Saturday, July 04, 2009
Audio Slideshow
Tram takes final look
Former Tigers great Alan Trammell, now the Cubs bench coach, pays his last respects to Tiger Stadium on Tuesday, June 23.
Special Report
Remembering The Bird
Like his brief career, Mark Fidrych's life also ended too soon. He died in an accident on April 13 at 54. But we remember this Detroit baseball icon who colorfully and forcefully burst upon the scene in 1976 with stories from our archives.
Viewpoints
Tom Gage: From Minneapolis. . .
For the first time that I can remember, the print media did not meet with manager Jim Leyland before the game - so it was not … 
Tony Paul: Here ya go: This week's column, on steroids:
The expectations are greater, sure, and so is the competition. But the Rays finally are starting to prove last … 
Lynn Henning: I kept watching for signs, any sign, this week that Magglio Ordonez might be a different hitter during the second half of the season than he has been since the … Audio from the Locker Room
- Cubs bench coach Alan Trammell on the Tigers, Wrigley Field and his future
- Tigers' Gerald Laird on his home run
- Tigers' Jim Leyland on Ordonez's haircut
- Tom Gage's Tiger Stadium memories
- Clubhouse manager Jim Schmakel's Tiger Stadium memories
- Jim Price's Tiger Stadium memories
- Tigers' Gerald Laird on Rick Porcello
- Tigers' Rick Porcello on most important thing he's learned
- Tigers' Jim Leyland on Rick Porcello's progress
- Tigers' Edwin Jackson on the loss to the Twins
- Tigers' Jim Leyland on the inconsistent offense
- Audio: Granderson on the top of the order not hitting well
- Tigers' Curtis Granderson on the top of the order not hitting well yet
- Tigers' Rick Porcello on what he's learned so far
- Tigers' Joel Zumaya on hitting 100 mph and the Yankees
- Tigers' Josh Anderson on his 7th inning error
- Tigers' Jim Leyland on the 7th inning
- Tigers' Ryan Perry on not having great control
- Tigers' Jim Leyland on Ryan Perry being a little wild
- Josh Anderson on his first homestand as a Tiger
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Major League Baseball
- Dodgers' Ramirez hitless in return from suspension - 10:41 AM
- Report: Clemens didn't test positive in 2003 - 07:06 AM
- High Desert's McOwen hits in 40th straight game - 06:38 AM
- Padres expected to extend Black's contract - 06:20 AM
- Three-run 16th gives Tigers victory over Twins - 06:01 AM
- Huff hits homer to lead Orioles past Angels 6-4 - 05:10 AM
- Giants get 15 hits in 13-0 rout of Astros - 04:53 AM
- Hamilton's return put on hold - 04:37 AM
- Ramirez apologizes to fans, Dodgers teammates - 04:27 AM
Tigers 11, Twins 9 (16)
Tigers finally win in the 16th inning
It wasn't on Luke French's watch that the Tigers let a five-run lead disappear in the sixth inning Friday night. Zach Miner was the culprit. - 07/04/2009
Tom Gage
Facts are what count with Maggs
There are those who think the Tigers should dump him now. There also are those who think the Tigers should stand by their man -- come hell, high water or $18 million. - 07/04/2009
Notebook
Gerald Laird pushes Justin Verlander, Edwin Jackson for All-Star Game
Catcher believes pitchers should be among those named to the American League staff Sunday. - 07/04/2009
Baseball
Manny Ramirez apologizes anew, goes 0-for-3 in return
Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues and apologized to fans and his teammates. He refused to talk about steroids, though. - 07/04/2009
Tigers could end up with four All-Stars
With their trip not going well, it's all too easy to miss the upside of the season as it nears the halfway point. - 07/03/2009
Star baseball prospect from Cuba disappears at tournament
Aroldis Chapman, considered by many scouts to be the No. 1 left-handed prospect in the world, left his hotel and vanished during a tournament in the Netherlands. - 07/03/2009
Thursday's top game: Astros 7, Padres 2
Bees add buzz to Astros' victory
The Astros beat the Padres after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over left field at Petco Park. - 07/03/2009
Baseball: Roundup
Manny Ramirez will make return to Dodgers today
Manny Ramirez will be back in the big leagues tonight after a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. - 07/03/2009
Athletics 5, Tigers 1
Tigers' struggles at plate continue
Push is rapidly coming to shove. How long will the Tigers keep playing Magglio Ordonez? - 07/02/2009
Tigers: Notebook
Homers offset June swoon
Not the best of months, nor the worst. Not a single Tiger hit over .300. The team batting average was a paltry .249. But the team went 15-13 all the same. - 07/02/2009
Tony Paul: Baseball insider
Rays rise on speed, strength
The expectations are greater, and so is the competition. But the Rays finally are starting to prove last year was far from a fluke. - 07/02/2009
Wednesday's top game: Red Sox 6, Orioles 5 (11)
Red Sox return favor to Orioles
Boston used a four-run ninth inning to pull even, Julio Lugo singled in the tiebreaking run in the 11th and Papelbon emphatically closed a 6-5 victory over the Orioles. - 07/02/2009
Dodgers win again in last game without Manny Ramirez
The Dodgers played their 50th and final game without Ramirez, beating the Colorado Rockies, 1-0, Wednesday on pinch hitter Rafael Furcal's RBI single in the eighth inning. - 07/02/2009
Jim Leyritz, awaiting trial, arrested for battery
Davie, Fla. -- Authorities say former major leaguer Jim Leyritz has been arrested and accused of battery in South Florida. The arrest comes about two months before he faces a trial on a DUI manslaughter charge. - 07/02/2009
A's 5, Tigers 1
Tigers manage just six hits in loss to Oakland
Magglio Ordonez went 0-for-4 and Justin Verlander lost for the third time in his last four starts. Ordonez is hitting .173 in the last 14 games. - 07/01/2009
