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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/10/detroit_tigers_roster_for_alcs.html
Detroit Tigers roster for ALCS vs. New York Yankees the same as it was for ALDS.
from Mlive

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/10/13/tigers-roster-stays-the-same-for-alcs/
Tigers roster stays the same for ALCS.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/10/alcs_predictions_detroit_tiger_1.html
ALCS predictions: MLive.com writers give edge to New York Yankees over Detroit Tigers.
from Mlive
 
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Jack Morris impressed by Verlander's game plan.
Jack Morris, the former Tigers ace who has gotten to know Justin Verlander over the years, watched Verlander's performance in Game 5 of the American League Division Series and was impressed at his approach.

To him, that's a step in the direction Verlander could eventually go as he enters the next stage of his career. He still racked up 11 strikeouts, but he didn't try to overpower every hitter.

It might not come right away, maybe not even in the next few years, but he'll eventually make the transition.

"From what I saw, he wasn't throwing a lot of fastballs in the first inning," Morris said. "He was throwing a lot of changeups, a lot of breaking balls, and he was trying to get them to swing out of the zone. Those things all help, but he still punched out 11. He still likes that, and the reason he likes it is that he's good at it.

"My point is, just my prediction, Justin will get to a point where they're not going to come as easy someday."

That's age, and it's something Morris learned in the mid-80s. He led the AL in strikeouts in 1983 and topped 200 in 1986 and '87, then got away from it as he entered his early 30s. Part of the credit, he said, goes to Doyle Alexander, who came over in the John Smoltz trade of 1987.

"The longer you're out there, the less bullets you're going to have," Morris said. "At some point in his career, he's going to realize, 'I don't have what I once had.' But you know what? He might become a better pitcher then."

from the Tigers official site
 
Verlander lined up for Game 7 of ALCS.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland managed Kenny Rogers through a scoreless postseason in 2006, including eight innings of two-hit ball in the World Series. With the Marlins, he managed Livan Hernandez through a 15-strikeout complete game in the 1997 National League Championship Series.

So when Leyland says he has never had a better performance in a postseason than the complete-game four-hitter Justin Verlander delivered in Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Thursday night in Oakland, it's more than mere flattery.
from the Tigers official site
 
Scherzer to be well rested for Game 4
Max Scherzer says he feels fine after his five-plus innings last Wednesday in Game 4 of the American League Division Series against the A's. He could have pitched Game 3 if needed. The Tigers' decision to move him back was more about having Justin Verlander pitch twice than having Scherzer pitch just once.

That said, manager Jim Leyland believes the rest could be a benefit. Scherzer will have two extra days of rest before he starts Game 4 of the AL Championship Series on Wednesday at Comerica Park.

"Max Scherzer, more than any of them, is always honest about how he feels," Leyland said. "He came out of [his last start] good, some normal soreness."

Unlike their division-clinching win Oct. 1 in Kansas City, Scherzer came out of the ALDS celebration fine, too. His only news out of the celebration was the pair of goggles he found to protect his eyes from the champagne. The goggles matched his eyes -- one brown, the other blue. Scherzer said his girlfriend bought them for him.

from the Tigers official site
 
Contemplating Miggy's power potential in Bronx.
As good as Miguel Cabrera's numbers were this year in his Triple Crown season, the power numbers he could post in Yankee Stadium with its short right-field dimensions might dwarf what he has done in Detroit.
Funny thing is, while Cabrera has seven home runs at Yankee Stadium since it opened three years ago, less than half of them have gone to right field despite his freakish opposite-field swing. He has two homers to left and two to left-center.
One possible reason is that Cabrera's opposite-field homers tend to be line drives. He's more likely to get the ball in the air when he's pulling the ball.
His recent numbers have trended in that direction as well. Eleven of his last 14 home runs have gone to left or left-center field.
from the Tigers official site
 
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