For the second year in a row, the MLB is letting players pick the rosters for the Home Run Derby. Last year, Prince Fielder and David Ortiz were captains. This year Robinson Cano, who won the 2011 Home Run Derby, is the captain of the American League and Matt Kemp will have the duties of selecting who [...]
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Detroit Tigers Take a Much Needed Series
360 Writer: June 11, 2012
The Detroit Tigers faced-off against the Cincinnati Reds this past weekend. Tigers fans and Reds fans alike packed into the Great American Ballpark anticipating a great series of baseball. Reds Hit Porcello Early; Tigers battle, but lose in extras In Game 1 of the series, Rick Porcello battled Mat Latos. Porcello, who has problem with left-handed [...]
MLB Top Five: Power Rankings
360 Writer: June 11, 2012
The Detroit Tigers managed to win a series this week and are but still four games under .500; They have a long way to go before even cracking the top 10. This week the power rankings will look a lot different from last week. The White Sox have slowed down, the Marlins were swept and [...]
Detroit Tigers: A Look at Jake Thompson
360 Writer: June 7, 2012
With their first pick in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, the Detroit Tigers selected Jake Thompson out of Rockwell-Heath High School (Texas). The Tigers didn’t have a first-round pick because they forfeited their first round pick to the Brewers as compensation for Prince Fielder. Thompson is a 6-foot-4 right-hander and weighs in at 234 pounds. [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Top Five
360 Writer: June 4, 2012
As the Detroit Tigers continue to sink, the power rankings look a bit different this week. The Baltimore Orioles are starting to fall fast, the boys on the South Side, the Chicago White Sox, are one of the hottest teams in baseball, and Pujols and company are really starting to hit the ball out there [...]
Award Winners, 50 Games in
360 Writer: June 1, 2012
The marathon that is called a Major League Baseball season is 51 games young. Which means, the season is now a quarter of the way over. Now that a decent chunk of games have been played, you can get somewhat of an idea of what teams will be contenders and which players will continue to [...]
MLB: Top Five Power Rankings
360 Writer: May 28, 2012
Do the Detroit Tigers crack the list of the top five best teams in the MLB? No, but they are improving but aren’t yet top-five caliber. These rankings are for the top five teams in the MLB for the week of May 21st to May 28th. A lot of good baseball was played over the [...]
Detroit Tigers: How Sweep it is!
360 Writer: May 28, 2012
After getting swept by the Cleveland Indians and coming into Minnesota four games under the .500 mark, the Detroit Tigers were looking for any sign of life from their team. They hadn’t won back-to-back games since winning four straight against Kansas City last month, and only scored six runs total in their last series with [...]
Prince Fielder: Getting Hot
360 Writer: May 22, 2012
When the Detroit Tigers came out of nowhere and signed arguably the biggest free-agent next to Albert Pujols, so much hype was built around this team and Prince Fielder. Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder in the same line up, in a weak division? Sorry the rest of the AL Central, don’t even go to Spring Training because [...]
Detroit Tigers Take the Series from the Buccos
360 Writer: May 21, 2012
After coming off a sweep to the Minnesota Twins, the Detroit Tigers looked to rebound when the Pittsburgh Pirates came to Comerica Park. Both clubs had losing records coming into the series and both were trying to make up games in the standings. This made for a great three days of baseball that saw near history, new [...]
