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When my nearly 90-year-old grandpa, Bill Birkle, was forced to the hospital for pneumonia, it was the Detroit Tigers that kept his mind off things.

New Detroit Tigers reliever Geoff Hartlieb has a 7.92 ERA with 59 walks and 80 strikeouts across 80⅔ innings in six MLB seasons, spanning 66 games.

Target George Springer's to cash out on a few props for tonight's pick, odds, & expert prediction for Blue Jays vs. Tigers on Friday, July 25.

DETROIT - Tomahawk steak, a rotating sushi bar, lobster rolls, oysters Rockefeller, lamb chops... not something you’d expect to get at the ballpark, but that’s just some of what fans can indulge on at Comerica Park’s new Priority Club.

The Tigers led the AL Central by seven games on Sept. 6, 2009, and proceeded to finish the year 11-15 while the Twins won 18 of 26. That forced a Game 163, where the Tigers appropriately blew a 10th-inning lead to ultimately lose in 12.

T CU director of athletics Mike Buddie once pitched against Kevin Costner in a Major League Baseball game called by Vin Scully that was played at Yankee Stadium. The new TCU AD has a few obscure details to his career that are unique to people in his position:

The Detroit Tigers have been struggling, losing 10 of their last 11 games during the worst stretch they've had since turning the corner late last year. The trad