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I have to go until mid game,
anyone who wants to post the game thread with Tigers lineup and Gameday thanks.

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/detroit_tigers_jim_leyland_don.html
Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland: Don Kelly looked like a 'wounded giraffe' after running into wall.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/detroit_tigers_jim_leyland_on_24.html
Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland 'would be shocked' if Miguel Cabrera is not named AL MVP.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/201209...p-mike-trout?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Jim Leyland: 'It would blow my mind' if Tigers' Miguel Cabrera doesn't win MVP.
from the freep

 

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Positioning cost Kelly on crucial play.
Had the situation been different, Don Kelly believes he would have made the catch on Carlos Santana's triple off the right-field fence that fueled Cleveland's ninth-inning comeback Sunday at Progressive Field.

If Jason Kipnis was on first base, rather than second, Kelly would have been playing deeper to try to prevent extra bases, and would have gotten to the fence before Santana's drive did, allowing him to make a jumping catch. With Kipnis on second, he was positioned closer to make a throw home on a single.

Given that extra base, they could not play a "no-doubles" defense.

"We were playing him in a place where you have to be able to throw the guy out from second base," Kelly said, "so we weren't playing him deep at all. I was playing normal or maybe even in a step."

Kelly still made a jump at the fence, while he was flying into it. He got his glove on the ball, but couldn't hold it.

"When I went up and I saw it hit right in the palm, even if I had it for a split second," Kelly said, "the way that I hit, I don't know if I would've been able to hang on anyway. It wasn't in the web."

Kelly said he had a sore neck that felt like whiplash from the collision. He felt worse on the flight to Chicago on Sunday night.
"I had a headache," he said. "I haven't watched the replay. I don't know if I hit my head off of the ground or what, but I had a pretty bad headache last night."

Manager Jim Leyland did see the replay. Despite the situation, he was able to make some humor out of the play.
"He looked like a wounded giraffe," Leyland joked.
from the Tigers official site

 

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Avila passes concussion tests after collision.
Alex Avila remembers hearing teammates yelling that he had room to make the catch on Carlos Santana's pop foul Sunday in Cleveland. Or maybe they were yelling that to Prince Fielder. He couldn't tell.

"I mean, we both were going to the ball," Avila said Monday morning. "We both were hearing the same thing, as far as the dugout yelling, 'You got room, you got room,' figuring they were talking to me, and him figuring they were talking to him. Unlucky play."

The play itself, Avila doesn't remember. Everything after chasing down the ball is a blank. He had to watch the replay to figure out what exactly happened.

"I was knocked out," Avila said. "I don't remember the hit or falling down or anything. I just remember when [assistant athletic trainer Steve] Carter was yelling my name."

He went down like a prize fighter, as manager Jim Leyland described it, but by all indications, the damage appears to be limited to a sprained jaw. Avila said he passed concussion tests Sunday night. He didn't start Monday's game, but he took batting practice and was available as a pinch-hitter or a late-inning substitute. He should be available for Tuesday's series opener against Oakland at Comerica Park.

"I think our trainers are a little concerned that if I got hit again by a foul ball or something," Avila said, "but they did the concussion tests again and everything checks out all right."
from the Tigers official site

 

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Cabrera's Player of the Week Award is his 6th with the Tigers, 2nd-most in franchise history, trailing only Kirk Gibson w/7. #Miggy4MVP.

 

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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/inde...hite-sox-travel-least-among-al-teams-in-2013/
Most / Least miles traveled among AL teams in 2013.
from fangraphs

 

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http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/20...e-greatest-pitching-peaks-of-our-lives-part-2
WAR Remix: The Greatest Pitching Peaks of Our Lives, Part 2.
from beyondtheboxscore

Prince Hal here.

 

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http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/...17&content_id=38571970&vkey=news_det&c_id=det
Miguel Cabrera named AL Player of the Week.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/detroit_tigers_miguel_cabrera_29.html
Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera earns American League Player of the Week honors again.
from Mlive

 

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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120917&content_id=38557410&vkey=news_det&c_id=det
Only Tigers' offense can fill defensive void.
from the Tigers official site

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/detroit_tigers_play_chicago_wh.html
Detroit Tigers suffer 5-4 loss to Chicago White Sox, trail by three games with 16 to play.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/201209...te-sox-recap?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Chicago 5 - Detroit 4: Tigers falter in make-up game, now three games behind.
from the freep

The White Sox bullpen pitched five shutout innings, giving up just one hit.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...Tigers-three-back-after-sloppy-loss-White-Sox
White Sox 5 - Tigers 4 : Tigers three back after sloppy loss to White Sox.
from the detnews

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...012_09_17_detmlb_chamlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Tigers tripped up by White Sox, trail by three.
Infante forced into crucial throwing error on double play.
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...d=det#gid=2012_09_17_detmlb_chamlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/delmon_young_recalls_how_2009.html
Detroit Tigers' Delmon Young recalls how 2009 Twins rallied when asked about three-game deficit.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ming-town-Tigers-focus-might-switch-wild-card
With A's coming to town, Tigers' focus might switch to wild card.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...104/Looking-ahead-Who-will-close-Tigers-2013-
Looking ahead: Who will close for Tigers in 2013?
from the detnews

Interesting.

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/9/...ers-fall-3-back-as-defensive-gaffe-fuels-loss
White Sox 5 Tigers 4: Tigers fall 3 back as defensive gaffe fuels loss.
from blessyouboystigersblog

http://walkoffwoodward.com/?p=5612
White Sox 5, Tigers 4: Sometimes It’s Just Not Your Year.
from WalkoffWoodwardTigersblog
What should have been an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play turned into two runs and a 5-4 Chicago lead. The Tigers’ offense responded to this by going down easily. The next (and final) 12 batters were retired on 45 pitches by a combination of Nate Jones, Brett Myers, Matt Thornton, and Addison Reed.

http://www.thedetroitsportssite.com...ite-sox-inch-closer-to-al-central-title/24124
Omar Infante’s Critical Error Helps Chicago White Sox Inch Closer to AL Central Title.
from the detroitsportssite

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/09/...anding_tigers.html?blockID=791765&feedID=3706
Error paves way as Tigers fall to White Sox.
from DetroitFox

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/detroit_tigers_face_uphill_cli.html
Detroit Tigers know time is running out as they face uphill climb in Central Division race.
from Mlive

If the White Sox go 8-8 down the stretch, the Tigers would have to go 11-5 to tie them for first, 12-4 to finish ahead of them. If the White Sox stumble and got 5-11 in their final 16 games, the Tigers would have to go 8-8 to tie them and 9-7 to win the division.
The Tigers are now 3-14 in one-run games since the All-Star break and 0-10 in one-run games since Aug. 24.

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...104/Looking-ahead-Who-will-close-Tigers-2013-
Looking ahead: Who will close for Tigers in 2013?
from the detnews

Interesting.

Well, are we going to have the same managing crew?

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/detroit_tigers_catcher_alex_av_6.html
Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila's status unclear after he develops headache one day after collision.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...04/In-24-hours-Tigers-season-takes-turn-worse
In 24 hours, Tigers season takes a turn for the worse.
from the detnews

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/09/...anding_tigers.html?blockID=791865&feedID=3706
Tigers' chances blowing away.
from DetroitFox

 

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http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8391257/tigers-big-payroll-teams-not-holding-up
Big payroll teams not holding up.
Anybody want to watch an all-underdog playoffs? Certainly not Tigers fans.
from espn