Detroit — We live in an age of baseball where explaining things in scientific terms makes old concepts and practices seem new. Instead of saying a hitter has an upper-cut swing, for example, we define it as launch angle and can calculate the steepness of the angle, which you can throw that into a computer with
TOLEDO, OH – On Saturday, April 12, 1975 the Toledo Mud Hens welcomed in a new ‘Voice of the Hens’ as Toledo native Jim Weber took to the airwaves as the new play-by-play voice of the team. Today he reaches another milestone as the Hall of Famer reaches 6,000 consecutive TOLEDO, OH – On Saturday,
Detroit’s own Jack White rocked the National Anthem on Opening Day like only Jack White can.
After an exhilarating finish for the Detroit Tigers on Friday to start the season, things came crashing back to earth on Saturday as the Chicago White Sox evened the opening series with a 5-2 win. Casey Mize was simply not sharp in his 2022 debut and the good guys were unable to catch up before
Free Press staff | Detroit Free Press Editor’s note: The Tigers’ first Opening Day in the modern era took place April 25, 1901, at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull. The following is the Free Press’ account of pregame festivities, the Tigers’ thrilling victory and excerpts from the paper’s baseball notes column. While Detroit had
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TOLEDO, OH.: Kody Clemens extended his hitting streak to five games to start the year, but the Rochester Red Wings strung together three big offensive innings to defeat the Toledo Mud Hens, 9-0, on Saturday night at Fifth Third Field. A sharp single through the left side in the ninth TOLEDO, OH.: Kody Clemens extended
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The SeaWolves notched their first walk-off win of the 2022 season, taking down the Akron RubberDucks 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at UPMC Park. Erie jumped ahead in the last of the third inning against Guardians top pitching prospect Daniel Espino. Espino began the game retiring six consecutive hitters with five The SeaWolves notched their first
MIDLAND, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps rallied from a four-run deficit, but Zac Ching’s ninth-inning RBI-single helped Great Lakes Loons collect a 5-4 victory in front of 1,001 fans at Dow Diamond on Saturday afternoon. Ching, who hit four of his 13 homers last season against West Michigan, delivered MIDLAND, MI – The West
Detroit — Accountability matters. It’s one of those intangibles you can’t measure in an algorithm, but over the course of a long baseball season can keep a team cohesive and moving forward. The Tigers were beaten 5-2 by the Chicago White Sox Saturday, on a chilly afternoon at Comerica Park. Afterward both starting pitcher Casey Mize
DETROIT — The slam of Spencer Torkelson’s bat on home plate was loud enough to be heard on the television broadcast, his bat seemingly cracking. He had chased an Aaron Bummer slider out of the strike zone after taking back-to-back pitches in the zone following a 2-0 count, striking out as the potential tying run
“I like it. I love it,” says Jeimer Candelario of what could be a budding rivalry with the White Sox in 2022. #DetroitRoots
We hear from Casey Mize after he gives up four runs on seven hits over five innings Saturday, taking the loss. #DetroitRoots
We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his #Tigers fall to the White Sox 5-2 Saturday. #Leinenkugels
Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize battled. The 24-year-old, making his first start of the season, managed a surplus of hard contact, stranded runners in scoring position and stuck around into the sixth, but he was ambushed in his final inning by a two-run home run from Yasmani Grandal. Unlike Friday’s Opening Day, the Tigers couldn’t make
I would love to tell you that this game was a great start to the Casey Mize Cy Young season we’ve been dreaming about since he was first drafted, but if I told you that I would be a liar. Perhaps it was the frigid chill in the air, or maybe the shortened spring training,
Detroit — The Tigers early in spring, with catcher Tucker Barnhart leading the campaign, quickly opted against using the PitchCom technology to relay pitch calls between catcher and pitcher. And they pointed to the three-minute delay in the game Friday as one of the reasons why. The game had to be halted in the sixth
Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson emerged from the on-deck circle Friday, wedged his bat between his arm and chest, adjusted his batting gloves and dug his feet into the batter’s box. The 22-year-old picked Lupe Fiasco’s 2011 hit, “The Show Goes On,” as his walk-up song. His father, Rick, began tearing up in his
Detroit – When Jacob Barnes, a free agent this winter, was meeting with teams and looking for an opportunity to continue his nomadic baseball journey after the lockout, he essentially had one request. He wasn’t demanding a big-league contract, he knew he’d have to parlay an minor-league deal into a big-league job. He didn’t demand an