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AJ Hinch was at home in Woodlands, Texas, Tuesday night, as he said, counting the outs as the Dodgers secured their first World Series title since 1988.  What that final out meant to Hinch was freedom. His year-long suspension for his role in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal was over. He could resume his career. He

John Niyo   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption A.J. Hinch meets the media as the new manager of Detroit Tigers A.J. Hinch meets the media as the new manager of Tigers Maybe they’re taking a chance. But so is he. And, yes, you can argue the Tigers are risking their reputation with this

Chris McCosky   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption A.J. Hinch meets the media as the new manager of Detroit Tigers A.J. Hinch meets the media as the new manager of Tigers The Detroit Tigers Friday officially made 46-year-old A.J. Hinch the 39th manager in club history, signing him to a three-year contract.  “I’d

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Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News An exhaustive plan to rebuild the Detroit Tigers into a playoff contender and Comerica Park hot-ticket perhaps moved a step closer Thursday night as the team neared agreement to make A.J. Hinch the team’s new manager. A source close to negotiations, who requested anonymity until a contract is finalized,

Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News There could only have been one baseball town, and one fan base, happier Thursday than a 76-year-old manager named Tony La Russa. Detroit got the word at mid-afternoon, a stunning bulletin, that La Russa had been picked – obviously by owner Jerry Reinsdorf – to manage those rip-roaring young White Sox

The Detroit News  |  The Detroit News  By all accounts the Detroit Tigers continue to make positive strides in their rebuild. But oddsmakers say they won’t be any closer to contending for a championship in 2021 than they were in 2020. The Tigers, fresh off a season in which they finished with the third-worst record

Associated Press  |  The Detroit News The Los Angeles Dodgers’ six-game win over the Tampa Bay Rays received an average television rating 32% below the previous World Series low. The six games on Fox averaged a 5.2 rating, 12 share and 9,785,000 viewers, Nielsen Media Research said. The previous low was a 7.6 rating, 12

Chris McCosky   | The Detroit News Detroit — It turns out that before the Tigers flew home from Kansas City after concluding the 2020 season, general manager Al Avila interviewed two coaches from Ron Gardenhire’s staff for the manager vacancy – interim manager Lloyd McClendon, which has been reported, and outfield coach Dave Clark, which until

The Detroit News The Tigers announced Tuesday four players were placed on waivers, with left-handed reliever Nick Ramirez electing for free agency. Right-handers Dario Agrazal and Dereck Rodriguez and outfielder Jorge Bonifacio also cleared waivers, and were outrighted to Triple-A Toledo. Ramirez, 31, spent two seasons in Detroit. In 2019, he pitched 79.2 innings — all

Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News A heavy question, really two questions, frame the Tigers’ managerial hunt as well as the candidacy of celebrity skipper A.J. Hinch: ► 1. Do the Tigers want, or need, Hinch when he is perhaps hours from coming off a year in exile dating to the Astros’ sign-stealing flap? ►

Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News Not much to report from the Matt Manning Camp, which unofficially has been set up within the contours of Tigers Instructional Camp at Lakeland, Florida. Then again, updates from a prized Tigers prospect pitcher are always bulletin-board stuff. Manning sat in on a Zoom session Tuesday with media and

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News The Tigers have no shortage of old friends who’ve made their list of managerial candidates to replace Ron Gardenhire. Phil Nevin, a former Tigers slugger who also managed at Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo, interviewed with the front office recently, according to a source close to the situation who

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News Bill Fundaro, known affectionately as “Foul Ball Billy” during much of his 50-plus-year tenure as an usher for the Detroit Tigers and a long-time teacher and coach in Metro Detroit, died Sunday. He was 77. Fundaro started with the Tigers in 1968, and his last season was 2019. There

Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News What continues this autumn on the infield’s left side at Tigers Instructional Camp is an experiment. It is worth repeating that word: experiment. A trial. An audition. In slightly different parlance, it’s all a gamble. Spencer Torkelson is playing third base – for now. Gage Workman is being deployed

Chris McCosky   | The Detroit News Detroit – By now, Tigers general manager Al Avila and his staff have interviewed more than 10 potential managerial candidates, with another round of Zoom chats scheduled this week. Some of the names have been reported – Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames, Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol, Cubs third

Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News  What he took from six days in Lakeland, Florida, was pretty much what anyone with a baseball eye might have seen on TigerTown’s back lots, or during a game at Marchant Stadium’s Publix Field. There were big men, young men, who could swing a bat and throw a baseball

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News Detroit — In a bit of a surprise, the Tigers have a pair of Gold Glove finalists. On Thursday, Jonathan Schoop was named a finalist for the American League award at second base, while Niko Goodman is a finalist at shortstop. Schoop’s competition at second base includes Chicago’s Danny Mendick

Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News The voice — that deep, rich, resonant Ron Gardenhire voice — which was always good enough to do commercial voice-overs or be shared with a radio audience, was clear and strong Tuesday. “I feel fine,” Gardenhire said, speaking from his daughter’s home in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he and wife Carol

Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News Rain slammed the Tigers during Monday’s game against the Blue Jays at Marchant Stadium’s Publix Field. Not that it overly bothered Spencer Torkelson and Kody Clemens, a pair of infielders who have been enjoying October during the Tigers’ five-week Instructional Camp at Lakeland, Florida. Torkelson in Monday’s first inning