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http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/15278/10-reasons-to-keep-on-watching
10 reasons to keep watching.
from espnsweetspot
1. Justin Verlander

 

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http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:6886873
Baseball Tonight Webvideo with Kurkjian.
espn

 

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Detroit Tigers Team Notes

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/25167/justin-verlander-continues-dominance
Justin Verlander continues his Dominance.
from stats and info at espn

Verlander reached 19 wins in 127 team games, the fastest a Tigers pitcher has gotten to 19 wins since Mickey Lolich reached 19 wins in 114 team games in 1972 with a four man rotation.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Verlander is 18-0 this season when the Tigers have scored at least three runs in his starts.
Verlander joins Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez as the only pitchers in the Divisional Era to post a WHIP under 0.90 (minimum 20 decisions).

 

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Picked up this tidbit, thought it was fun

- About three hours before the St. Louis Cardinals' game Sunday night, Tony La Russa sat in the tiny manager's office in the visitors clubhouse watching the end of the Cleveland Indians-Detroit Tigers game, pausing in his responses to follow the action. When a fly ball was lifted toward center field with one out in the ninth inning and Austin Jackson set himself to make a throw home in an effort to cut off the tying run, La Russa's voice began to rise -- and when the runner was called out, La Russa shouted and reached for his cellphone, dialing the number of Tigers manager Jim Leyland. "He won't answer," said La Russa, who left a message for his good friend.

 

[kalinecountry]

Detroit Tigers Team Notes

August 23 in Tigers history :

1916: Ty Cobb goes from first to third on a teammate's single to LF, then swipes home when A's 3B Charlie Pick holds the ball. Detroit wins, 10 - 3.

1962: Steve Boros matches the American League record for most errors in an inning by a 3B with 4, but Detroit beats Cleveland, 8 - 5 as Al Kaline hits two home runs in a bittersweet season, that started with leading the league in the Triple Crown race, only to break his collarbone in a game saving catch late May and miss nearly two months. Kaline will hit 29 homeruns on the season in exactly 100 games played.

2000: At Comerica Park, fans flee their seats as swarms of small insects invade the stands during the first inning. The six-legged pests do not affect the players, and the game continues uninterrupted with the Tigers edging the Mariners 6 - 5.

Tigers players birthdays :

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Kell
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kellge01.shtml
George Kell 1946-1952, broadcaster 1959-1996.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/casanra01.shtml
Raul Casanova 1996-1998.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bautide01.shtml
Denny Bautista 2008.

from baseball reference

 

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Detroit Tigers Team Notes

http://www.freep.com/article/20110823/SP....-kind-23-yea rs
One more story on: Austin Jackson's defensive gem for Tigers first of its kind in 23 years.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20110823/SPORTS02/108230455/Tigers-notes-quotes-from-win-over-Rays
Tigers notes and quotes from last nights win over rays.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20110823/SP....ne?odys sey=nav|head
Win puts Justin Verlander just one win from milestone.
from the freep

Justin Verlander won his 19th game Monday in his 28th start; it's the seventh time a Tiger has won that many in a season in the past 30 seasons. Here's how many starts it took the other six to do so, and how many wins they ended up with:
Verlander 2009,
Gullickson 1991,
Morris 1983, 1984, 1986,
Petry 1983.

 

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http://www.detnews.com/article/20110823/....-offense-agai n
Tigers Notebook : Delmon Young sparks Tigers' offense again.
from the detnews

 

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http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110822&content_id=23612066&vkey=news_det&c_id=det
No interrupting Justin Verlander's charmed season
In latest display of dominance, Tigers' ace gets best of Niemann.
bodley at mlb.com and the Tigers official site

 

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http://www.detroittigertales.com/2011/08/best-infields-ever-for-real-this-time.html
Best Infields Ever.
from Lee at detroittigertales

The Tigers "Battalion of Death" infield of the mid 1930's.

 

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http://motorcitybengals.com/2011/08/23/tigers-vs-rays-series-six-pack/
Q and A Tigers vs. rays series six pack.
from Jayrc at motorcitybengals-tigersblog

 

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http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2011/08/23/delmon-young-joins-select-group-of-detroit-tigers-sibling-pairs/
Delmon Young joins select group of Detroit Tigers sibling pairs.
from DetroitAthletic

 

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http://www.detroitbaseballpage.com/around-the-majors/40-general/346-the-al-mvp-race
The AL MVP race.
from detroitbaseballpage

 

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/tigers/notes.htm
Tigers team report and player notes.
from usatoday

 

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/cliff_corcoran/08/22/mvp.granderson.fielder/index.html?sct=mlb_t11_a1
AL MVP Watch.
from sportsillustrated

yesterday morning pre-Verlander's 19 win.

 

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http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/tht-awards082311/
The HardBallTimes Awards.

All stats are for the games starting Monday, Aug. 15 and ending Sunday, Aug. 21. If you are a new reader, reference the week one column for category explanations.

This week

 

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Detroit Tigers Team Notes

http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/08/23/sports/doc4e52c0853fb88729351158.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Unlike the collapse of 2009, the Tigers should win the A.L. Central this time - this is why.
from the OaklandPress

 

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http://bloguin.com/theoutsidecorner/2011-articles/august/dugout-digest-slipping-away.html
AL Central: Slipping away for the indians.
from the outsidecorner

 

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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/....-al-playoffs /1
First Pitch : Can Justin Verlander carry Tigers to pennant?
from usatoday

Verlander's body of work -- a 19-5 record, a 2.28 ERA, a .88 WHIP and an absurd .188 opponents' batting average -- has rendered the rest of the Cy Young field moot, and the Tigers have seized a 5 1/2 game lead on the fading Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.

Not once since divisional play began has a team won a pennant when the club's No. 2 starter had an earned-run average two runs or worse than the No. 1 starter.