http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/06/01/matt-young-joining-tigers/
Matt Young joining Tigers?
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/06/detroit_tigers_gerald_laird_le_1.html
Detroit Tigers' Gerald Laird leaves game with right hamstring tightness after headfirst dive.
from Mlive

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/...tebook_id=32612150&vkey=notebook_det&c_id=det
Laird exits from opener with tight hamstring.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/6/...4-snap-reaction-casey-crosby-learns-walks-are
Yankees 9 - Tigers 4 Snap Reaction: Casey Crosby learns walks are bad, grand slams are worse.
from blessyouboystigersblog

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/06/ex-tiger_curtis_grandersons_gr.html
Ex-Tiger Curtis Granderson's grand slam spoils Casey Crosby's debut with Detroit Tigers in 9-4 loss.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/201206...york-yankees?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
New York 9 - Detroit Tigers 4: Curtis Granderson's grand slam does in former team.
from the freep

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...012_06_01_nyamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Casey Crosby's debut uneven as Tigers fall to Yanks.
Lefty allows six earned runs over 3 1/3 innings in first big league start.
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...d=det#gid=2012_06_01_nyamlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site

Leyland on potential roster move: "Sometimes things get put on hold, Things happen during the course of a game".

No transaction. Status quo until tomorrow at least.

No roster moves tonight by Tigers.
Matt Young could be added Saturday.
but no word on Dirks to DL.
Laird out until Tuesday, at least.

June 2 in Tigers and mlb history:

1925 - 21-year-old Lou Gehrig starts a game for the New York Yankees when regular first baseman Wally Pipp is hit in the head during batting practice and complains of a headache - in fact a concussion. Gehrig collects three hits in five at-bats, helping the Yankees to an 8 - 5 victory over the Washington Senators. Gehrig will go on to play in a major league record 2,130 consecutive games, a record since broken by Cal Ripken with a streak of 2,632.

1935: Babe Ruth of the Boston Braves announces his retirement from baseball. Struggling with a .181 batting average at the time, he retires with 714 home runs, by far the most in major league history. Ruth will gain election to the Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class next year.

1941 - Lou Gehrig dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 37 in New York. From that time on, the illness wll be known primarily as "Lou Gehrig's Disease". Gehrig saw his major league record of 2,130 consecutive games played end because of the disease. It was on this day exactly 16 years ago that he broke into the Yankees' starting line-up.

1950: George Kell of the Detroit Tigers hits for the cycle in the 16 - 5 second-game sweep of a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Athletics. The Tigers win the opener, 8 - 2, behind the pitching of Ted Gray and home runs by Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers. Wertz has five runs batted in in the opener, and two more in the second game.

2010 - after retiring the first 26 batters of the game, Tiger pitcher Armando Galarraga coaxes Jason Donald of the Indians to hit a groundball to first base. Galarraga takes the throw in time to retire Donald but first base umpire Jim Joyce rules the runner safe. As a result, the Tiger righty loses a perfect game. After the game, Joyce admits his mistake and the next day he and Galarraga meet at home plate in a sign of sportsmanship.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jerry_Lumpe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lumpeje01.shtml
Jerry Lumpe 1964-1967.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colesda01.shtml
Darnell Coles 1986-1987, 1990.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perezne01.shtml
Neifi Perez 2006-2007.

from baseball reference

http://seamheads.com/2012/06/02/u-s...stamp-lineup-to-honor-each-icon-individually/
U.S. Postal Service Expands All-Star Stamp Lineup To Honor Each Icon Individually.
from Seamheads

Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell and Ted Williams to be honored on Individual Forever Stamp Sheets July 21.

More K-rate madness: Max Scherzer leads MLB with 11.7 SO/9, and his gross K rate of 29% of all batters faced ranks 3rd among qualifiers (behind Gio & Strassy). Yet he has allowed 10.7 H/9 and a .296 batting average. That combination is completely unprecedented:
Of the 116 prior qualifying seasons with a gross K% of at least 25%, the highest BA allowed was .251. The composite K% of those seasons was 27.9%, and the composite BA was .210.
Out of 58 qualifying seasons with at least 10 SO/9, the highest hit rate was 8.5 H/9.
The BAbip against Scherzer is .395 ? 85 points above his prior career average.

Now, Scherzer?s 5.55 ERA does have factors besides bad luck. His GB/FB ratio of 0.57 is the 9th-lowest among 55 AL qualifiers. High flyball rates correlate with high HR rates, and Scherzer?s HR% is 8th-highest among qualifiers. And he?s gotten just 3 DP grounders ? no shock when you combine his low GB rate with the sketchy character of Detroit?s infield defense. Only 3 AL qualifiers have lower DP totals, including Justin Verlander; all 4 DET qualifiers have DP rates (as a percentage of opportunities) below the league average, and the Tigers are dead last with 26 total DPs and an 8% DP conversion rate (less than half of Minnesota?s rate).
No one will be surprised to learn that Detroit currently ranks 11th or lower among AL teams at all four infield positions, whether measured by Total Zone Fielding Runs or BIS Defensive Runs. Their middle infielders have been every bit as bad as their dreaded corner men. And that helps explain the over-all disconnect between Detroit?s AL-best 3.01 SO/BB ratio and their 9th-place rank in ERA+.
HighHeatStats

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pag...=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink
Post game webvideo Tigers on loss to Yankees.
Quintin Berry, Casey Crosby and Jim Leyland share thoughts after Friday's tough loss to New York.

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pag...=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink
Post game webvideo Rod and Mario.

from DetroitFox

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/06/detroit_tigers_gerald_laird_le_1.html
Detroit Tigers' Gerald Laird leaves game with right hamstring tightness, expects to be ready by Tuesday.
from Mlive

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...mstring-injury
Tigers' Gerald Laird leaves game with hamstring injury.
from the detnews

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/06/detroit_tigers_jim_leyland_wil.html
Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland will give left-hander Casey Crosby at least one more shot.
from Mlive

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/06/detroit_tigers_hold_off_on_cal.html
Detroit Tigers hold off on calling up Matt Young; Gerald Laird's injury likely key reason.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/201206...riday-s-loss?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Notes, quotes from Friday's loss.
from the freep

http://www.freep.com/article/201206...on-abdominal?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers' Austin Jackson (abdominal strain) says he's pain-free.
But he's stressed by watching games.
from the freep

http://www.freep.com/article/201206...uintin-Berry?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers' Jim Leyland cautions against Quintin Berry hype.
from the freep

http://www.freep.com/article/201206...yd-mcclendon?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
As Tigers' Ryan Raburn searches for cure, what about Lloyd McClendon?
from the freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...short-term-solution-he-works-right-now-Tigers
Quintin Berry might be short-term solution, but he works right now for Tigers.
from the detnews

http://patcaputo.blogspot.com/2012/06/few-myths-about-current-state-of.html
Debunking myths about the current state of the Detroit Tigers.
from the Oakland Press

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/6/1/3057900/who-is-baseballs-greatest-hitter
Who Is Baseball's Greatest Hitter?
from SBNation

Something's up, there's an open sport on the 40 man roster.
Tigers transferred Daniel Schlereth to the 60-day disabled list.

No Dirks for Tigers tonight. Could be headed to the DL with the sore Achilles.

Prince Fielder and Justin Verlander named the Tigers Player and Pitcher of the Month.