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Vote For Your Favorite Detroit Tiger Of All Time – Round 3 [Poll]

Steven Bohner — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:45:24 +0000

The Detroit Tigers have been no stranger to the World Series, appearing in the Fall Classic 10 times and winning the series 4 of those times. The Detroit Tigers have fostered some extremely great players throughout the years. We want to know "What is your favorite Detroit Tiger of all time?" We took 32 of the best Tigers in history and pitted them up against each other in a bracket tournament to determine who the most popular Detroit Tiger is.

2012 World Series: Giants Sweep Tigers With 4-3 Extra-Inning Win

Joe Student — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:25:04 +0000

Marco Scutaro’s line drive single scored Ryan Theriot with the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, on Sunday night in Detroit to complete a four-game sweep of the 2012 World Series. The victory gave the Giants their second world championship in three [...]

Alice Cooper Throws Out First Pitch At Tigers Game [VIDEO]

Shaffee — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:39:16 +0000

Rock and Roll Hall Of Famer Alice Cooper is currently touring with Iron Maiden. This week, the tour stopped in Alice's hometown of Detroit where he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Comerica Park prior to a game between the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Prince Is Home Run King

Shaffee — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:15:59 +0000

Prince Fielder won Monday night’s Home Run Derby and became the first Detroit Tigers player in history to do so. Fielder beat Toronto’s Jose Bautista in the final, edging Joey Bats by a score of 12-7. Overall, Fielder blasted 28 balls over the wall at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Prince also hit the longest [...]

Tigers In The Home Run Derby

Shaffee — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:18:47 +0000

Tonight in Kansas City, Prince Fielder will try to become the first Home Run Derby champion in Detroit Tigers history. Here’s a look at how other Tigers have fared… Year, Player, Home Runs, Stadium, City… 1990, Cecil Fielder, 0, Wrigley Field – Chicago 1991, Cecil Fielder, 4, SkyDome – Toronto 1993, Cecil Fielder, 4, Camden [...]

Tigers' Pitcher Justin Verlander Wins AL Cy Young Award

Dave Kim — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:36:09 +0000

Despite falling short of a World Series appearance this year, the Detroit Tigers had one hell of a season. The team won the Central Division and made it to the ALCS before being eliminated by the Texas Rangers. A huge part of that success is Justin Verlander, who has just won the American League Cy Young Award in a unanimous vote.

Will The Tig's Beat The Yanks In 4 or 5?

JT — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:35:22 +0000

Don't know about you but I like seeing the Yankees get what's coming to em. Every excuse you can think of now is being hurled toward Detroit by a-hole Yankee fans. I'd rather pull my own wisdom tooth than sit through the pregame hype/antics when one is at Yankee stadium. M

Tiger Manager Leyland Blows Up, Gets Ejected [VIDEO]

JT — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:31:50 +0000

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is normally a pretty mellow dude when it comes to in-game disagreements with the umps. Obviously when you smoke six packs of Marlboro Reds everyday for 40 something years, you're not gonna have the energy to leave the dugout to argue calls. But last night, after a changed call at first base, Leyland blew up. He stormed onto the field and waved his arms maniacally before umpire Ed Rapuano tossed him. Here’s video of Mt. Leyland erupting.

Miguel Cabrera arrested for drunk driving

JT — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:10:13 +0000

According to the arrest report, Cabrera smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and took a swig from a bottle of scotch in front of a deputy. Police say Cabrera repeatedly refused to cooperate, saying, “Do you know who I am, you don’t know anything about my problems.” Read more from the Detroit Free Press Here:

Will The Tigers Have A Decent Year? JT Offers Up His Thoughts.

JT — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:43 +0000

Pitchers and catchers report this week and as usual by the end of March, teams will have a pretty good grasp of strengths and weaknesses. It’ll be no different for the Tig’s. On paper the Tigers seem to have put together a decent baseball team. They should be competitive if the team’s pitching remains healthy and Tiger hitters outside the three, [...]