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Best Transaction: Signing Magglio Ordonez as a free agent.A The Tigers made their second major free-agent splash in two seasons with the signing of Magglio.A Ia TMm ignoring his semi-bad contract here and focusing solely on the Tigers signing a guy that would be a major presence in the middle of the Tigers lineup for the bulk of his contract.A ...

Are the Tigers trying to purge payroll? Team president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said they're not having a fire sale.

Oct. 14, 2009 1:36 p.m. In case you haven't been paying attention, the MLB Playoffs are in full swing.

PLACE AN AD ON FREEP.COM Thoughts on the epic Tigers-Twins game? There's not a single Tigers fan who wants to hear that the game was a classic.

Someone must be blamed. That's the way we look at sports. Someone, when our team loses, must be pointed to and accused of making the fatal error that cost us the glory we surely would have had.

Why did manager 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.

Detroit Tigers pitchers, from left, Zach Miner, Rick Porcello and Brent Dlugach watch as the Minnesota Twins celebrate their 12th-inning win Tuesday night for the AL Central Division championship.

You knew it was going to happen. Fresh off one of the biggest collapses in Major League Baseball history, you just knew the fans would be all over Tigers manager Jim Leyland.

Tigers lead, 5-4, bottom of the 10th Free Press sports writer Shawn Windsor is live-blogging today's Tigers-Twins one-game playoff.

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Detroit -- This has nothing to do with what might happen at Comerica Park today.

If the Tigers are going to control their own division destiny now, they'll have to win out.

Here come the White Sox. That could either be a good or a bad thing for the Tigers.

The seven-game lead that shrunk all the way to one is now back up to three -- with only four games left.

Notes from the Detroit Tigers' 7-2 win Wednesday night against the Minnesota Twins in the third game of a four-game series.

Detroit's Gerald Laird grimaces after he's hit by a pitch during the Tigers' loss to Minnesota on Tuesday afternoon.

CHICAGO -- Twins reliever Joe Nathan, who has so many saves against the Tigers, says his team needs wins -- three of them -- in the four-game series that opens in Detroit tonight.

He's hitting .371 in September with 10 RBIs, 12 runs and six extra-base hits in 18 games.

Don Kelly had the worst feeling after the Tigers' worst loss of the year Saturday.

THT Daily: Tigers in trouble? by Dave Studeman September 16, 2009 Player News Yesterdaya s Results Todaya s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player News Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld An MRI on Jarrod Washburn 's left knee ...