From FiveThirtyEight: With a JAWS of 59.0 so far in his career, Verlander remains below the JAWS average for starting pitchers of[…]
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Hal Naragon Dies At Age 90
Hal Naragon, the Tigers’ bullpen coach and right-hand man to famed pitching coach Johnny Sain on the world champion 1968 Tigers, died Saturday at the age of 90. Naragon was in Detroit for the 50th anniversary celebration of the ’68 title last fall.
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Why 1968 Tigers reserve Wayne Comer still receives fan mail every day
Wayne Comer is amazed. It has been 51 years since he was a reserve on the Detroit Tigers’ World Championship team, 47 years since his last big-league game and, at 75-years-old, he still gets fan mail.
Read more70s Show Reunites Ex-Tiger Ron LeFlore And John Sinclair In Detroit
Joe Lapointe for Deadline Detroit: Observing the white-haired Ron LeFlore at the Detroit Historical Museum Sunday was the white-bearded John[…]
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Tigers Legend Ron LeFlore Plans To Attend Free Screening Of Film About Him
The Detroit Historical Museum this weekend screens a vintage sports biography at a free event with a star guest. Ron LeFlore, a former Detroit Tigers center fielder played by LeVar Burton in the docudrama titled “One in a Million,” is scheduled to attend.
Read moreSaving Hamtramck Stadium – The Athletic
By Cody Stavenhagen at The Athletic ($): The first time Gary Gillette went out to the site, he took in[…]
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Brandon Inge a believer in Tigers’ plans
Brandon Inge knows the pain. He was a second-year player on the Detroit Tigers in 2002 when the team went 55-106, and he was there for the franchise-worst 43-119 record the following year.
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Willie Horton to join Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame
Detroit native and Tigers legend Willie Horton and legendary Eastern Michigan coach Ron Oestrike form the latest class heading into the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooley Law School Stadium.
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Former Tiger Jason Grilli gives thoughts on a potential turnaround
It was another edition of ‘Tigers Wednesdays’ with the West Michigan Whitecaps at Fifth-Third Ballpark with former Tigers reliever, Jason Grilli. In 2006, Grilli was on a Tigers team that made the World Series just three years after losing 119 games
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Summer of ’76 still special for former Detroit Tiger Steve Grilli
Steve Grilli called his son’s seasons with the Detroit Tigers much more prominent than his own. After all, Jason Grilli got to pitch for the Tigers in 2006 when Detroit advanced to the World Series.
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