Magglio Ordonez News

In a move that should come as a surprise to nobody, SI.coma TMs Jon Heyman is reporting that Manny Ramirez will exercise his $20 million player option for 2010.

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.

Casper Wells is doing more than making up for lost time in the Arizona Fall League.

The Tigers obviously don't have a lot of money to spend, so which one of these four free agents is most necessary to re-sign: Placido Polanco, Fernando Rodney, Brandon Lyon or Adam Everett? Welcome to the portion of the blog where I praise Placido Polanco and call him one of the most important Tigers of the last five years.

With its huge power alleys, Comerica Park would seem to be built for doubles. But its tenants, the Tigers, finished last in the American League in doubles this season.

Jon Fenlon, 26, of Waterford collapsed at about 9:18 a.m., just after finishing the half-marathon in 1:53:37. Fenlon, whose Facebook page says that he worked at the Warren-based advertising firm Campbell-Ewald and graduated from Eastern Michigan University, had made headlines before, when in 2006 he caught a homerun ball hit by Magglio Ordonez that ...

A Waterford man died in a Detroit marathon on Sunday. The half-marathoner was among three runners who died of apparent heart attacks in the Free Press Marathon.

As James Schemehl wrote about earlier this week , the Detroit Tigers headed into the off-season with some controversy about how Carlos Guillen best fit into the Tigers plans for the next season.

Three men collapsed and died Sunday while running the 32nd Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon -- one just after crossing the finish line.

It's Mike Ilitch's call now. After all, it's his wallet and he can do whatever he wants.

A quick walk down Detroit Tigers memory lane: Today is the 3rd anniversary of Magglio Ordonez' walk-off 3-run homer that won the ALCS and launched the Tigers into the World Series .

Sure, it's easy to blame him, but come on. Trying to pin this all on Leyland lets too many others off the hook, including the GM who put together a flawed roster and the hitters who squandered chance after chance with runners in scoring position.

Prior to Tuesday evening, there had been 2,339 Major League Baseball games in 2009.

Top 3rd: After a pair of scoreless innings, Scott Baker and his infield defense got sloppy.

Dombrowski sat down with Cabrera Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers is congratulated by Magglio Ordonez after hitting a home run during the third inning of the Tigers' tiebreaker loss to Minnesota on Tuesday.

Everyone wants to blame the manager. Everyone always wants to blame the manager.

Jamie Squire/Getty Images 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 night's tiebreaker loss to Minnesota.

Time for some second-guessing. Why did Jim Leyland pull Rick Porcello with two outs in the sixth after 92 pitches? He had exceeded that pitch count in each of his four previous starts.

Posted by Anthony Stalter Thanks to Alexi Casillaa s walk-off RBI single in the 12 inning on Tuesday night, the Twins won the AL Central by beating the Tigers 6-5 in a one-game playoff.

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