Ryan Raburn News

There are home runs, and then there are big home runs. The biggest homers tie the score or put a team ahead.

The Chicago Cubs are reportedly still interested in Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson.

Editor's note: To accompany Deer Camp '09, we've asked athletes, prominent figures and outdoorsmen to relate their first deer kill.

The World Series has wrapped up, and it has gotten chilly in the Midwest. While some of the Tigers are home in the tropics or enjoying 18 holes in Florida, The Hammer Toss will keep you warm with the hot stove.

The World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but MLB GMs are already focusing on next season.

Tigers left fielder Ryan Raburn, left, misses a pop fly from Oakland Athletics' Ryan Sweeney as shortstop Adam Everett, right, looks on in Oakland, Calif.

Sure, this one wasna TMt up to the Tigers, but boy, did it work out. Randy Smith wanted to keep Gonzalez in Detroit.

The Tigers got busy Friday pruning their roster ahead of the 2010 season by dropping two players.

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

You're an excellent player when healthy. And, from what we can gather, an outstanding individual.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Tuesday that he and Carlos Guillen have "no hard feelings" toward each other and that Guillen remains the Tigers' full-time leftfielder.

In discussing the Tigers' off-season with various baseball wizards and how a team that finished 86-77 the past season can avoid falling beneath .500 in 2010, I've come away with the following thoughts, which are either daring, prophetic, or sure to be regretted: Dave Dombrowski, the Tigers president and general manager, tends to act aggressively ...

Late Saturday night, Angels left-hander Brian Fuentes became the fifth closer in this postseason to blow a save with his team within three outs of victory.

Marcus Thames hit his final home run of the season in mid-August. He went homerless in his final 25 games.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, who came from Minnesota, set his most famous book in New York.

Players who aren't stars often decide the biggest baseball games. Either Ryan Raburn or several of his Tigers teammates appear eligible to soar into that category in today's tiebreaker with the Twins.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Ryan Raburn's wife, Suzanne, is on one good leg because of a horse-riding accident.

Tigers fans were treated to an edge-of-the-seat nail biter, cliffhanger and emotional seesaw as they finally watched the team lose the American League Central title to the Minnesota Twins in the 12th inning.

Photo Wire Chicago White Sox's Gordon Beckham reacts after being called out at second base in the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Sunday, Oct.

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