77-54, 1st place, 5.5 up on the Indians. The Tigers just treated us to one of the most exciting games of the season, but wound up on the wrong side of 8-6. There was another Miggy Moment, the 2-run HR to right field on a 3-1 pitch off the plate that tied the game at … Continue reading Game 2013.132: A’s at Tigers →

Detroit Tigers: 68-45, 1st Place (7 ahead of Cleveland). Winning Streak: 12.  Sneaking under the radar a bit: Detroit Tigers, American League’s Best Record. Well, there we go. (Tap). A four-game sweep of the division rival Cleveland Indians, who have now become the “division rival” Cleveland Indians. (Tap). That’s a four-game sweep AT Cleveland. (Tap). … Continue reading Game 2013.114: Tigers at Yankees →

64-45, 1st place, 3 games up on Cleveland. That last is simply not possible. I’m sure the lead is really 7 or 8 games by now, but I’ve got to pay lip service to the dubious standings information over at mlb.com. If my speech seems a little garbled, it’s because I have no jaw. It … Continue reading Game 2013.110: Tigers at Indians →

61-45, 1st place, 2 games up on Cle. What a week of baseball this has been. 1. Our Tigers have been red hot as of late, winning 9/10 and 5 in a row, and have lost ground on the 2nd place White Sox and 3rd place KC Royals. I’d say that the AL Central is En Fuego … Continue reading Game 2013.107: White Sox at Tigers →

Detroit Tigers: 60-45, 1st Place (2.5 ahead of Cleveland).  Today is Christmas in July at Comerica Park, featuring Santa Paws. He will have his eyes on you, Mr. Verlander. Will this outing be naughty, or nice? The Tigers won their 4th consecutive in the two-game series opener as Alex Avila was the unexpected hero with … Continue reading Game 2013.106: Nationals at Tigers →

Congratulations to Jose Alvarez on a fine 1st MLB victory yesterday. Thank you, Donkey Kong! Thanks also to Miguel Cabrera for the comedy of throwing his gum at Ryan Raburn rounding the bases after the HR. (It was Raburn who hit the HR, unfortunately. Sorry for the confusion. But it would have been funny either … Continue reading Game 2013.62: Tigers at Royals →

20-14, 1st place, 1 game up on Cleveland. Hypotenuse game of the series coming up, and it will be for all the marbles. Or at least half of them. ********* Get Al Alburquerque out of Detroit. At least for a while. Please. This has gone on long enough. Game 34 was Tigers 6, Indians 4, … Continue reading Game 2013.35: Indians at Tigers →

Were you disappointed by the short series against the Nationals? I sure was. Sweep the Astros, fall flat against the Washington National Angels (can’t they beat teams that wear red?)…what does that spell? It spells O-V-E-R-R-A-T-E-D. Until the next bout of euphoria, anyway. The recently somewhat deflated and first place by a nose Detroit Tigers (19-13) … Continue reading Game 2013.33: Indians at Tigers →

19-11, 1st place, 1.5 games up. Well, this has been a fun stretch. Your Tigers have now won 9 out of 10 games, outscoring their opponents 74-25 (that’s a pythagorean winning % of 89%, or about 143 – 19). Now, the last 7 games were played against the Astros and Twins, so let’s no be … Continue reading Game 2013.31: Nationals at Tigers →

Detroit Tigers, 75-67, 2nd place, 1 back. OK, let’s try this again. Rained out yesterday, Justin Verlander still has the ball for tonight’s game against Cleveland and Corey Kluber. You may remember him: Cy Kluber beat Detroit (3-2, naturally) on Sept. 3 for his first, and only major league victory. The result of pushing back … Continue reading Game 2012.143: Tigers at Indians →