9/23/1998: Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire in their historic home run race by blasting his 64th and 65th home runs against the Brewers. Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ & https://www.instagram.com/mlbvault/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/656… Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! https://www.mlb.com/
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
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 11:30 AM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Detroit Tigers rookie Daz Cameron’s helmet began to bobble as he sprinted around third base. He wishes he would’ve let it fly, but he continued readjusting it until he was one step and a head-first dive away from home plate. That’s when he decided to
Truly great catchers are so rare that when one emerges, he becomes identified with a generation. For example, Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella were the 1950s. The sideburns that peeked from under Johnny Bench’s mask and those photos or videos of him chasing popups across artificial turf linked him to Truly great catchers are so
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 9:27 AM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Matthew Boyd didn’t give Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal any trouble when the rookie asked to borrow his glove. Skubal got to Minnesota for Tuesday’s start against the Twins at Target Field and realized he left his two gloves behind in Detroit. Although Boyd could’ve
We hear from Daz Cameron after he hits a pair of doubles Tuesday night. #DetroitRoots
Max Kepler belted a game-tying homer late, then followed up Eddie Rosario’s clutch hit with a walk-off single in the 10th for a 5-4 Twins win Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/mlb Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/6569247715560456198 Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! https://www.mlb.com/
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 12:05 AM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Detroit Tigers closer Bryan Garcia took the ball in the bottom of the 10th with plans of giving his team a victory over the Minnesota Twins. The Twins had other plans. Singles from Eddie Rosario and Max Kepler combined to score two runs off
We hear from interim manager Lloyd McClendon after his Tigers fall to the Twins 5-2 in 10 innings. #ItsMillerTime.
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 1:06 AM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Minneapolis – Good ballgame here Tuesday night at Target Field. Fun, tightly-managed, hotly-contested – if you didn’t have access to the standings, you’d have thought both teams were battling for a playoff spot. In the end, the Twins were the ones celebrating a
The Twins opened Tuesday night putting Byron Buxton in a robe to celebrate a leadoff home run. The Tigers ended the night trying on a cape that didn’t fit them. Max Kepler hit a game-tying homer in the eighth inning and a game-winning single in the 10th, sending Detroit to The Twins opened Tuesday night
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Brandon Dixon walked into Target Field on Tuesday afternoon thinking he was going to hang around as part of the Tigers’ taxi squad, having spent the entire season at the alternate training site in Toledo, Ohio. Then interim manager Lloyd McClendon and general manager Al Avila called the utility player Brandon Dixon walked into Target
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:59 PM EDT Sep 22, 2020 Minneapolis — Count Tigers’ pitching coach Rick Anderson among those who cannot wait for the calendar to flip to January, 2021. In the span of a couple of months he has dealt with the death of his mother and, over the weekend, the sudden
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:07 PM EDT Sep 22, 2020 Minneapolis — If you don’t think this game can be rough on a player’s psyche, consider Brandon Dixon. He led the Tigers in home runs last season with 15. He played in 117 games, hit .248 in 420 plate appearances. He played every position on
Beth LeBlanc The Detroit News Published 5:29 PM EDT Sep 22, 2020 Michigan crept closer Tuesday to repealing the state’s ban on ticket scalping as a six-year effort to reform the law gained steam. State House lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday that would repeal a Michigan ban on ticket scalping while preventing software or practices that interfere
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 5:39 PM EDT Sep 22, 2020 Brandon Dixon expected to be a member of the Detroit Tigers’ traveling taxi squad when he arrived at Target Field on Tuesday for a two-game series with the Minnesota Twins. As he walked into the clubhouse, general manager Al Avila pulled him into interim manager
The Tigers have selected the contract of utiltyman Brandon Dixon from their alternate training site, the team announced. There was already an open spot on Detroit’s active roster since infielder Sergio Alcantara was previously optioned to the alternate site, and a 40-man roster spot was opened for Dixon since second baseman Jonathan Schoop has been
Gardy Moments: Ron Gardenhire brought enthusiasm and a little bit of humor to his first day of full workouts in the spring of 2018. Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League Club owners voted unanimously to centralize
Gardy Moments: Matt Shepard’s lack of a tan is only one of a long list of things Ron Gardenhire is taking notice of on the first day of Spring Training 2020. Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major