A solid effort from starter Matt Manning and a ton of early offense all went to waste in this one. The Tigers bullpen collapsed like a house of cards from the sixth inning on for probably the worst loss of the 2021 season as the Angels stormed back from an eight run deficit to win
DETROIT — One more time this homestand, the fans came to Comerica Park looking for history. This wasn’t what they had in mind. The last time the Angels came back from an eight-run deficit to win, Dick Schofield led off an eight-run ninth inning with a single and ended it with a walk-off grand slam
Bill Dow | Special to the Detroit Free Press Editor’s note: Story updated for accurately reflect Freehan’s health the last few years. Former Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehan, a perennial All-Star and the quiet leader of the 1968 world champions, has died at age 79, the team announced Thursday. Freehan had suffered from dementia for several years, spending
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We saw it then, many of us. We still see it. Bill Freehan, flipping his mask, slowly stalking Tim McCarver’s pop-up between home plate and the first-base-side seats, smothering the ball in his fat mitt — and sending all of Detroit into ecstasy following that magical, marvelous, nearly miraculous world-championship season of 1968 when the Tigers
Bill Freehan, Detroit Tigers. (USA Today) Jasper Philipsen wins second 2021 La Vuelta a Espana stage as Rein Taaramae crashes out of lead by Marisa Wikramanayake The Detroit Tigers are in mourning with the passing of legendary catcher Bill Freehan.
Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch didn’t have much of a choice. He evaluated his roster ahead of a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays from Friday through Sunday at the Rogers Centre in Canada. Of course, he realized Grayson Greiner was the only healthy catcher. “That position is not one that we can tip-toe around,” Hinch said
BOT 1 LAA 0 DET 1 Result of at-bat Miguel Cabrera’s RBI single Batter: Miguel Cabrera Pitcher: Jose Quintana
The Tigers have two of the top seven prospects on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 list, and three in the top 50, after its midseason update. Tigers top prospect Spencer Torkelson dropped a couple spots to No. 4 on the list, but outfielder Riley Greene jumped to No. 7. Both were promoted to Triple-A Toledo this
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There are Tigers legends whose names feel like they are written in bold. Ty Cobb. Hank Greenberg. Al Kaline. In a sport where icons loom larger than life, the names immortalized on the outfield walk of Comerica Park are a part of history, a part of the blood of fans. We see it in the
Detroit — Baseball journeys — you could never script what catcher Dustin Garneau has gone through to land in the Tigers’ starting lineup Thursday. On Tuesday, he was playing a Triple-A game for Albuquerque in Sugarland, Texas. He was looking forward to flying up to Las Vegas on Wednesday to see his wife and kids, whom he
DENVER, CO – JULY 11: Riley Greene #19 congratulates Spencer Torkelson #7 of the American League Futures Team after both scored against the National League Futures Team in a game at Coors Field on July 11, 2021 in Denver, Colorado.(Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DETROIT — Bill Freehan, an 11-time All-Star catcher who was a cornerstone of the Tigers’ 1968 World Series championship team, passed away Thursday at age 79. “It’s with a heavy heart that all of us with the Detroit Tigers extend our condolences to the friends and family of Bill Freehan,” the Tigers said in a
Bally Sports Detroit is saddened to learn of the passing of Bill Freehan. A crucial part of the Tigers 1968 World Series team, Freehan was a Detroit original from the moment he put on the Olde English D. Rest easy, #11.
Bill Dow | Special to the Detroit Free Press Former Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehan, a perennial All-Star and the quiet leader of 1968 world champions, has died at age 79 the team announced on Thursday. Freehan had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for several years, spending the last few years in under hospice care in his northern
Bill Freehan, a 15-season catcher for the Detroit Tigers who neared the Hall of Fame threshold, died Thursday after a long bout with Alzheimer’s Disease. He was 79. He grew up in Royal Oak, played football and baseball at the University of Michigan, then broke in at 19 with the Tigers, helping them to a
Toledo Mud Hens 6, Indianapolis Indians 0 (box) Matthew Boyd and the Hens bullpen shut Indianapolis down almost totally, throwing a three-hit shutout in Toledo on Wednesday night. Meanwhile the now fully weaponized Hens’ lineup had little trouble scoring runs, and again it was Ryan Kreidler making a big impression. The recently promoted shortstop singled,