Miguel Cabrera News Archives

In looking to next season with the help of this one, don't begin at the Metrodome ending, but in the middle - as in the middle of the Tigers' batting order.

Two prominent Minnesota businessmen are seeking to become minority owners of the Star Tribune.

I've spent several thousand words discussing roster moves the Tigers are faced with in terms of free agents and arbitration eligible players.

Tigers' Miguel Cabrera, right, is congratulated at home by Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen after Cabrera hit a two-run home run against the Minnesota Twins.

The Mariners are off the hook on their $16 million mistake after Seattle catcher Kenji Johjima relinquished the remainder of his salary so he could return home and finish his career in Japan.

It was the second year in a row that the offense seemed to perform below expectations, after having a huge season in 2007.

Curtis Granderson and Marcus Thames each hit solo home runs and Miguel Cabrera knocked in a pair as the Detroit Tigers held on to defeat the Chicago White Sox, 6-4, salvaging a win in the three-game series at Comerica Park.

The Detroit Tigers were three games up in the American League Central with four to play, and they blew the division.

Baseball is a game of failures. It is a game in which three hits -- and seven outs -- in 10 at-bats is considered successful.

The playoffs would have been a little different this weekend if the Tigers hadn't come knocking on the Florida Marlins door in 2007.

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski addresses the media during a news conference in Detroit, two days after the team's season ended in Minnesota.

The more you look at it, the more you realize how immensely challenging the offseason will be for the Tigers.

23, 2009. The Reds won 12-2. I am not a mixed league player, but I have a feeling that the Tigers Miguel Cabrera would probably be drafted higher than the Reds Joey Votto .

John Lowe breaks down the Tigers by position: Catcher: With his strong throwing arm, Gerald Laird became even more of a defensive asset than imagined.

Birmingham Police Chief Richard Patterson is hotter than a 98 mph fastball. Nearly a week after his officers responded to a 9-1-1 call at the home of Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera, the police chief has been peppered with questions on whether his department tried to shield the popular athlete by not arresting him.

Jim Leyland sat behind the desk in the manager's office prior to Saturday night's game and cut to the chase: "If we can't win, shame on us.

Three firefighters were hurt while battling a fire at Randall Elementary School in Taylor.

Detroit Dave Dombrowski, the Tigers' president and general manager, began his Thursday address at Comerica Park by informing a media crowd that this would 'not be a press conference.' And then he talked for an hour about every facet of the team, beginning with Miguel Cabrera's weekend drinking binge, and ending with commentary on catching ...

Congratulations to the Minnesota Twins and their fans. You have to hand it to a team that finished the season 17-4 without their second best player.

I hate to blame coaches, but whatever Lloyd McClendon did this season didn't work.

Minnesota's Scott Baker did not allow an earned run against the Tigers on Thursday.

I must share my late-season heartbreak for the 2009 Tigers. While the pitching was superb all year, too many batting averages were stuck in the low .200s, while the best slugger on the team had a batting average of 300.

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When I was in high school during the mid-1990s, we had what would now be called a strength-and-conditioning coach.

After 162 games, it was only fitting that the 163rd needed extra innings to decide the AL Central champion.A In a game full of bloopers, bombs, diving plays, headfirst slides and power strikeouts, it was a solid RBI single by Alexi Casilla that gave the Twins a 6-5 win and a date with October baseball.

After the Tigers ' loss to the Twins Tuesday, Jim Leyland has been on blast from talk radio callers who are disgusted with the fact that he wouldn't pinch hit for Gerald Laird with the bases loaded in extra innings of Tuesday's one-game playoff.

Dear John Lowe: RBI are a product of runners on base. The Tigersa No. 3 and No.5 hitters had relatively low RBI totals because Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco were never on base.

The player that could only be made in South America, where life is cheap. As Twins fans chanted "al-co-hol-ic!" before his at-bats, Cabrera came out smoking.

As per schedule, the fireworks went off following Friday's Detroit Tigers game at Comerica Park.

Yes, that's the unquestionable star of tonight's play-in game. And he's already got a copy of tomorrow's newspaper .

Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera finished in the top 10 in the American League in the Triple Crown categories, leading the club with a .323 average, 33 home runs and 101 RBIs.

Word of advice to future husbands: coming home at 6 a.m. with a BAC of .260 and waking the kids because you're yammering on your cell phone is not going to put you in good standing with the missus.

In their heads? Now why would you say that? Because the Tigers have turned a three-game lead into a one-game lead in two days? Because All-Star pitcher Edwin Jackson "threw way too many bad pitches, right over the middle of the plate," in manager Jim Leyland's words? Because the Tigers spotted the Twins an 8-1 lead Thursday, then lost, 8-0, to the ...

Detroit star Miguel Cabrera apologized to his teammates for being drunk last weekend while the Tigers were trying to clinch the AL Central title, then delivered two big hits in Tuesday's tiebreaker against Minnesota.

The Tigers led or had a share of the American League Central lead for 149 days -- but slipped to second on the last day.

Wed Oct 7, 2009 6:38am EDT - Detroit Tigers base runner Miguel Cabrera is forced out at home by Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer on a ground ball by Tigers' Brandon Inge with the bases loaded in the twelfth inning during their MLB American League Central Division playoff baseball game in Minneapolis, Minnesota October 6, 2009.

Jim Leyland has to realize that the Miguel Cabrera weekend incident was no more 'gossip' than last week's David Letterman extortion flap.

For the first time in its history, the publishers of Consumer Reports magazine have produced a television commercial promoting a political issue.

Game 163 Notes The Twins host the Tigers on Tuesday for Game 163 of the regular season, and the winner will advance to the playoffs to take on the Yankees.

Home plate umpire Randy Marsh thought otherwise, ruling that Bobby Keppel's pitch did not hit Inge.

Miguel Cabrera stroked a two-run home run to center field, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 3-1 lead after four innings of a one-game AL Central playoff today in Minnesota.

It's Goose Loonies all over again, only this time, featuring bats and balls. Not to mention an apparent domestic dispute.

It's a tough place to get nostalgic about, even as they get ready to take the baggies down for good.

Jamie Samuelsen, the sports director for the 'Deminski & Doyle' morning show on WCSX-FM , blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

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Records show police responded to a "family trouble" call at the home of Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera.

Detroit -- Miguel Cabrera and his scratched face were missing from the clubhouse after Saturday night's game at Comerica Park.

My weekly take on the Tigers, also known simply and affectionately as "MMM." This week: 9/28-10/1: MIN; 10/2-4: CWS Goat of the Week Curtis Granderson.