played entirely at one site

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 3:23 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 Detroit – There comes a point in every baseball season – apparently even in a 60-game season – when will and want-to collide with reality, when spit and grit gets trumped by superior talent, when all the intangibles in the world can’t save you