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Polanco update
Jim Leyland said after the game that Placido Polanco has patella tendinitis in his right knee. Leyland was already planning on giving Polanco a game off Wednesday ahead of Thursday's off-day, so he'll stick with that plan and try to get him ready for ...
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 Tigers vs. Rangers - Recap - August 19, 2008
Tigers vs. Rangers - Recap - August 19, 2008
Joyce's big bat helps fellow rookie Galarraga conquer former team ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Even though he's a rookie, Matt Joyce made a wise decision listening to veteran manager Jim Leyland. Joyce homered twice, including a three-run shot in a ...

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 Ask Jimmy Leyland!
Ask Jimmy Leyland!
Inspired by Jim Leyland's interview with Chris Myers a while ago, we've decided to open up a new segment here at Diamond Hoggers featuring our Marlboro Red Manager of the Year. He is here to offer readers his wisdom on life, and all things ...
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 Commentary: Leyland says he'll stick it out this time
Commentary: Leyland says he'll stick it out this time
Jerry Green Commentary: Leyland says he'll stick it out this time As the ballclub floundered the group of owners gathered in a solemn caucus and reached the inevitable decision. It was unanimous. Fire the manager. They marched en masse to the ...
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 Glass Joel Hurts Again
Glass Joel Hurts Again
Joel Zumaya has the kind of stuff and the sort of personality that inspires many nicknames.  Some call him "Zoom."  Others call him "Zoom-Zoom."  (And maybe all they wanna do is "Boom-Boom.") "Guitar Hero."  "Guitar Zero."  ...
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 Dolsi to Toledo; Jones back with Tigers Friday - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
Dolsi to Toledo; Jones back with Tigers Friday - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, Photos, ...
DETROIT -- Reliever Freddy Dolsi (1-4, 3.96 ERA, 2 saves) was optioned back to Toledo after today's game, and reliever Todd Jones (4-1, 5.05, 18 saves) will be added to the roster before Friday night's game here with Baltimore. Dolsi stepped up in the ...
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 Tigers' new lineup: Ordonez third, Cabrera fourth - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
Tigers' new lineup: Ordonez third, Cabrera fourth - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, ...
DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland decided to set forth his new heart of the batting order in the last two games of the Toronto series, batting Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera and Gary Sheffield 3-4-5. "I'm definitely going to hit Ordonez ...
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No takers for Sheffield on waiver wire | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
As expected, Tigers designated hitter Gary Sheffield cleared trade waivers this afternoon. Now that the team has secured waivers on Sheffield, it can trade him at any point between now and the end of the regular season. Sheffield is owed roughly $17.5 ...
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 Joel Zumaya's Season Is Likely Over
Joel Zumaya's Season Is Likely Over
On Wednesday morning I wrote about Tigers manager Jim Leyland saying he wasn't sure when he was going to use Joel Zumaya again. Going off of what he'd been seeing from Zoom while on the mound, Leyland felt that something had to be wrong with ...
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 Joel Zumaya Could Be Out Awhile
Joel Zumaya Could Be Out Awhile
While the Tigers learned something new about Gary Sheffield on Tuesday - that he hits really well when he's angry about being placed on waivers - they also saw something they've known about for a while. Their bullpen sucks. After Sheffield's two ...
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Tigers lose game, Zumaya | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Gary Sheffield stole the show. Then the Blue Jays stole it back from the Tigers' bullpen. Overcoming two Sheffield solo homers, Toronto wiped out a three-run Tigers lead with a four-run seventh. The Blue Jays won, 6-4, Tuesday night and beat ...
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 Source: Tigers Place Gary Sheffield on Waivers
Source: Tigers Place Gary Sheffield on Waivers
One day after Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he was "flabbergasted" by Gary Sheffield's complaints about playing time, Sheffield was among several Tigers placed on waivers by the club Tuesday, according to a major league source.
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 You Do Not Want To Get Between Gary Sheffield and Jim Leyland
You Do Not Want To Get Between Gary Sheffield and Jim Leyland
Please let Gary Sheffield keep talking about his situation in Detroit. He already has manager Jim Leyland "flabbergasted" and we all know how he can lose his shit at the drop of a cigarette butt. Sheff is pissed off again. Detroit is nowhere close to being a winner and he has to play DH . "I can be in the outfield and play every day. I don't want to DH. I don't feel like a baseball player ...
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 Sheffield comments leave Leyland 'flabbergasted' - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
Sheffield comments leave Leyland 'flabbergasted' - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, ...
DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he was "totally flabbergasted" and "blind-sided" by a Sunday Boston Globe article in which Gary Sheffield said he did not want to be a designated hitter or platoon because it hindered his ability to lead. "I ...
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Tigers manager Jim Leyland flabbergasted Gary Sheffield is unhappy with his role on team -- ...
| AP Sports Writer 7:53 PM CDT, August 11, 2008 DETROIT (AP) _ Gary Sheffield and Jim Leyland might just have to agree to disagree. Sheffield said he wants to play every day and the nine-time All-Star feels he's in a platoon for the Detroit Tigers. He ...
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Leyland/Sheffield quotes
Here's a selection of quotes from Tigers manager Jim Leyland on the Boston Globe article in which Gary Sheffield talked about his role as a platoon (otherwise known as my way of getting use out of quotes I transcribed but couldn't fit into the article ...
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 Leyland 'blindsided' by Sheff's remarks | tigers.com: News
Leyland 'blindsided' by Sheff's remarks | tigers.com: News
DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland wasn't angered by Gary Sheffield's comments in Sunday's Boston Globe about his role. But the skipper was certainly "blindsided," a term he used several times as he tried to explain his reaction. He also said he ...
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 The Detroit Tigers are Dead to Me
The Detroit Tigers are Dead to Me
The Tigers season was hanging by a thread last night. Most, including myself, had already dug their grave and admitted that the 2008 Season was a colossal disappointment. But there was that small chance. That 1 in a million shot that the Twins and White Sox would both blow up and the Tigs would somehow manage a sweep this week.
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Tigers name Zumaya closer
Tom Gage / The Detroit News CHICAGO -- It might last one game, it could last longer and, who knows, if he pitches well it could be permanent but Joel Zumaya was moved to the closer's role for the Tigers' game Tuesday night against the White Sox. "If ...
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Closer by committee?
Joel Zumaya is back and available. Moreover, if the Tigers have a lead heading into the ninth inning, manager Jim Leyland indicated that Zumaya would close it out. Asked if Fernando Rodney is still the closer, Leyland said, "Sometimes." Other times, ...
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Calling Everone Out
Jim Leyland dropped some bombs on his Detroit Tigers prior to the game against the Rays on Sunday. They probably still apply after Detroit gave up two late leads en route to getting swept. The crux of his lecture was, We should be embarrassed. Jim Leyland is too classy a guy to start calling out his...
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Leyland rips team before loss | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Ashamed. Shocked. Disappointed. Terrible. Embarrassed. Tigers manager Jim Leyland used all those words to describe either his mood or his team's play when he spoke Sunday morning, with the Tigers having lost three straight to ...
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'Ashamed' manager Leyland lets loose on Tigers' lack of production
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- In fed-up tones that signaled a likely shake-up of the Tigers' lineup and pitching staff, manager Jim Leyland said Sunday he was "embarrassed" and "shocked" by his team's play following three consecutive losses, two of which ...
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 Tigers' Zumaya examined, won't pitch for few days - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
Tigers' Zumaya examined, won't pitch for few days - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is seeing fewer and fewer options down in the bullpen for late-inning situations. Leyland said he won't pitch Joel Zumaya before Tuesday because of a problem occurring above the right triceps, ...
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Pain lingers in Zumaya's right arm | Tigers.com: News
ST. PETERSBURG -- Joel Zumaya continues to be plagued by tightness in his right arm, and manager Jim Leyland said prior to Saturday's game against the Rays that the Tigers can "hopefully" insert Zumaya back into the bullpen on Tuesday. Leyland ...
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 Pudge Asked for the Trade
Pudge Asked for the Trade
Now this makes sense ( from Bill Madden’s column in The New York Daily News ): How could [Yankees' GM Brian Cashman] know the Detroit Tigers’ perennial All-Star and Gold Glove catcher had become disconcerted over the decision of his ...
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Todd Jones injured, Leyland hit in face
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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Det News: Tearful Jones resigned to fate with Tigers
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 ...
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 Tigers' Zumaya leaves game with triceps tightness - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
Tigers' Zumaya leaves game with triceps tightness - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, ...
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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 Rodney replacing Jones as closer, Leyland says - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
Rodney replacing Jones as closer, Leyland says - Detroit Tigers Baseball: News, Blogs, Photos, ...
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 takes over closing duties | Tigers.com: News
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 ...