http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/News, notes, and quotes from Booth Newspapers Detroit Tigers beat writer Danny Knobler.enFri, 16 May 2008 20:55:07 -0500Movable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noNews, notes, and quotes from Booth Newspapers Detroit Tigers beat writer Danny Knobler.1512499http://www.feedburner.comhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/262196228/update_your_rss_feeds.htmlMLive.com staffFri, 16 May 2008 20:55:07 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.845154 ]]>This blog has moved. The Tigers Insider is now a part of MLive's Detroit Tigers page. Please look for Danny Knobler's blog entries at http://www.mlive.com/tigers. If you are subscribed to the RSS feed from this blog you'll want to change...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/04/update_your_rss_feeds.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/260388656/thomas_will_wear_36.htmlDanny KnoblerSat, 29 Mar 2008 15:19:46 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.838628 ]]>HOUSTON -- Clete Thomas will wear uniform number 36 when he is introduced at Comerica Park on opening day. Thomas was given number 76 as a non-roster invitee this spring. He'll have 36 during the season, taking a number that...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/thomas_will_wear_36.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/260360041/tigers_sign_fultz_for_toledo.htmlDanny KnoblerSat, 29 Mar 2008 15:28:55 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.838535 ]]>HOUSTON -- The Tigers have signed a left-handed reliever, but don't get too excited. They signed Aaron Fultz, who was released by Cleveland this week, to a Triple-A Toledo contract. Fultz gave up 14 runs on 16 hits in just...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/tigers_sign_fultz_for_toledo.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/260360042/tigers_change_raincheck_policy.htmlDanny KnoblerSat, 29 Mar 2008 13:57:27 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.838533 ]]>HOUSTON -- The Tigers announced today that they've changed their rain-check policy this year. In the past, tickets for rained out games could be exchanged for any remaining home game, depending on availability. Now, when a game is rescheduled either...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/tigers_change_raincheck_policy.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/260015042/roster_set_thomas_makes_the_te.htmlDanny KnoblerFri, 28 Mar 2008 22:29:19 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.837945 ]]>HOUSTON -- Barring a last-minute injury, the Tiger roster is set. And Clete Thomas is on it. Manager Jim Leyland and general manager Dave Dombrowski gave Thomas the news after tonight's 10-0 win over the Astros. "Basically, I told him,...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/roster_set_thomas_makes_the_te.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/259891729/leyland_go_green_roster_probab.htmlDanny KnoblerFri, 28 Mar 2008 17:09:52 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.837333 ]]>HOUSTON -- The Tigers are sharing their Houston hotel with the Michigan State Spartans this weekend, and Jim Leyland said he had a nice phone conversation with Tom Izzo last night. "I gave him some last-minute tips,'' Leyland joked. In...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/leyland_go_green_roster_probab.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/259808513/sold_out_for_the_season_not_qu.htmlDanny KnoblerFri, 28 Mar 2008 13:55:10 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.836696 ]]>HOUSTON -- With opening day three days away, the Tigers still have some tickets available for almost all their games. Opening day is sold out, of course, and the Tigers are expecting a Comerica Park record crowd on Monday to...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/sold_out_for_the_season_not_qu.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/259786157/billy_consolo_dies_of_apparent.htmlDanny KnoblerFri, 28 Mar 2008 13:09:26 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.836539 ]]>HOUSTON -- Longtime Tigers coach Billy Consolo died yesterday at his home in Southern California, of an apparent heart attack. Consolo was 73. Consolo, a boyhood friend of Sparky Anderson, was one of baseball's first "bonus babies'' when he signed...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/billy_consolo_dies_of_apparent.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/259118547/guzman_clears_waivers_outright.htmlDanny KnoblerThu, 27 Mar 2008 12:34:48 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.833585 ]]>LAKELAND, Fla. -- Freddy Guzman cleared waivers, and the Tigers have outrighted him to Double-A Erie. The Tigers had already decided that Guzman wasn't going to make the team, and they said that they sent Guzman to Erie because they...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/guzman_clears_waivers_outright.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/259015133/guzman_on_waivers_tigers_still.htmlDanny KnoblerThu, 27 Mar 2008 09:26:08 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.832894 ]]>LAKELAND, Fla. -- No new players yet in Tiger camp, but there has been one more subtraction. Outfielder Freddy Guzman isn't in uniform today, and baseball sources said he is already on outright waivers. The Tigers will find out this...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/guzman_on_waivers_tigers_still.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/258521511/more_evidence_cabreras_worth_t.htmlDanny KnoblerWed, 26 Mar 2008 14:44:31 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.831026 ]]>BRADENTON, Fla. -- If you haven't done it already, take the time to read Jayson Stark's latest blog entry on ESPN.com. Jayson had the Elias Sports Bureau look up players who finished in the top five of two MVP elections...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/more_evidence_cabreras_worth_t.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/258438280/bautista_to_pitch_8th_inning.htmlDanny KnoblerWed, 26 Mar 2008 12:11:58 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.830448 ]]>BRADENTON, Fla. -- Jim Leyland said today that he'll open the season with Denny Bautista as his main setup man in the bullpen. Bautista has never been used as a true setup man in the big leagues, but he has...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/bautista_to_pitch_8th_inning.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/258349213/tigers_cut_tim_brydak.htmlDanny KnoblerWed, 26 Mar 2008 12:36:53 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.830008 ]]>BRADENTON, Fla. -- Well, there are now two openings in the Tiger bullpen. Either that, or now there are none. The team released left-hander Tim Byrdak this morning, no surprise after Byrdak's third consecutive awful inning last night against the...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/tigers_cut_tim_brydak.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/257946184/leyland_2_spots_still_undecide.htmlDanny KnoblerTue, 25 Mar 2008 17:19:32 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.828627 ]]>LAKELAND, Fla. -- Jim Leyland said today that the Tigers still haven't settled the final two spots on their opening day roster. One spot is for a pitcher, and while it would seem that Yorman Bazardo is most likely to...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/leyland_2_spots_still_undecide.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tigersinsider/~3/257839359/just_in_time_cabrera_signs.htmlDanny KnoblerTue, 25 Mar 2008 13:58:43 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.827821 ]]>LAKELAND, Fla. -- Miguel Cabrera signed his eight-year, $152.3 million contract today, and now that it's done, he admitted that he wouldn't have continued negotiations once spring training ended. "Not during the season,'' Cabrera said. Cabrera also revealed today that...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/just_in_time_cabrera_signs.htmlnonadult