By Ronald Blum |  Associated Press New York — The major league batting average dropped to .244 this season, its lowest since the year of the pitcher in 1968, though offense picked up markedly following baseball’s midseason crackdown on grip-enhancing substances for pitchers. MLB’s stricter enforcement had the desired impact, ending a run of 12 consecutive full seasons
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CHICAGO — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch believes October is the best time of the year. The leaves drop from the trees in Michigan, as the days get colder and earthly smells fill the air. From a baseball perspective, October signifies the postseason. It’s the time of year when an exclusive number of teams clash with the same
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There wasn’t just final day drama surrounding the playoff race in Major League Baseball. It trickled all the way down to the bottom end of the standings, where Sunday’s games determined who will have the No. 1 pick in the 2022 Draft.  With the D-backs winning their final contest of the year and the Orioles
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CHICAGO — The Detroit Tigers completed their 2021 season on a high note. While sitting four regulars — Miguel Cabrera, Jeimer Candelario, Jonathan Schoop and Robbie Grossman — the Tigers received six innings of one-run ball from starter Tyler Alexander. The crafty left-hander didn’t get much run support, but Daz Cameron came to the rescue in the top of
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CHICAGO — While the Tigers took their last at-bats, packed up and headed home Sunday, the White Sox readied for more baseball. The contrast wasn’t lost on Detroit’s young players, before and after Sunday’s season-ending 5-2 win at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox are where the Tigers are trying to get, atop the American League
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CHICAGO — The Detroit Tigers need Matt Manning. The 23-year-old proved this fact Saturday — the 18th and final outing of his rookie season — by posting a dominant performance against the American League Central-leading Chicago White Sox. Tim Anderson, Luis Robert, Jose Abreu, Yasmani Grandal, Eloy Jimenez and Yoan Moncada have carried Chicago’s offense to an ALDS bid, where they will square off
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