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I don’t like to leave this space empty for days at a time as I’ve done lately, but this Tigers team has made me one grumpy fan — yes, I’m unhappy with a first-place team.
There. I said it.
There’s been plenty of frustration expressed about this light-hitting lineup in the blogosphere, the Twittersphere, and [...]

On this date in 2005, the Tigers traded reliever/troublemaker Ugueth Urbina and infielder Ramon Martinez to the Phillies for infielder Placido Polanco. We all know how that traded worked out.
In his five-ish seasons in Detroit, Polanco has been merely a machine: .313 average, .357 OBP, playing in about 140 games a year, hitting .529 in [...]

The Tigers are in first place, but they stink.

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast. This is Episode #96, a 19-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz.
In this episode we’re joined by Lynn Henning of The Detroit News.
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Courtesy of today’s Game Notes:

Marcus Thames is slated to begin an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple A Toledo this evening when the Mud Hens battle Norfolk at Fifth Third Field. Thames has been sidelined since April 19 with a left rib cage strain.
Jeremy Bonderman is scheduled to continue his injury rehabilitation assignment on Tuesday with [...]

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans.
This is Episode #95, a 10-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers.
In each daily episode this season we cover:

The previous day’s game;
Look ahead to the next game;
Look back on Tigers history; and,
Check in on what the 1984 Tigers were up to.

…and much [...]