Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 4:27 PM EDT Aug 28, 2020 Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila began Thursday’s news conference in a serious tone. He announced the organization decided to shut down right-handers Matt Manning and Alex Faedo because of forearm strains. He commented on the postponement of games stemming from teams and players protesting racial
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DETROIT — Friday’s doubleheader between the Tigers and Twins was postponed due to inclement weather. The two teams will play a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1:10 p.m. ET. The other postponed game will be made up during a straight twin bill on Sept. 4 at Target Field. The series opener DETROIT — Friday’s doubleheader between
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DETROIT — Friday marked Major League Baseball’s celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, which was moved when the coronavirus pandemic delayed the start of the season. The timing turned out to be fitting. A day after Tigers players and coaches had an emotional clubhouse conversation on race and equality in society DETROIT — Friday marked Major
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Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 12:39 PM EDT Aug 28, 2020 Detroit – Has Jackie Robinson Day and what it represents ever come at a more poignant time, the day after Major League Baseball games were postponed – including the Tigers-Twins game – in protest of the persistent social injustice in America? “Yesterday was something we
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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
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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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