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Tigers Player Faces Hate Crime Charges

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:09:51 CDT

An outfielder for the Detroit Tigers was arrested in New York City early this morning and could be charged with a misdemeanor hate crime. Delmon Young, 26, was involved in the incident outside his hotel around 2:30am. The New York Post reports that a panhandler wearing a yarmulke was...

Texas Romps, Heads Back to World Series

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:14:00 CDT

After waiting until their 50th season to reach their first World Series, the Texas Rangers are going right back. Nelson Cruz had one more big blast, Michael Young caught the final out long after hitting a pair of doubles in one of the highest-scoring postseason innings ever and the Rangers...

Rangers Tame Tigers 3-2 in ALCS Opener

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:07:07 CDT

A few minutes past midnight, the Texas Rangers had one more victory over Justin Verlander—and the Detroit Tigers lost yet another wet playoff opener started by their ace. "If anywhere in the country has a drought, just bring me in and I'll fix that," Verlander said after the Rangers...

Sparky Anderson Dead at 76

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:05:21 CDT

Baseball Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson has died at 76. Anderson guided the Cincinnati Reds to World Series championships in 1975 and 1976 and then led the Detroit Tigers to the 1984 title. Anderson had been in hospice care, and a family spokesman said the cause of death was...

Matt Garza Gives Rays 1st No-Hitter

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:00:13 CDT

The Tampa Bay Rays finally wound up on the right side of a memorable pitching performance. Matt Garza threw the first no-hitter in franchise history and the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0 last night. "We needed one. I don't care who it came...

Selig Won't Overturn Perfect Game Ruling

Kevin Spak — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:29:01 CDT

Sorry, Armando Galarraga, baseball chief Bud Selig isn't going to reverse last night's blown call and give you a perfect game, reports AP . The news came as umpire Jim Joyce returned to Tigers Stadium today, and the first person he saw was the man he inadvertently robbed of the feat....

Just Reverse the Call, Bud!

Kevin Spak — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:22:41 CDT

The baseball world is up in arms over the blown call that cost Armando Galarraga his perfect game. So here's a radical idea: Why can't Bud Selig just reverse the dang call? “Only a grinch would protest such a thing,” writes Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post . And “if Selig...

Ump Blows Perfect Game

Rob Quinn — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:45:00 CDT

If umpire Jim Joyce hadn't screwed up, Armando Galarraga would have entered the record books as the first Detroit Tiger in history to pitch a perfect game. But the ump—with 8 and two-thirds innings gone—incorrectly ruled that the Cleveland Indians' Jason Donald was safe, sparking a chorus of...

Ex-Major Leaguer Jose Lima Dead at 37

Sun, 23 May 2010 12:59:49 CDT

Former major league pitcher Jose Lima died today at age 37, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced. The Aguilas Cibaenas, Lima's winter ball team in the Dominican Republic, said he died of an apparent heart attack. In 13 major league seasons, Lima was 89-102 with a 5.26 ERA. He hadn't...