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[biggunsbob]

Scherzer to miss KC start with ankle injury.
The good news for Max Scherzer is that his right shoulder is fine. He threw off flat ground on Tuesday with no sign of trouble in his bothersome deltoid muscle.

The bad news is that his ankle is now a problem, enough that the Tigers are going to hold him out of pitching in Wednesday's regular-season finale.

It happened during the dog pile on the field after Jose Valverde's final pitch on Monday night to clinch the Tigers' second straight American League Central title.
"This is a slightly twisted ankle, swollen," manager Jim Leyland said before Tuesday's game with the Royals. "It doesn't appear to be serious, but it is obviously serious enough that he won't pitch tomorrow. That's the only thing I can tell you."

Leyland didn't see the injury happen, but he was told about it.
"When people were jumping on the pile, somehow, somebody stepped on his ankle," Leyland said.

Before that update, Leyland was hoping to not only let Scherzer start, despite the division title having already been secured, but have him pitch five innings as a final tuneup before an expected Division Series start.

The Tigers have not announced who will start Wednesday's regular season finale. Drew Smyly was originally expected to start in Scherzer's place if the game didn't have any playoff implications, but Leyland said on Tuesday that Smyly will only pitch an inning, so he's out. With no other pitchers stretched out long enough, it might end up being a bullpen start.
from the Tigers official site

Freaking idiot... Do these guys ever learn to celebrate with restraint !!!

 

[kalinecountry]

October 3 in Tigers history:

1934 - Dizzy Dean wins the opening game of the World Series 8 - 3. Detroit Tigers manager Mickey Cochrane held back his ace pitcher, Schoolboy Rowe, and veteran General Crowder is ineffective as Joe Medwick goes 4 for 4, including a home run. The Tigers make five errors.

1940 - In the World Series, Jimmy Ripple's two-run home run in the third inning of Game Two provides the winning margin as the Cincinnati Reds end the National League's 10-game Series losing streak with a 5 - 3 win over the Tigers.

1945 - The Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs face each other in the World Series for the fourth time. Hank Borowy pitches a six-hitter and Hal Newhouser is demolished with eight runs in three innings as the Cubs win 9 - 0.

1968 - In Game Two of the World Series, Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers ties the Series 1-1. Lolich pitches a six-hitter and hits his first major league home run to defeat the Cardinals 8 - 1. Homeruns also came from big bats of Willie Horton (1), Norm Cash (1). Tigers RF Al Kaline has 2 hits and scores 2 runs in the rout.

2011: Detroit takes a 2-1 lead in their ALDS with a 5 - 4 win over the Yankees. Justin Verlander gives up two runs in the 1st inning, but then settles down. The Tigers score twice in the 3rd off CC Sabathia, then Jhonny Peralta puts them ahead with an RBI double in the 5th. The Yankees tie the game at 4 in the 7th on Brett Gardner's two-run double, but Delmon Young hits a solo homer off Rafael Soriano in the bottom of the inning to make Verlander a winner.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foucast01.shtml
Steve Foucault 1977-1978.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/munsoer01.shtml
Eric Munson 2000-2004.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_Cerutti
John Cerutti 1991.

from baseball reference

 

[kalinecountry]

http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2012/10/03/why-i-dont-care-if-miguel-cabrera-wins-the-mvp-award/
Why You Shouldn't Care if Miguel Cabrera Wins The MVP Award.
from Detroit Athletic

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18300
Regular-Season Awards: Handing out the Hardware.
from Baseball Prospectus

Today we reveal the Baseball Prospectus staff choices for the major player awards (MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year) in the American and National Leagues. Each staff member's predictions may be found later in the article. Here, we present a wisdom-of-the-crowds summary of the results.

For the MVP voting, we've slightly amended the traditional points system in place that has been used elsewhere, dropping fourth- and fifth-place votes to make it 10-7-5 for the MVP Award, and the regular 5-3-1 for the Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year Awards (that's 5 points for a first-place vote, 3 points for a second-place vote, etc.). Next to each of these selections we've listed the total number of ballots, followed by the total number of points, and then the number of first-place votes in parentheses, if any were received.

 

[kalinecountry]

Miguel Cabrera Triple Crown Pursuit:

AVG.331 (1st)

HR44 (1st)

RBI139 (1st)

Odds94.2%

 

[kalinecountry]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8454457/detroit-tigers-miguel-cabrera-sit-closes-triple-crown
Tigers' Miguel Cabrera won't sit.
from espn

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/8452612/should-triple-crown-guarantee-mvp
Should Winning The Triple Crown Guarantee The MVP?
ESPN SportsNation Vote.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/10/detroit_tigers_jim_leyland_fac_1.html
Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland faced with tough decision: Should Miguel Cabrera sit or play?
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201210...Triple-Crown?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers' Miguel Cabrera has all but locked up Triple Crown.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201210...make-history?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
With Triple Crown in sights, tonight is Miguel Cabrera's night to make history.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201210...nknown-still?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers' playoff opponent still up in the air going into season's final day.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201210...ayoff-roster?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers' playoff roster will include rookie OF Avisail Garcia, only 11 pitchers.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201210...esday-s-loss?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Notes from Tuesday's loss.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

Major league rule 33(c)2 states that a tiebreaker game 163 does not count to break a tie with clubs in another division http://bizofbaseball.com/docs/MajorLeagueRules-2008.pdf ?

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...uest-Triple-Crown-should-receive-more-acclaim
Tigers believe Miguel Cabrera's quest for Triple Crown should receive more acclaim.
from the detnews

What some of us have been saying here and/or thinking.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...yland-AL-Central-title-redeems-strange-season
Tigers manager Jim Leyland: AL Central title redeems strange season.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers to employ seven-man bullpen in ALDS.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland didn't officially name his pitching rotation for the upcoming American League Division Series, other than reconfirming that Justin Verlander would be pitching the opener. However, he laid a pretty good hint on Tuesday.

"You feel pretty comfortable as a manager if you can run, in any order you want, Verlander, [Max] Scherzer, [Doug] Fister and [Anibal] Sanchez," Leyland said. "That's pretty good. I mean, you certainly don't feel like you're behind the 8-ball."

The names aren't exactly a surprise. The four were the key cogs to a Detroit rotation that posted a collective 2.46 ERA in September, best in the Majors by nearly half a run. The other options, lefty Drew Smyly and right-hander Rick Porcello, appear likely to end up in the bullpen.

Leyland said the Tigers will have a seven-man relief corps to go with their four starters. If the Tigers go with Smyly and Phil Coke as their left-handed relievers, they'll have to make a choice among Porcello and high-strikeout pitchers Al Alburquerque and Brayan Villarreal.
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25298931&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Cabrera's potential Triple Crown10/03/1200:5510/02/12: Tigers manager Jim Leyland and Miguel Cabrera talk about Cabrera's potential playing time with the Triple Crown on the line.
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/10/03/will-miguel-cabrera-play-on-wednesday-send-jim-leyland-a-tweet/
Will Miguel Cabrera play on Wednesday? Don?t tweet Leyland.
from Jason Beck

 

[kalinecountry]

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/10/03/tigers-open-alds-at-home-against-who-knows/
Tigers open ALDS at home, against who-knows.
from Jason Beck

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/10/03/how-to-project-the-tigers-playoff-roster/
How to project the Tigers playoff roster.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pag...=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink
Post game webvideo with Leyland and Cabrera. similar.
from DetroitFox