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Currently historic: Can Cabrera do it?
Just 30 games to go. How about that? The average team has about 30 games left now. That's a month, kids. In a month, the regular season will be in the books.
Um, hey there Miguel Cabrera. So, you're um three homers off the league lead and that's all that's between you and the Triple Crown huh? Cool. Seriously, he could do it. He probably won't, but Cabrera could very well win another Triple Crown. He also still leads the league all three slash stats (Sabr-Triple Crown) and is within shouting distance of slugging .700. He is leading the league in hits and is second in walks.
I loved having Mike Trout to write about here for a little bit, but this is his last week. He's 11 hits behind Cabrera, so the whole hit/walk thing isn't happening for him, and he's all but officially passed Mel Ott as the best 21-year-old ever according to WAR. He's currently tied at 19.3.
from the Hardball Times
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/08/detroit_tigers_struggle_throwi.html
Opponents stealing bases at will against Detroit Tigers, who rank dead last in majors in stolen bases.
from Mlive

Catchers by the numbers
Here is how the four Detroit Tigers catchers have fared at throwing out would-be base stealers this season:
Brayan Pena 12-for-49 (24.5 percent)
Alex Avila 11-for-66 (16.7 percent)
Bryan Holaday 1-for-12 (7.7 percent)
Victor Martinez 0-for-1 (0.0 percent)
 
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Leyland fine with how umpires handled rain.
DETROIT -- The Tigers have had their share of late-inning rallies lately. If not for the weather, they might have had a chance at another on Tuesday during a 6-3 loss to the A's. The way manager Jim Leyland looked at the decision to call Tuesday's game in the sixth, though, it could've been worse.

Though some fans were questioning crew chief Gary Darling's decision to play through a steady rain that began early in the game before finally calling for the tarp in the sixth, especially after Justin Verlander indicated he lost his grip on the changeup that Brandon Moss hit out for the go-ahead homer in the fifth, Leyland took the opposite approach.

"I thought the umps did a very commendable job," Leyland said Wednesday. "They gave both teams their shot. [The A's] took advantage of theirs, and we weren't able to. I thought they did a great job.

"Those are no-win situations, because that's one of those things where everybody else has got all the answers. People who are dealing with that have got the pressure of their decisions. You have to understand, too, with stuff like that, MLB is involved. It's not just an umpire saying, 'That's it.' It doesn't work that way."

Major League Baseball plays a role in weather-related decisions when a team is in town for the final time in a season. In Oakland's case, this week is the only time the A's are in Detroit this regular season. The game began on time under dry conditions, but a 45-minute opening inning gave plenty of time for a storm system to come in.

Had the game been called soon after the rain started, it would've had to be replayed in its entirety, likely Wednesday or Thursday. It didn't become an official game until the end of the fifth inning.

From there, the decision hinged on how long the conditions remained playable. Given the Tigers' injury situation, it was a concern for Leyland as well. He had a scare in the sixth when Bruce Rondon slipped on a slick mound, but it turned out not to be a serious injury.

He lost a game, but he didn't lose a player. Leyland described it as a Catch-22.

"It might have been a blessing in some ways that the game was called," Leyland said Tuesday night. "You've got Miguel Cabrera hurting. You're going to be on a slippery field. You've got guys that are playing all the time sitting up here and waiting a while in conditions that were really bad.

"It could've turned out to be a nightmare. However, in saying that, you always want to play the game, so I don't want to come off like I'm glad they called the game, because I'm not. But I understand it, and in the long run, it might have been a blessing that they called it."
from the Tigers official site
 
Rondon OK after slipping on rain-slick mound.
DETROIT -- Before rain washed out the final innings of the Tigers' loss to the A's on Tuesday, they nearly washed Bruce Rondon out of action. However, the hard-throwing setup man felt fine Wednesday and was available in the bullpen, according to manager Jim Leyland.

Rondon slipped on a rain-slick mound in the sixth inning Tuesday night. Though he seemed to grab at his leg when Leyland and head athletic trainer Kevin Rand came out from the dugout to check on him, Leyland said later the problem was actually his lower back.

"I saw where he slipped," Leyland said Tuesday night. "There was a skid mark. I thought it was his knee at first, but it was his lower back."
Rondon stayed in the game and finished out the at-bat before the umpires called for the tarp.
"He's OK," Leyland said Wednesday.
from the Tigers official site
 
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