DETROIT — Frank Beckmann, whose near-half century as a Detroit broadcaster included a decade calling Tigers games, passed away Saturday following a rare illness. He was 72. Beckmann’s wife Karen told the Detroit News that he was in critical condition at an area hospice facility following a series of strokes. He also had been dealing
Representatives for the Major League Baseball Players’ Association gathered with MLB executives on Saturday to hear the owners’ latest proposal for a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Contrary to Commissioner Rob Manfred’s claims in his Thursday press conference, the proposals were not substantially different from their last offer, moving the two sides no closer to an
YPSILANTI — Willow Run High School closed in 2013. The building rests near Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti. After its final classes that June, Willow Run School District merged with crosstown rival Ypsilanti Public School District, creating Ypsilanti Community Schools. Eric Haase, a member of the Detroit Tigers, saunters through the hallways and marvels at the
Bill Dow | Special to Detroit Free Press Frank Beckmann, the play-by-play voice of Michigan football for 33 years who also had long stints calling games for the Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers, has died at age 72 in hospice care Beckmann suffered from vascular dementia and had several strokes recently. “It’s just so sad losing
As more than 100,000 people at Michigan Stadium stood and cheered Charles Woodson, Jim Brandstatter stood in the cramped radio booth and applauded Frank Beckmann. It was the kind of moment when legends are made. Wolverines vs. Buckeyes, November 1997, Ohio State on the move. Woodson, a Michigan defensive back in contention for college football’s most
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — The final blow has been dealt to an on-time start to spring training, with Major League Baseball making a new offer Saturday that the players’ association received as only scant progress in the drawn-out labor talks. On the 73rd day of a lockout that has become the second-longest work
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The voice on the other end of the phone is familiar. So is the enthusiasm. If anybody in Michigan can be hyped for baseball in the middle of winter, it’s Brandon Inge. It’s right around freezing, a tad warm for Michigan in February. The sky is so thoroughly gray that it’s hard to make out
It is an obvious statement that any work stoppage for a professional sports team never sits well with the fanbase. Some will not renew their season tickets, while others may not watch them on television or a streaming service. For the Detroit Tigers, after an exciting season in which they were able to finish better…
The latest player in our Detroit Tigers prospect ranking series is lefty Joey Wentz, who returned midway through the 2021 season after recovering from a Tommy John surgery that wiped away his 2020. There has been debate among the best pitching prospect in the Tigers system since the departures of Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, and…
Lakeland, Fla. — The minute the words came out of his mouth, even he had to know they were going to come back to bite him. Toward the end of a 30-minute press briefing in a resort hotel outside of Disney World Thursday, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred was asked if owning a big-league
Our prospects lists are filled with athletically gifted players who have tremendous power, speed and arm strength. But who are the toolsiest of them all? Below, we identify the best athlete in each farm system. As usual, outfielders dominate the list, with 17 of the 30 players highlighted spending the majority of their time at
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Orlando, Fla. — Commissioner Rob Manfred, speaking Thursday after concluding 2½ days of meetings with owners of all 30 Major League Baseball teams, remains optimistic the 2022 season will start on time and did not rule out the possibility of spring training opening as scheduled next week — though the latter seems a longshot. “The status of spring training
After many years of waiting, and having to watch as his old teammate and his former double-play partner had their numbers immortalized, Lou Whitaker finally gets to see his number retired by the Detroit Tigers.
Today we look at promising young outfielder Roberto Campos, who ranks ninth on our list of Detroit Tigers prospects. For the past month we’ve been offering detailed looks at some of the players in our top 20 prospects. Most recently we wrote about infielders Colt Keith, Izaac Pacheco, and Gage Workman, but today we focus…
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Heads up! Whitecaps to release 2022 promotional schedule, 7 Days of Deals, and ticket-on sale date Comstock Park, MI –Thursday, February 10, 2022 — Like the few days before Christmas or a loud New Year’s Eve countdown, baseball fans in West Michigan are ready to start celebrating a new Whitecaps Heads up! Whitecaps to release
There are few bigger advocates for minor-league baseball players than Emily Waldon. Back in the spring of 2019, Waldon, then writing for The Athletic, put one of the brightest spotlights on the financial inequities facing minor-leaguers, under the headline, “I can’t afford to play this game.” Within the month, the Toronto Blue Jays responded to
Orlando, Fla. — Major League Baseball and its locked-out players agreed to resume negotiations Saturday after an 11-day break. The session in New York will follow three days of owners’ meetings in Orlando that end Thursday and three days of players’ association sessions in Arizona and Florida. It will be just the fifth negotiating session