Jim Leyland is only in favor of a trade-deadline deal for his Detroit Tigers if it makes the team significantly better. "For us to do something, give up a pretty good young player or players, it would have to be someone who we all felt would be a big difference maker," the manager said. Leyland said that player could be a hitter or pitcher.

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Ian Casselberry is Editor Emeritus for Bless You Boys, the definitive Detroit Tigers blog, and he also writes…

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St. Louis and Philadelphia are vying for Roy Oswalt, but every team in contention is trying to bolster their staffs.

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DETROIT – Miguel Cabrera started a three-run eighth inning with an RBI double, and Justin Verlander settled down after a rocky start to go eight innings in the Detroit Tigers' 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.

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Ralph Houk, who guided the powerhouse New York Yankees of the early 1960s to two World Series championships during his 20 years as a big league manager, died Wednesday. He was 90. Houk also skippered the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox in a managerial career that spanned three decades. Red Sox spokesman Dick Bresciani said Houk's grandson, Scott Slaboden, told the team Houk died at his…

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Tommy Hunter made Texas Rangers history. Hunter became the first Ranger to pitch only as a starter and begin a season with seven wins and no losses, and Josh Hamilton hit another homer to help surging Texas beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 8-0 on Tuesday night. "That's a great accomplishment because you obviously want to win every game, but a lot of it has to do with the guys behind…

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The Detroit Tigers were great at home and poor on the road before the All-Star game. Since the break, they've been awful everywhere. Again. Detroit lost to the Texas Rangers 8-0 on Tuesday night and took a season-high, seven-game skid into the series finale Wednesday night. Rain fell during the bottom of the sixth inning in the second game of the set, as the home team was trying to muster up a…

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The Detroit Tigers have placed third baseman Brandon Inge on the 15-day disabled list with a broken left hand. Inge was injured in Monday night's 8-6 loss to Texas when he was hit by a pitch from Scott Feldman in the third inning. Inge stayed in the game after being examined by Detroit's training staff, but was replaced in the field by Don Kelly for the top of the fifth.

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Nelson Cruz's two-run homer in the 14th inning gave the Texas Rangers an 8-6 win over the Detroit Tigers in an American League game Monday that was marred by two injuries. The Tigers lost their sixth straight game despite two home runs from Miguel Cabrera, while the Rangers won for the first time in 12 attempts in Detroit.

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AccuScore uses past performance statistics to describe how players perform under different environmental,…

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