Lynn Henning
The Detroit News
Troy, MI, United States
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Dombrowski: 'Nobody owes me any explanations'
Still shaken by Tuesday’s dismissal, Dave Dombrowski on Wednesday told The Detroit News his departure from the Tigers after 14 years “had nothing to do with contract negotiations.” → Read More
Vintage Verlander puts clamps on Rays
The Tigers went from being perfect-game victims to surprise victors Wednesday at Tropicana Field when they rallied in the seventh to beat the Rays, 2-1. → Read More
Meltdowns push Tigers outside of playoff picture
As baseball's tell-tale numbers and schedule realities go, some will wonder if the Tigers will buck trends that have been making their July-August ways a blueprint for missing the playoffs. → Read More
Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson still likes Tigers but wants to stomp them
Not since he was a freshman football star at Michigan State, not since he was a rookie with the Tigers, not in any of his incarnations as a wildly talented athlete, or even in his past years as a baseball coach and manager, has Gibson failed to fill a notebook with USDA-grade red meat. → Read More
Bad luck piling up on the Tigers this spring
Toss in the back surgery that has shelved left fielder Andy Dirks for three months and the Tigers have had better spring camps. Dr. Thomas Stanton's diagnosis on Jose Iglesias Tuesday could make it an all-timer in terms of losing key people for lengthy stretches. → Read More
Tigers lonelier in Fla. spring league since Arizona exodus
Only a few springs ago, you could hop aboard a chartered team bus or slide into your personal wheels and be within minutes of whatever Grapefruit League road game the Tigers happened to be playing that afternoon. → Read More
Miguel Cabrera smacks two homers, Tigers put up 17 on Cardinals
They will enjoy these breezy, sometimes easy, days of spring camp. At least on days such as Monday, when the Tigers stroked 22 hits and had something of a seaside picnic in their 17-5 rout of the Cardinals. → Read More
Toledo capable of providing help Tigers almost certainly will need
Detroit will need back-up muscle from Toledo to help the Tigers' five-man corps withstand inevitable aches and pains that, almost freakishly, rarely showed up in 2013. → Read More
Pepsi Porch makeover, including new bar, to boost Comerica Park seating
Comerica Park will undergo a $4 million makeover of the right-field Pepsi Porch ahead of Opening Day, complete with 426 additional seats, a new gathering spot to be called the 416 Bar, and with amenities ranging from posh furniture to a nearly 50-foot-long bank of natural-gas flames. → Read More
Drew Smyly slated to stay in bullpen as Tigers consider whether Nick Castellanos, Hernan Perez are ready
Strategies are complicated. They are incomplete. A bullpen must be retooled. A starting pitcher must be made expendable. And, at least until more relief pitchers are either signed or traded for, Drew Smyly will remain a Tigers reliever, Dave Dombrowski said Monday. → Read More
Losing Robles in Washburn deal could be costly for Tigers
Tigers fans should delight in the Jarrod Washburn trade. For the next two months. After that, prepare to take a long, anguished bite on a lead bullet, because Mauricio Robles has a chance at being for Seattle what Jair Jurrjens has been for the Atlanta Braves. Robles, a left-hander, is that good. → Read More