How Do Jim Leyland’s Teams Finish?
dailyfungo.com 10/5/2009 — The icy-cold fact is this: if the Tigers surrender the division lead — one they’ve held in some fashion since May 14 — on the last day of the season, it will be a one-of-a-kind collapse: a three-game cushion with four to play.  ...

Tigers manager Jim Leyland: Twins 'not going to go away'
mlive.com 9/30/2009 — Leyland breaks down the day-night doubleheader in a postgame news conference.

Burned: 2009 Detroit Tigers Edition
blog.mlive.com 10/9/2009 — Jared Field's weekly reality check for people in the sports world.

First-guessing Jim Leyland
myespn.go.com 10/3/2009 — At this writing, the Tigers have been smashed by the White Sox and the Twins are thoroughly smashing the Royals. In the midst of all this, Mack Avenue...

Tigers' offseason filled with roster decisions
mlive.com 10/11/2009 — Will Placido Polanco be back? How about Fernando Rodney? And who will be Detroit's fifth starter next season?

Thoughts on GM Dave Dombrowski's meeting with the press
mackavenuetigers.com 10/8/2009 — Tigers CEO/president/GM Dave Dombrowski spent about an hour talking to the media today. Obviously, the issues with Miguel Cabrera took the forefront of that conversation, but I really feel like there's nothing new to add to the topic, other than to say Dombrowski felt assured by Cabrera and his ...

Tigers receive their end-of-season honors
mackavenuetigers.com 10/13/2009 — Tigers MVP -- Justin Verlander . He had a poor month of April, but from that point on took the Tigers on his back and carried them every time they needed him most. Sure, he wasn't an every day player. But he was just what they needed, when they needed it. Tigers Starting Pitcher of the Year ...

Tigers Drop Finale, Division to Twins
baseballreflections.com 10/8/2009 — Detroit 5, Minnesota 6 ( box ) Final Record 86-77 (second place) Devastation. That’s what I felt Tuesday night as the Twins celebrated following their 12th inning walk off, that’s what I’m feeling Wednesday morning as I write this. The back and forth nature of this game made it a ...

Tigers' Jim Leyland: Rick Porcello to pitch 'toughest' game of his career
mlive.com 10/5/2009 — DETROIT -- At age 20, Tigers rookie Rick Porcello will already be pitching the most important game of his entire career.

Offseason Part 1: SWOTing at the Tigers
mackavenuetigers.com 10/14/2009 — As we transition from the Tigers' 2009 heart-breaker to what lies ahead this offseason, it's an time  to take stock of where both the organization and the parent club stands. Only when we've got a good feel where, exactly, things stand can we figure out how to best go forward. Rather ...

For Leyland, no regrets at season's end — Major League Baseball News 10/7/2009
No matter how flustered manager Jim Leyland might've been with his offense, no matter how much shuffling he had to do with his injury-plagued rotation, he tried to maintain a matter-of-fact approach to the Tigers' playoff chase as the Twins closed in ...

Tigers' Leyland says shame on us for not winning — FOXSports.com News for MLB 10/7/2009
Jim Leyland says the Detroit Tigers have no one to blame but themselves for losing a three-game lead in the AL Central with four scheduled games left. That doesn't change how Detroit's manager felt Wednesday about a key moment in the 163rd game of ...

Tigers GM Dombrowski 'upset' by Cabrera (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 10/8/2009
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski says he met with Miguel Cabrera following the season to address the slugger's decision to get drunk in between games last week. Dombrowski said Thursday that Cabrera "knows he made a mistake," adding ...

Detroit Tigers Not the Only Ones Hurt By Miguel Cabrera's Egotism — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/8/2009
When I was in high school during the mid-1990s, we had what would now be called a strength-and-conditioning coach. He was an ex-coach/administrator who volunteered to help around the edges of the program because he loved athletic competition.  ...

Tigers GM Dombrowski was 'upset' with Cabrera — SI.com - MLB 10/8/2009
DETROIT (AP) -- Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski says he met with Miguel Cabrera following the season to address the slugger's decision to get drunk in between games last week.