2012

Detroit Tigers, 18-20, tied with Pittsburgh Pirates. Yeah, I know. But Justin Verlander needs no introduction; Justin Verlander needs no bullpen; and Justin Verlander needs no Game Post photo. Verlander by the way, is one of 4 pitchers who have gone at least 6 innings in 50 or more consecutive starts. The others are Bob [...]

Ryan Raburn can’t get no respect. Raburn’s first home run of the year was the deadly blow in the Tiger’s 8-run, comeback 6th inning, which overcame a seemingly insurmountable lead built against Max Scherzer, jinxed by Kevin In Dallas. And yet, in the account of the three 6th inning home runs, Jackson “belted” his, Cabrera [...]

Justin Verlander set a good example for young Drew Smyly, and callously shut down the Oakland A’s offense.  That’s the way to deal when your own team can’t score runs. Today’s surprise prediction:  Smyly has his first shaky outing, but the offense will more than make up for it. A lot of things have gone [...]

The Tigers take the field this evening at absurdly-named O.co Coliseum at 16-16, 2 games back of Cleveland in the AL Central. A lot went wrong last night. Rick Porcello once again sang the First Inning Blues, and was generally ineffective.  The Below-pen didn’t fare much better. The Tigers blew their own chance at a [...]

If any eyes are still open at 10:05 EST and would like to watch baseball, they will have to tune in to Oakland where the Tigers will be starting a 4-game series with the A’s in tonight’s only MLB late game. The Athletic Brandon Inge awaits the Tigers in Oakland, although they may not recognize [...]