The Detroit Tigers got one of the biggest breaks in the history of the franchise on October 30, 2020. For a time, it looked as though the Chicago White Sox were in position with a win now roster to hire A.J. Hinch, but instead owner Jerry Reinsdorf chose his old buddy Tony La Russa to
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Here we go. After 10 years, the Detroit Tigers are back in the postseason and they’re carrying a huge head of steam following one of greatest stretch drives in the game’s history. The AL Wild Card Series between the Tigers and the Houston Astros gets underway at Minute Maid Park in Houston with a 2:32
After an electrifying run to the postseason, it’s natural to try and identify how and exactly when the Detroit Tigers flipped the switch. You could point to Trey Sweeney replacing Javier Báez as the starting shortstop in mid-August. You could more facetiously nod to former manager Jim Leyland’s “go get a $%^&#$% win” moment on
The Detroit Tigers are playing meaningful baseball in October this fall for the first time in 10 years and the fanbase could not be more excited about the next step in the Motor City Kitties’ magical season. The first stop on the way to the World Series (fingers crossed) is in Houston, where the Astros
Longtime big league player and coach Ozzie Virgil Sr. passed away today at age 92. A veteran of nine MLB seasons from 1956-69, Virgil has a historic legacy as the first Dominican-born player to ever appear in Major League Baseball. Virgil broke into the majors with the New York Giants at the tail end of
The Tigers finished the regular season on a muted note on Sunday, dropping one 9-5 to the Chicago Sox. It was a pretty ugly day for the Tigers all around, and as the Kansas City Royals closed out their season with a win over the Atlanta Braves, the Tigers will take on the Houston Astros
The Tigers announced this afternoon that right-hander Shelby Miller has cleared outright waivers and been placed on unconditional release waivers. Assuming Miller clears release waivers, he’ll become a free agent. Miller, 34 next month, was the 19th-overall pick in the 2009 draft by the Cardinals and appeared to be a budding star during the early
On Friday night, the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 4-1, clinching a playoff berth for the first time since 2014. In the process, they handed the south siders their record setting 121st loss of the season. Despite a strong month of August, it took a 17-6 run in September, with two games remaining,
On a rainy Saturday afternoon, a somewhat tired looking Tigers squad dropped a 4-0 game to the Chicago White Sox. Apart from a strong three innings from Jackson Jobe, there wasn’t much to report as the bats just weren’t sharp in this one. The start of Saturday’s penultimate game was delayed for almost two and
Against all odds, The Detroit Tigers have made the playoffs for the 17th time in the franchise’s 124 year history. In more recent memory, during the “expansion era” that began in 1961 when the major leagues expanded from their original 8 team per league format, Detroit has made the post season nine times. Six of
They’ve done it! After 10 long years of despair, a teardown, multiple phases of rebuilding, and then one of the wildest and most improbable stretch runs in sports history, your Detroit Tigers are back in the postseason. Starting Tuesday, October 1, we’ll have playoff baseball for the first time since the ill-fated 2014 run that
I saw something posted online earlier today, and I’ll paraphrase: “If you’d have told me in the spring that the Tigers would be starting Brenan Hanifee on a night where they could clinch a playoff spot, I wouldn’t have believed you.” Well, here we are. The last playoff game featuring the Tigers was in 2014,
It has been a full decade since the last time the Detroit Tigers earned a spot in the MLB playoffs, and thanks to a miraculous run that has seen the team go 30-11 over the past two months, they are on the brink of snapping that streak with a wild card spot this fall. The
The Tigers/Rays series headed into its final game, and while it currently feels like every game is “must win” in this playoff hunt, the Tigers certainly had the Rays in a chokehold to start the series, so it was unsurprising to see Tampa Bay get a little fired up for the getaway game. Tyler Alexander