Prince Fielder

Prince Fielder signed a nine year deal worth $214 million with the Detroit Tigers; the team his father played for during a large portion of his Major League career. With the addition of Fielder the Tigers will now have to move Miguel Cabrera to 3B, a position that he hasn't played in quite some time. Look for Fielder to have a monster season, even though Comerica Park is known as a pitcher's haven.

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Happy Birthday Hank Greenberg

This Day in Sports History - 9/14/1968

The Tigers' Denny McLain becomes major league baseball's first 30-game winner since Dizzy Dean in 1934 as he defeats the Oakland Athletics, 5-4, in Detroit. The Tigers score two runs in the ninth to preserve the thrilling victory. McLain will finish this season with a 31-6 record and a 1.96 ERA, and he'll follow with a 24-9 campaign in 1969. But he'll never be the same pitcher after he's suspended for the first half of the 1970 season by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn because of his involvement with gamblers. From his rookie season in 1963 through 1969, McLain's record is 114-57; from 1970 through the end of his career, it's 17-34.

This Day in Sports History - 3/30/1917

Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Buck Herzog of the New York Giants comes to blows during an exhibition game in Dallas. Cobb also slides into second base and slashes Herzog with his spikes, and the two exchange punches before being separated. Later this evening, they fight again in Cobb's hotel room. Cobb refuses to play the remaining exhibition games against the Giants, scheduled through April 5. After the tour, the Giants send Cobb a telegram: "It's safe to rejoin your club, we've left."

Johnny Damon

The Tampa Bay Rays signed Johnny Damon. He re-joins former Boston teammate Manny Ramirez who was also signed by the Rays. Damon will spend time in LF, DH and perhaps even a little at 1B. Damon has 385 career stolen bases and is a career .287 hitter. More than the statistics that Damon has accumulated over his career, he has shown to be a team leader which is something the Rays need with a very young team.

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Victor Martinez

Victor Martinez signed a 4 year contract to play for the Detroit Tigers. Martinez has played mostly as a catcher but can easily find some playing time at 1B and DH. Martinez is a switch-hitter who will bring some pop to the middle of the lineup with Miguel Cabrera. The Tigers are probably not done considering they want to re-sign Magglio Ordonez and GM Dave Dombrowski is a very active GM. Even if they don't re-sign Ordonez the Tigers look like a big contender in the AL Central.


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Greatest Coaches Countdown - #38 Sparky Anderson

Sport: MLB
Stops: Reds (1970 - 1978)
Tigers (1979 - 1995)
Record: 2,194 - 1,834 (.545 Winning Percentage)
Championships: 3

Fun Facts

1. Anderson was the first manager to win a World Series in both the AL & NL
2. Some of the players who played for Anderson and later went on to become managers include, Pete Rose, Hal McRae, Ray Knight, Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammell, Tony Perez, Larry Rothschild, Pat Corrales amongst others
   

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Best by the Numbers - Detrot Edition

1. Chauncy Billups
2. Nick Harris
3. Allan Trammell
4. Joe Dumars
5. Hank Greenberg: Hammerin' Hank was AL MVP in 1935 and 1940
6. Al Kaline: Kaline had 3,007 career hit
7. Ivan Rodriguez
8. Edgar Renteria
9. Gordie Howe: Mr. Hockey is one of the greatest hockey players of all-time
10. Dennis Rodman
11. Roy Williams
12. Brad Ausmus
13. Pavel Datsyuk
14. Brendan Shanahan
15. Vinnie Johnson
16. Bob Lanier
17. Denny McLain: In 1968 McLain had a record of 31-6
18. Kirk Maltby
19. Steve Yzerman
20. Barry Sanders: Sanders holds 10 Detroit Lions Team Records
21. Dave Bing
22. Tayshaun Prince
23. Willie Horton
24. Travis Fryman
25. Norm Cash
26. Louis Delmas
27. Daniel Bullocks
28. Luis Gonzalez
29. Mickey Lolich: Lolich is the only lefty to pitch 3 complete game wins in the World Series
30. Magglio Ordonez
31. Curtis Joseph
32. Richard Hamilton
33. Grant Hill: Hill shared the 1995 Rookie of the Year award with Jason Kidd
34. Kevin Jones
35. Justin Verlander
36. Rasheed Wallace
37. Kenny Rogers
38. Jeremy Bonderman
39. Dominik Hasek
40. Bill Laimbeer: Laimbeer won 2 Championships as a player and 3 Championships as a coach
41. Elden Campbell
42. Jerry Stackhouse
43. Darren Helm
44. Todd Bertuzzi
45. Cecil Fielder
46. Bruce Krimm
47. Jack Morris
48. C.J. Nitkowski
49. Jason Grilli
50. Ernie Sims
51. Dominic Raiola
52. Jonathan Ericsson
53. Jarrod Washburn
54. Chris Spielman: Spielman, an Ohio State Alumn, played for the Lions from 1988 - 1995
55. Keith Primeau
56. Joe Schmidt
57. Ken Fantetti
58. Armando Galarraga
59. Todd Jones: Jones is the all-time Detroit leader in saves
60. Paul Spicer
61. Jim Pyne
62. Franklin German
63. Manny Ramirez
64. Edwin Mulitalo
65. Kerlin Blaise
66. Shawn Bouwens
67. Andy McCollum
68. Jon Jansen
69. Kyle Kosier
70. Josh Lovelady
71. Alex Karras: May be best known for his acting credits in Blazing Saddles and Webster
72. George Foster
73. Harvey Salem
74. Ephraim Salaam
75. Shaun Cody
76. Jeff Backus
77. Keith Ferguson
78. Cory Redding
79. Bill Fralic
80. Brett Perriman
81. Calvin Johnson: Johnson was drafted by the Lions with the 2nd pick in 2007
82. Rodney Holman
83. Brian Stablein
84. Herman Moore
85. Chuck Hayes
86. Willie Green
87. Mike Furrey
88. Charlie Sanders
89. Jimmie Johnson
90. Grady Jackson
91. Sergei Fedorov
92. Shaun Rogers
93. Jerry Ball
94. Jose Mesa
95. Jared Devries
96. Tomas Holmstron
97. Boss Bailey
98. Dennis Gibson
99. Dewayne White

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Jahvid Best 75 yd TD

Jahvid Best is an electrifying rookie with the Detroit Lions, here is a 75 yard TD against the Eagles in week 2.

Ernie Harwell Farewell Address

This video is from Sept. of 2009. Ernie Harwell was the long time announcer for the Detroit Tigers and on that night they were honoring Harwell for his years of service to the team. Last night Ernie Harwell died at the age of 92. He was an excellent announcer and this video is a fitting tribute to say goodbye to Mr. Ernie Harwell.

Daniel Schlereth at Tigers Camp

Here is a video from a Detroit Sportscast about Daniel Schlereth and his dad, former NFL player and current ESPN personality Mark Schlereth. Daniel, as you may recall, was involved in the trade that help land Curtis Granderson with the Yankees.