The Detroit Tigers sent their closer from last season, Alex Lange, to Triple-A after a series of events that did not make manager AJ Hinch happy. According to the Tigers’ broadcast on Bally (which didn’t show the incident), Lange had given up two runs, and then he threw a baseball “about 90 miles per hour over the Tigers dugout” into …
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Tigers' Jack Flaherty ties AL record with 7 straight strikeouts to begin game vs Cardinals, finishes with 14
Jack Flaherty was on fire during his start for the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday afternoon against his former team, the St. Louis Cardinals. Flaherty opened the start with seven consecutive strikeouts, matching an American League record with former Chicago White Sox pitchers Joe Cowley (1986) and Carlos Rodon (2016), former Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Blake Snell (2018) and Seattle Mariners …
Read More »Tigers' Riley Greene rips pants sliding into home, and MLB uniform criticisms continue to mount
There was some new drama related to new MLB uniforms Tuesday afternoon when Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene split his pants sliding into home. The uniform mishap happened during Detroit’s ninth-inning rally when Greene was rounding the bases from second. Sliding into home, Greene’s pants appeared to burst open at the seam, revealing his compression pants. The Detroit Tigers’ …
Read More »Tigers' A.J. Hinch says he was nearly hit by car on field before game vs. White Sox
Thursday marked opening day for baseball, and it nearly turned disastrous for Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch during his team’s game against the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox decided to bring players out on Guaranteed Rate Field via car. Hinch told reporters Saturday before the second game of the season he was nearly hit by a car. CLICK HERE …
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