Ron Gardenhire and his wife Carol didn’t waste any time settling into retired life. They’re back at their home in Minnesota after taking a scenic drive from Detroit through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “It’s been a little hectic, a lot of emotions, but we finally made it home,” the former Tigers manager told the Word on
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Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Kansas City, Mo. – Niko Goodrum is in quicksand. Not literally, of course. But he has dug himself such a rut at the plate that the harder he tries to spin out of it, the deeper he seems to sink – as if he was in quicksand. “When you
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Interim manager Lloyd McClendon knows the 2020 Detroit Tigers are much improved from last season’s 114-loss squad. The Tigers (22-32) flirted with the postseason in early September, which isn’t much of a shock considering 16 of the league’s 30 teams make the field following the a 60-game schedule. But now that they’re eliminated, McClendon
Contributions from rookies can do wonders for a team during the regular season. They’re even more valuable in the playoffs, when a player’s production and performance can potentially make or break a series. It’s for that reason that the postseason can also serve as a coming-out party for a rookie player who capitalizes on the
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize: ‘Struggles are going to make me a lot better’ Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize shares his thoughts Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, about his first MLB season and what to expect heading into next year. Casey Mize was praised before he even
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press It’s no secret Detroit Tigers‘ two-time MVP Miguel Cabrera has battled through injuries in recent years. Some have sidelined him, others he fought past as a regular in the starting lineup. At 37 years old, Cabrera came into the 2020 season healthy. During the 60-game sprint, he has looked as happy as ever
Tony Paul | The Detroit News You can count on one hand — a glove-covered and sanitized hand, of course — how many professional sports leagues have gotten through an entire season, or at least something resembling one. Utica’s United Shore Professional Baseball League is one of them. Against all odds — and, let’s be honest,
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Minneapolis – Casey Mize will be better for this. But understanding that and believing that doesn’t make going through this rude big-league baptism any easier. He made his seventh start of the season Wednesday night and it followed a familiar script: He was effective early and then unraveled. The
Tyler J. Davis | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Why Detroit Tigers’ Ron Gardenhire is retiring immediately Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila and manager Ron Gardenhire met with reporters Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 to announce Gardenhire’s immediate retirement. Detroit Tigers (22-31) vs. Minnesota Twins (34-22) When: 7:40 p.m. Where: Target Field. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: 97.1 FM in Detroit
The Tigers’ contention for a playoff spot officially ended at the midpoint of the final week of the regular season. Even with the unique circumstances of the 2020 season, from a 60-game schedule to an expanded postseason bracket, that’s progress. The Tigers were eliminated with a Blue Jays win over The Tigers’ contention for a
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Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Minneapolis – Casey Mize will be better for this. But understanding that and believing that doesn’t make going through this rude big-league baptism any easier. He made his seventh start of the season Wednesday night and it followed a familiar script: He was effective early and then unraveled. The
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 11:21 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Detroit Tigers rookie right-hander Casey Mize trotted out to the mound for the fifth inning. He had already given up four runs, but interim manager Lloyd McClendon figured he deserved a chance to finish his first season in the majors on a high note.
Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera became MLB’s all-time leader in runs scored among Venezuelan-born players Wednesday with his 485th career home run, a tape-measure drive to left at Target Field off Twins ace Kenta Maeda. Cabrera’s 438-foot drive was his longest home run since July 4, 2019, according to Statcast. With Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera became
The Detroit News Published 10:10 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Tigers fans and baseball collectors will have the chance to buy memorabilia from the sport’s last 30-game winner next month. Items from former Tigers pitcher Denny McLain’s collection will be available for purchase during an estate sale from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 2-4 at his Wixom
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 7:08 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Minneapolis — Daz Cameron’s first thought, after he smoked a pitch from Cody Stashak in the fifth inning Tuesday (the ball left his bat with an exit velocity of 104 mph), was that he hit it to the wrong part of Target Field. The
The expansion of Major League bullpens has resulted in an explosion of specialized roles over the last 30 years. Tigers rookie center fielder Derek Hill can relate. When Detroit took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday in Minnesota, Hill entered the game in center field, The expansion of Major League
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:53 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Detroit Tigers outfielder Derek Hill has seven at-bats in 13 games. Since being called up to the majors Sept. 2 from the alternate training site in Toledo, he hasn’t started. Nor has he notched his first hit. The 24-year-old’s role is to enter close
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 4:17 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Ron Gardenhire and Rick Anderson collided in the late 1970s, well before they teamed up in the 2018 season to aid the Detroit Tigers’ rebuild. Back then, barely old enough to drink a beer, they matured together in the New York Mets’ minor-league system. They
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 12:17 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Minneapolis – Yes, he’s 61 years old. Yes, he’s been in professional baseball since 1980 and his three most impacting mentors in the game were Jim Leyland, Gene Lamont and Ron Gardenhire. But if you try to peg Lloyd McClendon as a dyed-in-the-wool old-schooler