Watching countless commercial breaks and a little Final Four hoops, I thought I’d finger-roll some non sequiturs: There’s no place to put him, unfortunately, but I wish the Tigers could right and old wrong and bring back the now-available Frank Catalanotto. In case you were wondering, with the Opening Day roster set, the Tigers have [...]

My blogging rule #1 is “Don’t Blog Angry”, but today I can’t help it. Long-time readers of this site know that I’m a big Nate Robertson fan (much to the dismay of my pal Ian). This week, though, my bromance with Nater is on the rocks — if not over, period. He’s not happy to [...]

So says Jon Paul Morosi by way of Jason Beck: Beimel, 31, went 5-1 with a 2.02 ERA in 71 appearances with the Los Angeles Dodgers this year. Left-handers batted .278 against him but had only three extra-base hits, all doubles. Beimel has allowed only one home run over the past two seasons. If the [...]

Tigers April Record: 13-15 Individual Batting Leaders (minimum 20 games, my totally subjective criteria) Average: Carlos Guillen, .321 Home Runs: Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez, 5 RBI: Cabrera/Ordonez, 19 OBP: Guillen, .414 OPS: Guillen, .938 SLG: Guillen, .524 SB: Guillen, Pudge Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, 3 Individual Pitching Leaders Wins: Five pitchers tied with two each – [...]

ESPN highlights available here. The Gist: One night after Tigers’ TV analyst Rod Allen predicted that Detroit would put 20 runs on the board in a game this year, the Tigers got darned close in crushing the Rangers, 19-6. Kenny Rogers was nothing short of dreadful in his 3.1 innings pitched: nine hits, six runs [...]

ESPN highlights available here. The Gist: Powered by four home runs — solo shots from Gary Sheffield, Carlos Guillen and Magglio Ordonez and a two-run dinger from Miguel Cabrera — the Tigers defeated the Twins 6-5 and swept the mini-series. Nate Robertson appears to be working his way back into form with 6.1 innings pitched, [...]

Tigers fans expected the team to be the talk of baseball in 2008. Little did they know it would be in the form of fodder for the late-night talkshow set. Alas, here we are, watching a team sleepwalking its way to a 1-8 record and heading to Chicago for a series that doesn’t bode well, [...]