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The Grand Rapids Public Museum will take possession of the 1,000-plus baseball collection in 2024, after the appraisal process is complete. Hide Caption Tigers baseball collector Steve Nagengast Steve Nagengast claims to have the largest collection of Tigers autographs, with more than 1,000 autographed balls. Chris duMond, Special to the Detroit News, The Detroit News

Detroit — In case you forgot what a monster lefty Tarik Skubal can be when he’s got a baseball in his hand, let his performance Monday serve as an indelible reminder. “He was dominant, period,” manager AJ Hinch said. “That’s the quote.” Making his fourth start of the season, coming off flexor tendon surgery, he

Detroit — Tough business. Alex Faedo threw six scoreless innings Sunday and by the end of the night his locker had been cleared out. He was optioned back to Triple-A Toledo. “It’s about the state of our bullpen,” manager AJ Hinch said. “We don’t have an off day until after the Miami series (July 31)

Dunedin, Fla. — How a team with the worst pitching in the Florida State League, and the next-to-worst hitting, manages a 12-game June-July winning streak, including a 13-victories-in-14-games run, is a mystery for baseball’s statistics-and-probabilities crowd to ponder. Andrew Graham might also be worth analyzing — and perhaps identifying as something of a miracle worker.

Detroit — After watching the Padres’ hitters launch five home runs and score 19 runs in the two previous games, Alex Faedo made a business decision. Just called back up from Triple-A Toledo to make the spot start Sunday, Faedo seemed steadfastly opposed to the center of the strike zone. He was on a mission

You can cut that MLB trade-deadline tension with a chainsaw, maybe, with the Tigers factoring in much of the suspense and potential roster drama. By the time formal shopping ceases July 31, Eduardo Rodriguez and/or Michael Lorenzen have a shot at joining playoff teams — valid playoff clubs, and not those (hello, American League Central

Detroit — The San Diego Padres slugged the play out of relevance Saturday night. But long before Luis Campusano’s 401-foot blast landed in the left-field seats to cap their 14-3 win, Jake Rogers very quietly saved a run with a play that’s been the subject of much debate within the industry in recent weeks. With

Detroit – There was a time Saturday when the sun was out, the grass was dry and the Tigers had an early lead. All three proved unsustainable. The San Diego Padres scored 14 unanswered runs after an 84-minute rain delay and beat the Tigers for the second straight night, 14-3 in front of a lively

The Guardians selected Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Alex Mooney in the seventh round of the MLB Draft, but paid him like a second-round pick. In the end, Alex Mooney did it his way. And he wouldn’t have it any other way. “I wanted to go to school to play college baseball, and that’s what I

Detroit – There will be time for Tyler Holton to put all this into some kind of perspective; how he went from being a castoff in Arizona to securing a vital role in the Tigers bullpen in a matter of a few months. There will be time for him to stop and smell the proverbial

John Lowe spent 29 years as Tigers beat writer at the Detroit Free Press, after stints at the Los Angeles Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer. John Lowe ties his life-long love of baseball back to Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1966, when the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers were playing Game 1 of the World Series.

Professional sports are a transient business these days. Franchises relocate, leaving entire cities in the lurch. Players bolt, too, taking advantage of free agency when they can. Trade deadlines encourage the movement — incentivize it, even — and the business of tanking means veteran players often get shown the door before anybody’s ready for them

Detroit — Once again, the Detroit Tigers’ offense provided too little, too late. To be fair, on Friday night in Detroit, it was probably discouraged by a showing from world-class San Diego Padres slugger Juan Soto, who hit one of the longest home runs in Comerica Park history when he sent one 463 into the

Professional sports are a transient business these days. Franchises relocate, leaving entire cities in the lurch. Players bolt, too, taking advantage of free agency when they can. Trade deadlines encourage the movement — incentivize it, even — and the business of tanking means veteran players often get shown the door before anybody’s ready for them

Detroit — Once again, the Detroit Tigers’ offense provided too little, too late. To be fair, on Friday night in Detroit, it was probably discouraged by a showing from world-class San Diego Padres slugger Juan Soto, who hit one of the longest home runs in Comerica Park history when he sent one 463 into the

Detroit — Once again, the Detroit Tigers’ offense provided too little, too late. To be fair, on Friday night in Detroit, it was probably discouraged by a showing from world-class San Diego Padres slugger Juan Soto, who hit one of the longest home runs in Comerica Park history when he sent one 463 into the

Detroit — In the scorching summer heat, with a full suit under his new Tigers jersey, Max Clark was cool. Part of that is the lightweight material — “They’re like Lululemon material,” he said — but the other part might just have to do with the fact that he’s pretty dang cool himself. Clark, the

Since the dawn of advertising, mascots have been used to sell things. In Michigan, there are beloved totems of sports teams, beverages, restaurant brands and more that have become part of the culture. Some date back decades, while others are just starting to get a little time in the limelight. From gnomes to Noids, here’s

Lakeland, Fla. — A pitch would shoot from the machine 60½ feet away and Max Anderson’s right-handed bat would unload. High and far, pitches soared and fell, like a firework’s arc, beyond the left-field fence and toward a grove of trees that lay between Lake Parker and the Heilmann Field on TigerTown’s tract at Lakeland.

Kansas City, Mo. — Michael Lorenzen came to the dugout after dispatching the Royals in the seventh inning and threw his arms up in mock disgust as manager AJ Hinch extended the job-well-done handshake. Meaning his day was done. “Our consecutive streak of pitchers wanting to stay in the game is still alive,” Hinch said