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Alburquerque to join bullpen on Sunday.
A year after Al Alburquerque stepped up as the big-strikeout specialist in the Tigers bullpen, he's about to get another shot. Team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski confirmed to reporters Friday that the slider-flinging right-hander will be among the club's September callups this weekend.

Alburquerque was the only September callup the Tigers announced Friday, not counting Avisail Garcia, who was called up Friday. The rest of the callups will be announced Saturday.

Alburquerque won't join the big club until Sunday, because Detroit optioned him last week. Even when rosters expand, players optioned must wait 10 days before they can be recalled unless they're replacing somebody placed on the disabled list.
Once he arrives, Alburqueurque is expected to play a big role.
"It's like making a big trade acquisition, to me," Dombrowski said.

Alburquerque spent the better part of four weeks at Triple-A Toledo working back into game shape, his final step after undergoing elbow surgery last December. He allowed two runs on nine hits over 10 2/3 innings at Toledo, walking four and striking out 18. Fifteen of those strikeouts came over his last six outings, covering 7 2/3 innings.

"His slider's just gotten more snap as we've gone along," Mud Hens manager Phil Nevin said. "Each day, he's gotten better and better command."
Alburquerque struck out the side against Indianapolis on Wednesday, his second outing in as many nights and the final test to make sure his arm was ready. Once his arm felt fine Thursday, he was ready.
"Right now, I feel strong," Alburquerque said after that outing. "Sometimes I feel sore, but I know I can throw in the game. I feel strong. I feel happy for everything I have right now.
from the Tigers official site

 

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Cabrera not 100 percent, but 'playable'.
A day after Miguel Cabrera seemingly slowed up for a moment on his way down the first-base line on a game-ending play, Tigers manager Jim Leyland was asked if Cabrera is healthy.

"No, he's not healthy, totally healthy. He is not," Leyland answered. "He's playable, but he's not totally healthy. That's the answer."

Leyland didn't specifically say Cabrera's sprained right ankle was the reason he slowed up, but he didn't get into specifics on that play at all.

"It's still swollen," Leyland said of Cabrera's ankle. "It's playable, but sore. And it is getting better, but it's sore. At some point, I'm sure he'll be 100 percent. It's one of those things, like sometimes when you have an injury and your arm bothers you a little bit and you throw four or five throws and everything's all right and then you throw one and it grabs you a little bit. You never know, but it's sore."

Cabrera, who was not available for comment before the Tigers headed out for batting practice before Friday's series opener against the White Sox, hit a two-run homer in the first inning against Jake Peavy.
from the Tigers official site

 

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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/08/braves-acquire-jeff-baker-from-tigers.html
Braves acquire jeff baker from Tigers for ptbnl.
from mlbtraderumors

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/detroit_tigers_send_outfielder.html
Detroit Tigers send outfielder Jeff Baker to Atlanta Braves for player to be named later.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.highheatstats.com/2012/08/al-winner-take-all-games-and-the-new-wild-card-format/
AL winner-take-all games and the new wild card format.
from HighHeatStats

 

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http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...012_08_31_chamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Delmon Young's clutch double delivers 7 - 4 series-opening win over whitesox.
Tigers cut deficit to two; Cabrera goes 3-for-4 with a homer.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...d=det#gid=2012_08_31_chamlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.

from the Tigers official site

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/detroit_tigers_open_key_series.html
Delmon Young delivers huge clutch hit as Detroit Tigers climb to within two games of White Sox with 7 - 4 win.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201208...oit-tigers-chicago-white-sox?odyssey=nav|head
Detroit 7 - Chicago 4: Miguel Cabrera's three hits, Delmon Young's big hit power Tigers in series opener.
from the freep

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...big-hit-gives-Tigers-victory-in-series-opener
Tigers 7 - whitesox 4 : Delmon Young's big hit gives Tigers victory in series opener.
from the detnews

 

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http://walkoffwoodward.com/?p=5303
Graph of Cram It Hawk, 70-60.
from walkoffwoodwardtigersblog

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/8/...elmon-young-difference-maker-at-least-for-one
Tigers 7 - White Sox 4: Delmon Young, difference maker...at least for one night.
from blessyouboystigersblog

?The Tigers are 70-61, 2 games back of the 1st place White Sox, 3 games back of the Orioles for the 2nd wild card.
?The Tigers are 8-4 on the season against the white legs.
?Boesch's 1st inning single was the hardest I've seen him hit a ball in a month.
?Jackson's 2nd inning triple was his 9th of the season, giving him the AL lead.
?Even on the base paths, you can't stop Cabrera, you can only hope to contain him. Who expected the worst in regard to Cabrera's ankle when he tagged up on Wise in the 5th? (Raises hand)
?Who thinks we'll see Cabrera as the DH tomorrow? (Raises hand)
?FSD stat of the night: With 2 out and RISP, Cabrera is hitting .462 with 3 HR and 24 RBI. (Raises hand for the Hell of it)
?After missing a start, Fister definitely showed signs of rust. His command was lacking. You have to wonder if the groin is still an issue.
?The Drew Smyly relief experiment did not get off to a good start: 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 0 H, 2 BB, 1 WP.
?Let's ignore the fact Young was thrown out a 3rd base trying to extend his double into a triple. It was a HUGE hit for the 'stache wearing. much derided DH.

?Wearing the number 34, Avisail Garcia made his major league debut in the 8th inning as a defensive replacement for Boesch.
?Mario Impemba quote of the night: After Benoit stuck out the side in the 8th - "Punch out, punch out, punch out!"

 

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http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/08/31/onward-september/
Onward, September. and Raburn...
from mcb-tb

 

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http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/08/...anding_tigers.html?blockID=783651&feedID=3701
Tigers beat ChiSox 7 - 4 on Young's 3-run double.
from DetroitFox

 

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http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/...63873&c_id=mlb
Webvideo 2 run homer for Cabrera.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/...64855&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Jackson's triple.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/...64889&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Dirks rbi double.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/...66833&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Peralta's homerun.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/...66701&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Fister escapes jam.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/...ar_of_the_game
Webvideo Young's bases loaded double.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/...75307&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Valverde shuts the door.

from the Tigers official site

 

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http://walkoffwoodward.com/?p=5308
No-Ankled Miguel Cabrera, Delmon Young?s Mustache, Solid ?Pen Carry Tigers to Crucial Series Opening Victory.
from WalkoffWoodwardTigersblog

 

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http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/09/01/cabrera-i-take-the-heat-what-am-i-going-to-do/
Cabrera: ?I take the heat. ? What am I going to do??
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

 

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http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/09/...rough-pain/landing_tigers.html?blockID=783747
Tigers' Cabrera plays through pain.
from DetroitFox

 

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http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pag...hare:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink#
Post game webvideo Leyland, Fister.
from DetroitFox

 

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September 1 in Tigers history:

1885 - Detroit Wolverines C Charlie Bennett hits a grand slam in the 1st inning? leading Detroit to an 8 - 3 victory over the New York Giants. Only two other grand slams are hit this year? one by Dave Orr (New York) and one by Tom Brown (Pittsburgh).

1918 - The Browns and Tigers finish the season with a doubleheader split in St. Louis as the Cleveland Indians refuse to make the trip for the Labor Day doubleheader. In Game 2? Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against the Browns while the Browns' George Sisler pitches one scoreless inning. The Browns win 6 - 2? and Sisler hits a double off Cobb. Detroit wins the opener 7 - 2.

1936: Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe fires his second two-hit game in 8 days? beating the A's 4 - 1. Rowe beat the Red Sox on August 25th by a 5 - 0 score. Philadelphia is saved from a shutout when Bob Johnson blasts his 22nd home run in the 9th inning. All of Detroit's runs come in a hitless 4th when they use 5 walks? a fielder's choice and error.

1941: Rudy York wallops 3 home runs and drives in 5 runs for the Tigers who beat the Browns? 9 - 5 in game 1 in Detroit. The Tigers rattle 20 hits in the nitecap to win 16 - 8.

1945: Detroit's Hal Newhouser wrenches his back pitching against the Indians' Bob Feller. Newhouser leaves the game in the 7th and will stay behind when the team leaves for New York? but will rejoin them on the 7th. The Tigers win 5 - 4, behind Jim Tobin and are just 1 1/2 games ahead of the 2nd place Senators.

1961 - The American League's biggest crowd of the year? 65?566? sees Whitey Ford and Don Mossi duel at Yankee Stadium as a week-end battle for first place begins. Two-out? 9th-inning hits by Elston Howard? Yogi Berra? and Bill Skowron give New York a 1 - 0 win over the Tigers.

1968 - Denny McLain notches his 27th win of the season beating the Orioles 7 - 3. McLain helps the Tiger cause by starting a 3rd-inning triple play.

1970 - The Red Sox take an 8 - 1 lead at Fenway Park? but Detroit rallies to win, 10 - 9. The Sox take the lead on a Mike Andrews homer and a grand slam by Tony Conigliaro. The Tigers then use the long ball as well? collecting 4 homers? including a grand slam by Jim Price? and homeruns from Gates Brown, Norm Cash, Jim Northrup to win. Daryl Patterson is the winner over Sonny Siebert.

1974: During a 5 - 3 win over the Tigers? the A's 1B Gene Tenace goes through the entire game without a fielding chance - only the 4th time this century that has occurred at that position. In the same game? Detroit's Reggie Sanders homers in his first major league at-bat.

1980 - Tigers OF Al Cowens and White Sox reliever Ed Farmer publicly end their long-running feud by shaking hands at home plate prior to Chicago's win at Tiger Stadium. The feud began in 1979 when Farmer broke Cowens' jaw with a pitch? and flared again this June 20th when Cowens hit a ground ball off Farmer and attacked the pitcher instead of running to first base. Cowens was suspended for 7 games and a warrant was issued for his arrest in Illinois? forcing him to skip the previous week's Tigers-White Sox series in Chicago. Farmer agreed to drop the charges in exchange for a handshake? and the two players bring out the lineup cards before today's game.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruckeda01.shtml
Dave Rucker 1981-1983.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Boots_Poffenberger
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/poffebo01.shtml
Boots Poffenberger 1937-1938.

from Baseball Reference

 

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http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/28524/delmon-young-the-key-to-tigers
Delmon Young the key to Tigers.
from espn

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/delmon_young_clears_bases_puts.html
Delmon Young clears bases, puts Detroit Tigers on right track in huge series with Chicago White Sox.
from Mlive