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Jim Leyland Sings the Hits

The 2009 season is going to be a make or break year for Tigers manager Jim Leyland. If the Tigers can bounce back from a dreadful 2008 season, odds are The Black Lung will stick around unless he wants to leave. If the Tigers finish towards the bottom of the AL Central again, then the choice will likely be made for him. So...

Joel Zumaya's Season Is Likely Over

On Wednesday morning I wrote about Tigers manager Jim Leyland saying he wasn't sure when he was going to use Joel Zumaya again. Going off of what he'd been seeing from Zoom while on the mound, Leyland felt that something had to be wrong with flame-throwing reliever.Well maybe Jimmy should start up a psychic hotline,...

Joel Zumaya Could Be Out Awhile

While the Tigers learned something new about Gary Sheffield on Tuesday - that he hits really well when he's angry about being placed on waivers - they also saw something they've known about for a while. Their bullpen sucks. After Sheffield's two home runs helped get a lead for the Tigers, the Detroit bullpen came in and...

The Sheff Is Angry, The Black Lung Confused

The Tigers Gary Sheffield has been in the papers a bit lately thanks to some comments he made to the Boston Globe in recent days. In the article Sheffield says he'd be open to a trade if the Tigers felt like moving him was the right thing to do, and that he'd be happy to go somewhere else in hopes that he'd get to play...

Jim Leyland Wants You to Hurt

On Thursday afternoon the Detroit Tigers were about to start a four-game set with the Minnesota Twins that they were hoping would help get the team right back in the AL Central race. Well, three days later the Tigers are finishing up their series with Minnesota just trying to salvage a game.After finally getting above...