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mlb.mlb.com - 7/27/2008
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DETROIT -- While the Tigers continue to look
for bullpen help, they made a major internal change...
in the relief corps on Sunday. Fernando Rodney has replaced Todd Jones as Detroit's closer for the time being. Manager Jim Leyland revealed the move ...
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Rodney takes over closing duties | Tigers.com: News
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sports.espn.go.com - 7/18/2008
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Tigers hold off late rally from O's to
win series opener BALTIMORE (AP) -- A few words...
of advice went a long way for Gary Sheffield -- say, around 750 feet. Sheffield hit one home run and was robbed of another, and the Detroit Tigers also got homers ...
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Tigers vs. Orioles - Recap - July 17, 2008
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beck.mlblogs.com - 7/18/2008
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Not only is it really hot here in
Baltimore, it's really humid, and there's very little wind...
to speak of. Being close to the water doesn't help. The Tigers are sending their guys out for batting practice in groups. If it's not your group, you don't ...
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It's so hot ... milk was a bad choice
beck.mlblogs.com - 7/31/2008
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Apparently Todd Jones has been feeling some discomfort
in his shoulder for the past six weeks, but...
Wednesday was the night in which it became a significant enough issue to shelve him. He couldn't loosen it up in his warmup tosses and had to stop, he ...
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Todd Jones injured, Leyland hit in face
freep.com - 7/1/2008
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The Tigers have two left-handed relievers, Casey Fossum
and Bobby Seay , and neither has fared well...
against left-handed hitters. Lefties are batting .417 against Fossum (5-for-12) and .308 against Seay (16-for-52). Seay earned the victory Thursday ...
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Tigers' Rodney has best outing of season; Zumaya 'not ...
beck.mlblogs.com - 7/4/2008
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So am I, but that's not really news
so much as it's the work schedule.The lineups should...
be interesting this weekend because of the game times this series -- essentially alternating night games and day games for four days. Jim...
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Cabrera's back
detnews.com - 7/7/2008
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Tigers: Notebook Slumping Renteria: 'I feel bad' In
effort to jump-start his shortstop, Leyland moves him to...
No. 3 hole. But he still goes 0-for-4. Lynn Henning / The Detroit News SEATTLE -- In a bid to get Edgar Renteria into some kind of comfort ...
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Slumping Renteria: 'I feel bad'
detnews.com - 7/10/2008
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Notebook Tigers' schedule infuriates Leyland Tom Gage /
The Detroit News DETROIT -- Manager Jim Leyland saw...
it and didn't like it. In Wednesday's Detroit News, it was reported the Tigers have had the worst All-Star break schedule of any major-league ...
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Tigers' schedule infuriates Leyland
detnews.com - 7/11/2008
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Tigers: Notebook Schedule not rigged, MLB says Tom
Gage / The Detroit News DETROIT -- The Tigers...
are not being singled out for short All-Star breaks, a Major League Baseball spokesman said Thursday. "Every club has scheduling issues that seem specific ...
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Schedule not rigged, MLB says
freep.com - 7/11/2008
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Ten days from now, in the opener of
a series in Kansas City, the Tigers will need...
their No. 5 starter again. It's uncertain who it will be, but he's probably someone in the organization rather than a potential acquisition. It's possible that -- like ...
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Big deal unlikely for Tigers before deadline | Freep.com ...
freep.com - 7/14/2008
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Tigers President/general manager Dave Dombrowski said the team
has yet to decide who will pitch the fifth...
game of the second half, one week from today in Kansas City. But he made it clear that Class A Lakeland right-hander Rick Porcello, the ...
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Tigers unsure who No. 5 starter will be, but it likely ...
beck.mlblogs.com - 7/17/2008
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Bonine will be sent to Toledo to start
there on Monday. As recently as this afternoon, Miner...
was scheduled to start for the Hens on Monday until the Tigers made the change. Leyland didn't want to go into details. In other news, Carlos Guillen is not ...
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Miner to start on Monday, Guillen away
freep.com - 7/19/2008
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BALTIMORE -- The Tigers, who have been shackled
often this season by right-handers, got 12 hits Friday...
night off Orioles right-hander Jeremy Guthrie. And Guthrie is anything but average. He entered the day tied for the American League lead in quality ...
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Tiger: O's won on 'one-in-a-billion shot' | Freep.com | ...
mlive.com - 7/27/2008
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DETROIT The "Rollercoaster" ride is over, at least
for now. Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced today that...
he is replacing closer Todd "Rollercoaster" Jones with Fernando Rodney, who responded by striking out the side in the ninth inning during a ...
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Rodney replacing Jones as closer, Leyland says ...
mlive.com - 7/28/2008
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DETROIT -- Joel Zumaya had a 1-2-3 seventh
inning, walked Chicago White Sox leadoff batter Juan Uribe...
in the eighth and got one out before having to come out Sunday with right triceps tightness. He'd been throwing with it and experiencing spasms ...
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Tigers' Zumaya leaves game with triceps tightness ...
beck.mlblogs.com - 7/9/2008
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No, Polanco is not off to celebrate his
new U.S. citizenship. Leyland said last night he wanted...
to give them a day off after they played all 15 innings of that Sunday marathon. Thus, Ramon Santiago and Dane Sardinha get the starts and bat around the ...
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Polanco and Pudge off, Guillen returns
mlb.fanhouse.com - 7/10/2008
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For a sports fan, baseball's All-Star break is
generally the three dullest days of the year. Sure,...
there's the actual game and the home run derby that goes with it, but other than that, not much goes on in sports for three days. Well, unless you ...
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Jim Leyland Wants Another Day Off
mlb.mlb.com - 7/10/2008
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According to manager Jim Leyland, the club considers
rookie Eddie Bonine the favorite to start for Detroit...
when his next turn in the rotation comes around July 21 at Kansas City.
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Bonine top option for No. 5 role
baseballthinkfactory.org - 7/28/2008
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His stint as the closer is over, for
now. Jones sounded like a guy who realized it...
might be over forever. “I’ve been to the depths of everything emotionally, but this is just one of those things you have to go through, too,” Jones said, his eyes ...
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Det News: Tearful Jones resigned to fate with Tigers
mlive.com - 7/10/2008
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DETROIT -- As Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco
put it, "I'm part of the country now. I'm...
real." Polanco was never Pinocchio, but after Wednesday evening's pregame naturalization ceremony, he is a real U.S. citizen. Polanco, along with 99 other ...
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Tigers' Polanco becomes U.S. citizen in pregame ...
