The Tigers and Fox Sports Detroit are going with hometown talent in their new broadcast booth. Matt Shepard will be the team’s new play-by-play announcer for the upcoming 2019 season. The official news has not been made public by the team or FSD. WXYZ can confirm the report made first by the Detroit News.
Petry — part of the 1984 World Series championship pitching rotation — says he’s looking forward to working with a great team and trying to dissect the game for viewers.
New Tigers play-by-play announcer Matt Shepard says that the 1984 team shaped his life.
Greg Kelser returns to the site of Michigan State’s 1979 NCAA championship.
Athletics prospect Kyler Murray enters the NFL Draft, Derek Holland re-signs with the Giants, plus Avisail Garcia reportedly agrees to a deal with the Rays About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada,
Russell Martin returns to the Dodgers, for whom he earned two All-Star Game appearances, a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove from 2006-2010 About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the
D-backs prospect Jazz Chisholm discusses how his family helped propel him to a pro baseball career from the Bahamas About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the highest level of professional
From Giancarlo Stanton’s 121.7-mph homer to Trevor Story’s 505-ft. jack, here are the hitting, pitching and baserunning plays that broke Statcast records from the 2018 season About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and
Catcher overcame the odds to play professional baseball About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the highest level of professional baseball. Led by Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr., MLB currently features
Legendary center fielder Ty Cobb accumulated 145 WAR in his Tigers career. (Photo credit: Britannica.com) Today, I am presenting the list of top ten center fielders in Tigers history. Other installments in this series can be found at the following links. Catchers first basemen Second Basemen Shortstops Third Basemen Left Fielders In the previous articles,
Statcast measures the Tigers’ longest home runs hit in 2018, spotlighted by John Hicks, Jeimer Candelario and Mikie Mahtook About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the highest level of professional
20-year old pitching prospect hopes to continue to grow entering his fifth year in the Tigers farm system About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the highest level of professional baseball.
Left fielder Bobby Veach with Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford made up one of best outfields ever. (Photo credit: Detroit Public Library Digital Collections) Today, I am presenting the list of top ten left fielders in Tigers history. Other installments in this series can be found at the following links. Catchers first basemen Second Basemen
Edit: The Adjusted Batting Average formula and numbers have been changed since this was originally published. The final ranking of players is unaffected. Hall of Fame slugger Hank Greenberg accumulated 54 WAR as a Tiger (Photo credit: Society for American Baseball Research) Today, I am presenting the list of top ten first basemen in Tigers
D-backs prospect Jazz Chisholm and Rays prospect Lucius Fox discuss their time growing up in the Bahamas and opening doors for others About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the highest
The 2017 Draft pick is making steady progress in the Tigers’ farm system About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the highest level of professional baseball. Led by Commissioner Robert D.
Take a look back at all the Must C moments from the Tigers’ 2018 season, including impressive comebacks in Chicago and New York About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the
A brief recap of how 5-star Tulsa, Okla., safety Daxton Hill signed with Michigan Wolverines football for the class of 2019.
Tigers 12th-ranked prospect Jake Rogers hopes to be catching at Comerica Park in the near future About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member clubs in the U.S. and Canada, representing the highest level of professional baseball. Led by
Who will start for the Detroit Tigers in 2019? Here’s an updated look. (Updated Dec. 13, 2018)