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BY STEVE KORNACKI Gazette News Service DETROIT -- Nothing is as demoralizing for a Baseball team as watching leads disappear in the late innings.

Two years ago, the Tigers added one prospect to their 40-man roster when the time came to protect players for the Rule 5 draft.

Joel Zumaya gave the Tigers a triple-digit fastball route to respectability when he went from the Minor Leagues to the back end of Detroit's bullpen at age 21.

With baseball's free agency period beginning today, Tigers beat writer Jon Paul Morosi took a moment to answer five burning questions.

The attempt to right the wrong begins for the Detroit Tigers with the opening of free agent signing season.

If you believe Arte Moreno, the Angels will have a new closer in 2009 ... You know, for all the talk about everybody needing relief help, there really aren't all that many teams who desperately need a new ...

Of the two co-favorites to fall short of expectations in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic, the breakdown of one caused national depression.

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DANA POINT, Calif. -- As the Tigers establish their off-season shopping list, they would do well to start at the finish: the ninth inning, where they need a successor to Todd Jones.

When told that Todd Jones teared up as he announced his retirement Thursday, Tigers manager Jim Leyland quickly found the perfect one-liner. "I had tears a few times he pitched, too," Leyland quipped.

The last time the Tigers changed pitching coaches, they went to the World Series on the strength of the best ERA in baseball.

Miguel Cabrera homered and Dontrelle Willis had his best outing of a lost season, helping Detroit beat the Rays in Tampa Bay's first game since clinching the AL East title.

Jeff Jones got the word Thursday morning, a few hours before the Tigers and Tampa Bay were to play an afternoon game at Comerica Park.

Tampa Bay's AL East title celebration was delayed by Detroit. Scott Kazmir allowed four homers, two to Ramon Santiago, and the Rays lost to the Tigers 7-5 Thursday.

It should have come as no surprise that Tigers' pitching coach Chuck Hernandez was fired before Sunday's game.

Detroit Tigers reliever Todd Jones says he will retire at the end of the 2008 major league baseball season.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Tuesday that Nate Robertson needed to step it up for next season.

Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Fernando Rodney, center, gets encouragement from catcher Dusty Ryan and other teammates after putting two Texas Rangers runners on base with no outs in the ninth inning of a ...

What is the deal with Carlos Guillen? Will he be back this season? -- Garrett S., Royal Oak, Mich.

Bob Watson, Major League Baseball's disciplinarian for on-field disputes and altercations, announced Thursday that Tigers manager Jim Leyland has been suspended three games for "inappropriate conduct" during ...