beyondtheboxscore.com - 9/5/2009
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by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP
Detroit's championship hopes ride on this man's back and right arm.
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mackavenuetigers.com - 9/1/2009
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All manager Jim Leyland talks about during the
season is playing meaningful games in September. I think...
we can check that one off the list. But now the question arises: will the Tigers be playing meaningful games in October? On the surface, they lead a three-team race for the Central ...
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And down the stretch they come: Can the Tigers hold off ...
mackavenuetigers.com - 8/31/2009
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The Sept. 1 roster expansion is typically an
exciting time for fans of teams going no where...
fast. At last, a couple of those prospects they've been hearing about might finally get the call to the major leagues for a preview of the future. For fans of teams in the thick of a pennant race, it's ...
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Rosters expand Tuesday: Who gets the call?
mackavenuetigers.com - 9/10/2009
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This is not 2006. Nor is it
1968 1987, 2003 or 1492. This much probably...
seems obvious to you, right? And yet a day doesn't go by when someone, somewhere does not reach to the past to make a comparison to the present. While in life it's a pretty good ...
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Stop looking to the past for clues about the present
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Pitch Labor Day
FanGraphs Baseball —
... As I wrote elsewhere, Verlander leads baseball in starts in which he threw 120 or more pitches. This has occurred seven times this season. The two next highest pitchers in the American League have three of these games apiece. Averaging 111 pitches per game with a little over 3,200 on the season, there is a chance he will hit the 4,000 pitch mark with another seven-to-eight starts this year. ...
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Coolstandings.com (this are the ones used by ESPN.com by the way): 87.2 percent.
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mackavenuetigers.com 8/27/2009 — Angels 4, Tigers 2 ( box ) Record: 67-50 (first place, 4-1/2 games)
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By Scott D
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Verlander wins No. 16 after Tigers hold off Rays —
SI.com - MLB 9/5/2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.(AP) Justin Verlander picked up his 16th win of the season, Adam Everett hit a tiebreaking RBI single during a three-run ninth and the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Friday night.
AL GAME OF THE DAY - Tigers 4, Rays 3 —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 9/5/2009
Justin Verlander won his third straight start and 16th of the season, and Adam Everett hit a tiebreaking RBI single during a three-run ninth as the Tigers beat the Rays 4-3 on Friday night. Verlander, who has won six of his last nine starts, tied New ...
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