By:
Advanced search…

Welcome to Detroit Sports Forum!

By joining our community, you'll be able to connect with fellow fans that live and breathe Detroit sports just like you!

Get Started
  • If you are no longer able to access your account since our recent switch from vBulletin to XenForo, you may need to reset your password via email. If you no longer have access to the email attached to your account, please fill out our contact form and we will assist you ASAP. Thanks for your continued support of DSF.

Detroit Tigers Team Notes Over 3 Million Views!!! Thankyou!

http://www.freep.com/article/201210...swept-by-Giants-World-Series?odyssey=nav|head
San Francisco 4 - Detroit 3 (10 innings): Tigers swept in World Series by Giants.
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/10/world_series_game_4_detroit_ti.html
Detroit Tigers swept in World Series despite Game 4 home runs from Miguel Cabrera, Delmon Young.
from Mlive

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...tersweep-Giants-broom-Tigers-win-World-Series
Bittersweep: Giants broom Tigers to win World Series.
from the detnews

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...012_10_28_sfnmlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Tigers' scrappy effort ends in heartbreak.
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...d=det#gid=2012_10_28_sfnmlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.detroittigertales.com/2012/10/giants-sweep-tigers-season-is-over.html
Giants Sweep Tigers, Season is Over.
from DetroitTigerTales

http://walkoffwoodward.com/?p=6072
The Final Atbat.
from WalkoffWoodwardTigersblog

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/10/...anding_tigers.html?blockID=811427&feedID=3701
Tigers swept by Giants in World Series.
from DetroitFox

http://www.thedetroitsportssite.com...-detroit-tigers-from-world-series-sweep/25983
Miguel Cabrera, Delmon Young Homers Can’t Save Detroit Tigers From World Series Sweep.
from DetroitSportsSite

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/10...ep-extra-innings-sandoval-cain-garcia-scutaro
Giants 4 - Tigers 3: World Series ends both in extra innings and in a sweep.
from blessyouboystigersblog
 
Last edited:
Leyland talks to Cabrera about media availability.
On Sunday, Miguel Cabrera cited family in town as the reason behind his much-chronicled exit from the Tigers clubhouse soon after Game 3 Saturday night, before the clubhouse was open to the media for interviews.

Shortly before that, manager Jim Leyland had a talk with his star slugger about availability to media before the Tigers took batting practice Sunday afternoon in preparation for Game 4.

The issue became a story in the wake of the Tigers' second straight shutout loss to the Giants, putting a lot of attention on a star-studded lineup. As the Triple Crown winner, Cabrera was the center of attention, along with Prince Fielder.

When reporters got to his clubhouse locker on Saturday night, Cabrera had already packed up and left. Fielder talked for several minutes.

It was the second time this postseason Cabrera has been scrutinized for media availability. He had an audible exchange in Spanish in the clubhouse in Oakland after Game 4 of the American League Division Series with Octavio Dotel, who told him he needed to reflect no sign of panic on the team after a 2-0 series lead had become a 2-2 tie.

For what it's worth, Cabrera was generally good about making himself available after most games during the regular season.

"I think you're not going to get the benefit of the doubt when you're on a national stage like this," Leyland said earlier Sunday, "and that's one thing that at some point I'll talk to him. But I'm also going to say this, and I'm not defending anything, I'm just making a point: As a manager you have to be careful. I will deal with the situation and check into it, because you have to be there through the good and the bad. You can't be on this podium only when you win. When we're 0-3, I've got to be up here and I'm not the happiest camper in the world. However, you have a responsibility.

"On the other side of that coin, families are here, mothers are here, young kids are here. I don't know that somebody might have been sick, I don't know that something wasn't right in the family, he had to get out."

Cabrera's wife and kids are in town for the World Series, as are his parents. They were with him Saturday before Game 3, when he was honored with the AL's Hank Aaron Award for the top offensive performer.
"I've got a lot of family here," Cabrera said Sunday during batting practice. "I [had] to go home."
from the Tigers official site
 
Right forearm soreness sidelines Avila.
DETROIT -- Tigers catcher Alex Avila was scratched from the starting lineup for Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday with what the team described as right forearm soreness.
Avila sustained the injury behind the plate in Game 1 when he took a foul tip off his arm, between his wrist and his elbow. He was able to play through it in Game 3 on Saturday night, but head athletic trainer Kevin Rand went into manager Jim Leyland's office Sunday afternoon and told him Avila probably wouldn't be able to go.
"It's on the bone, and it's pretty sore," Leyland said.
Gerald Laird, who has started against left-handed pitchers for most of the season while backing up Avila, will start in Avila's place.
At this point, Avila would be available in an emergency situation.
"I'd probably run him in there to catch if I had to," Leyland said. "But just as far as I know, the trainer told me just a little bit ago it's probably best not to go with him. Obviously, yesterday I talked to the trainer, felt like he was OK to go and OK to play."
Avila's bumps and bruises are well known in Detroit, given his reputation for taking a lot of foul tips off his body. He has dealt with knee issues in each of the last two seasons, spent time on the disabled list in June with a right hamstring strain, then missed a couple days in September with concussion-like symptoms sustained in a collision with Prince Fielder.
Avila was behind the plate in 22 of Game 4 starter Max Scherzer's 32 appearances this season, twice as many as Laird. Scherzer's strikeout-to-walk ratio was about double with Avila behind the plate, but his strikeout rate also wavered as the season progressed.
from the Tigers official site
 
Leyland hopeful, but return not set in stone.
DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland has said during this postseason that he wants to return next season. His boss, team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski, said last week that the Tigers want him back. And yet there's still no clarity over Leyland's managerial future.
A remark Leyland made when asked about his relationship with Dombrowski reinforced that.
"I think we have a great relationship," Leyland said. "I don't think there's any question about that. We both have one thing in common: We want to win. I don't think there's anybody better at putting a team together than Dave Dombrowski, and hopefully he feels that I'm the guy to manage it."
The uncertainty could be a negotiating tactic for either side, or it could be a sign that there's something left to be addressed, whether it's the coaching staff or the terms of the deal.
Leyland is finishing up a one-year contract he signed last August. All year long, his chances at an extension seemingly hinged on his team winning another AL Central title.
The division title was taken care of four weeks ago. The contract situation, according to Dombrowski, will be addressed once the season is over.
from the Tigers official site
 
Leyland did say that he could tell us this: He said he wouldn't be managing any other MLB team, instead of Tigers. "This is my last stop"

Jim Leyland: "I feel worse for Mr. Ilitch than anybody else."

Leyland said he did not know about future, that he would meet w/ front office in near future to discuss. "Tonight is not the night."

Leyland says he thinks there will be an announcement regarding his expected return in a couple days.
 
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...460979&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_manager_postgame
Webvideo Verlander on Tigers' 3-0 deficit.
Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander talks about the attitude in the clubhouse with his club facing a 3-0 deficit in the World Series.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25460509&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_road_to_ws
Webvideo Road to the World Series: Tigers.
Pete McCarthy and Jack Morris preview Max Scherzer's pivotal start for the Tigers in a crucial Game 4 of the World Series.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...461003&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_manager_postgame
Webvideo Leyland on Avila's availibity.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland talks about catcher Alex Avila's availability for Game 4 of the World Series.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...461067&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_manager_postgame
Webvideo Verlander on Leyland's 'pipes'.
Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander admits that he has heard manager Jim Leyland sing from time to time.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...461021&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_manager_postgame
Webvideo Verlander on playing in the cold.
Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander talks about what it is like to pitch in the cold weather.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...461025&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_manager_postgame
Webvideo Verlander on playing for Leyland.
Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander discusses the excellent working relationship he feels he has with Jim Leyland.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...461015&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_manager_postgame
Webvideo Leyland on Dombrowski.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland discusses the relationship he has with GM Dave Dombrowski and their shared desire to win.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25461539&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Cabrera's two-run homer.
Miguel Cabrera gives the Tigers their first lead of the 2012 World Series with a two-run homer that just clears the wall in right.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25461969&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Young's solo blast.
Delmon Young knots the game at 3 in the sixth with a solo homer to right.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25462153&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Scherzer fans eight.
Max Scherzer fires 6 1/3 quality frames, keeping the Tigers in the game and notching eight strikeouts while walking just one.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25462573&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Coke stifles Giants.
Phil Coke mystifies the Giants in the ninth inning, fanning all three batters he faces.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...463535&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_manager_postgame
Webvideo Leyland on Tigers falling short.
Jim Leyland talks about the disappointing end to the Tigers' 2012 season.

from the Tigers official site
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

About Us

Founded in 2011, Detroit Sports Forum is a community of fanatics dedicated to teams like the Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings, Wolverines, and more. We live and breathe Detroit sports!

Stay Connected

Forum statistics

Threads
34,962
Messages
1,130,554
Members
979
Latest member
MiGrampa

Affiliates

    Discussion Hub
Back
Top