Baseball comes back today! The Detroit Tigers' home opener will be at 1:05 p.m. against the Boston Red Sox. I'm so excited! Of course, I have to be at work this afternoon... sigh. But it's the principle of the matter! Opening Day, for me, is usually when the New York ...
It's a reason to play hooky and an excuse to celebrate. It's one final reminder that, despite the recent dips in temperature, summer isn't far off. So what are you doing on Opening Day?
Anyone who knows me knows that I love baseball. So I'm very excited that the Detroit Tigers' pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training in Lakeland, Fla. yesterday! Of course, among that group was Justin Verlander, who's celebrating his 29th birthday today. I can't imagine what he'll wish for when he blows ...
I had never been hugely into baseball. I went to college in Boston, and the yearly feud between the Sox and Yankees wasn’t something you could easily avoid (especially in 2004—suck it, Yanks), but I would turn games on purely for background noise. Occasionally my father and I would talk ...
Thursday’s Bid for a Cure in Saline was “just supposed to be Brandon Inge sitting in a restaurant signing autographs.” “It’s turned into something awesome,” said Kate Mittenthal of Thursday’s event that featured food, music and Detroit Tigers and Lions players. Fans filled the closed-off section of North Ann Arbor ...
When embryonic stem cells are grown, these sensitive cells need an extra-friendly environment to live in.University of Michigan researchers have created a special synthetic surface, which they say could create a more consistent environment within a petri dish for those little stem cells. And that, they say, could in turn ...
Do me a favor. Try to answer the following question, but you’re not allowed to use any of the following responses: it’s just never been done before; it goes against tradition; or, unfortunately, rules are rules, if we make an exception this time, we’d have to make an exception for ...
Ernie Harwell will forever be missed in Detroit. What will you miss most about the legendary Tigers broadcaster? poll by twiigs.com
Ernie Harwell, the long time announcer for the Detroit Tigers, died yesterday at the age of 92. All kinds of media are running tributes to him, and Ballbug's Ernie Harwell coverage is a quick link to many of them. Long gone, never forgotten: Tributes to Ernie Harwell is AnnArbor.com's collection. ...
One of my all-time heroes left our world today. Ernie Harwell, the Hall of Fame broadcaster who used his gifts to transform Detroit Tiger games into works of art, passed away today at the age of 92. Here is a column I wrote last year, when Ernie told us all ...
All week, Phil Mickelson had again played second fiddle to Tiger Woods, allowing the attention to remain on his competition rather than on Lefty's chances of claiming a third Green jacket. Phil Mickelson celebrates after hitting a putt on the 18th hole to close out his third Masters' championship. (AP ...
Air Force F-15 fighters fly over Comerica Park during opening day ceremonies before the baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians in Detroit on Friday. The Detroit Tigers set a record Friday afternoon in their home opener. Comerica Park drew 45,010 fans - the most ever for a ...
Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Jose Valverde and catcher Gerald Laird celebrate their 7-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. (AP Photo) There's something about that new-car smell and getting that first chance to get behind the wheel and experience it for yourself. It's the same with a new-look ...
Last year, the Detroit Tigers lost a one-game playoff in extra innings to the Minnesota Twins and watched their postseason hopes fizzle, blowing a three-game lead with four games to play. With a revamped bullpen and some young additions to the lineup, how do you think the Tigers will do ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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