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4 p.m. Tuesday For a Tigers-Twins Playoff?
If the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins end up having to play a one-game tiebreaker for the AL Central championship, the game will likely be played Tuesday at 4 p.m. (No word if that's Eastern...
Do the Tigers Need to Clinch Before Sunday?
Last night on "Baseball Tonight," Buck Showalter expressed his belief that the Detroit Tigers needed to win the AL Central before Sunday, so they wouldn't have to use Justin Verlander for the season f...
New Poll: Okay, Now How Worried Are You?
You were already worried coming into this week, with a seemingly do-or-die four-game series versus the Minnesota Twins. But while the Tigers didn't follow through and clinch the AL Central when ...
This Week's Poll: How Worried Are You?
So this is it. The Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins have been grappling for first place in the AL Central for quite a few weeks now, and the division title will likely be decided over the next...
Five Questions: Twinkie Town's Jesse Lund
The Tigers venture into the Metrodome for a pivotal three-game series with the Twins (and judging from some of our commenters, it could be The End of Western Civilization). So we're playing "Fiv...
Morning Prowl: Washburn's Knee, Porcello's Piloting, Honoring Inge, and the Pink Backpack
Contrary to reports yesterday, Jarrod Washburn is fighting a sore left knee, not his right one. And in his mind, this is old news. But it raises the question as to which would be wo...
Are the Twins in the Tigers' Heads?
Lynn Henning marked some "I told you so" territory in today's Detroit News. If the Minnesota Twins end up overtaking the Detroit Tigers to win the AL Central (and going into tonight's play, they...
Morning Prowl: D-Train's Debacle, Winning August, Twins Trades, and September Call-Ups
Dontrelle Willis's rehab start last night in Toledo didn't go so well. The most troubling number from his four-inning stint is eight walks. That's how he allowed five runs on just t...
Worried About the White Sox? So is Ozzie Guillen
If you're still worried about the White Sox in the AL Central, you might have to get in line behind Ozzie Guillen. He's worried, too. But in kind of a different way. Here's Ozzie aft...
Lunchtime Prowl: D-Train's Pitching, Huff the RBI Man, Smoltz Talk, and Reviewing Comerica Park
As it turns out, Dontrelle Willis will be making a rehab start tonight for Triple-A Toledo, after all. Willis was originally scheduled to pitch Monday, but that was pushed back due to a s...
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