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One is 23 years old and just beginning his major league career. The other is 44 and just ended his.

It doesn't matter if Cliff Lee pitches against Detroit's Justin Verlander or Edwin Jackson.

Tigers' All-Star pitcher Justin Verlander caught with hundreds of enthusiastic fans at the Jim Waldron Buick-Pontiac-GMC dealership on Thursday afternoon.

The people have spoken -- and they've voted. Some of them hundreds of times. Brandon Inge is an All-Star. In an election that turned into a whirlwind campaign, complete with running mates -- such as the Bran-Torino promotion that paired Inge with Shane Victorino of the Philiadelphia Phillies -- Inge on Thursday won the Sprint Final Vote for the ...

Brandon Inge is off to a strong start in online balloting for the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote, ranking second behind Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler for the last spot on the American League roster for the Midsummer Classic.

Marcus Thames hit a three-run homer to power Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers to an 8-5 win over the Kansas City Royals.

No, they're not using any presidential campaign slogans, but the Tigers are serious about getting Brandon Inge elected to the All-Star Game in the Sprint Final Vote -- which is the online balloting that ends at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Minneapolis -- They have some problems, but they also have some All-Stars. In fact, the Tigers might have more All-Stars than problems.

Justin Verlander, Edwin Jackson and Curtis Granderson will represent the Tigers in the 80th MLB All-Star Game on July 14.

The 2008 Detroit Tigers were haplessly, hopelessly and alarmingly disappointing, shocking all of baseball - most of all the man who built them - with just how far a roster brimming with all-stars could spiral into futility.

He's the starting catcher on a team with two possible All-Star pitchers -- and Gerald Laird makes no bones about it.

The A's played their last home game of the first half of the season Wednesday, which means at least one member of the team will return home in a few weeks as an All-Star. Who that might be is still up in the air, but a few names floated around the clubhouse before and after the A's 5-1 afternoon victory over Detroit.

Not the best of months, nor the worst. Brandon Lyon won as many games as Justin Verlander and one more than Edwin Jackson.

Justin Verlander gave up a pair of two run homers to Jack Cust and Jason Giambi and the Detroit Tigers went on to lose in Oakland to the A's Wednesday afternoon, 5-1. The Tigers lost two of three in Houston on this trip and now lost two of three to the A's. They are off on Thursday and play the final three games of the trip at Minnesota beginning ...

Rain and cold. Hot and dry. It just doesn't seem to matter when, where or what the conditions for the White Sox and Tigers.

Houston -- Pudge Rodriguez forever will be revered by Tigers fans, many of whom still credit him with helping turn around a bumbling, 119-loss team in 2003 to a World Series participant in 2006, his third season in Detroit.

Houston -- The list of pitchers 20 and younger who have won 10 games before the All-Star break in the last 50 years is short -- really short.

Each team walked seven hitters Friday night. Those 14 walks combined to tell how the Tigers didn't score -- and how the Astros did score in their 5-4 win.

Click a thumbnail to view the full-size image. Buy Pilot photos here. Loading... Close Gallery Click for full view Detroit Tigers starter Justin Verlander pitches against the Milwaukee Brewers in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday in Detroit.

On Tuesday evening, at a ballpark 1,200 miles from Comerica Park, a Tampa Bay Rays team got ready to play the Philadelphia Phillies as last year's World Series teams held a reunion at Tropicana Field.