News, notes, and quotes from Detroit Tigers beat writer Danny Knobler.noemail@noemail.org (MLive.com)Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:49:22 GMTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/en-usnoNews, notes, and quotes from Detroit Tigers beat writer Danny Knobler.noemail@noemail.orghttp://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/04/update_your_rss_feeds.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (MLive.com)Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:47:45 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.845154This 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/2008/03/thomas_will_wear_36.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:10:22 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.838628HOUSTON -- 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/tigers_sign_fultz_for_toledo.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:49:47 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.838535HOUSTON -- 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_change_raincheck_policy.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:46:30 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.838533HOUSTON -- 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/roster_set_thomas_makes_the_te.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:20:18 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.837945HOUSTON -- 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/leyland_go_green_roster_probab.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:02:59 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.837333HOUSTON -- 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/sold_out_for_the_season_not_qu.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:11:23 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.836696HOUSTON -- 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/billy_consolo_dies_of_apparent.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:01:08 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.836539HOUSTON -- 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/guzman_clears_waivers_outright.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:30:21 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.833585LAKELAND, 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_on_waivers_tigers_still.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:16:53 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.832894LAKELAND, 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/more_evidence_cabreras_worth_t.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:32:07 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.831026BRADENTON, 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/bautista_to_pitch_8th_inning.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:56:44 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.830448BRADENTON, 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/tigers_cut_tim_brydak.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Justin Rogers | jrogers@mlive.com)Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:50:27 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.830008BRADENTON, 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/leyland_2_spots_still_undecide.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:12:43 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.828627LAKELAND, 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/just_in_time_cabrera_signs.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:34:27 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.827821LAKELAND, 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/matchups_set_for_opening_serie.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:52:42 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.825572LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Royals set their rotation for the start of the season today, and that means the pitching matchups are set for next week's opening series at Comerica Park. It'll be Justin Verlander vs. Gil Meche Monday, on...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/venezuelans_chance_to_win_led.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:54:23 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.824717LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers are still waiting to announce Miguel Cabrera's new contract, and until they do, Cabrera isn't likely to say much about it. But his father has already talked about the deal with some members of the...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/cabreras_contract_its_actually.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:11:01 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.822946LAKELAND, Fla. -- Simply put, Miguel Cabrera has agreed to remain with the Tigers for a long time. Just not exactly as long as the first reports indicated. It's an eight-year deal, for an average of $19 million a year,...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/granderson_to_dl_with_broken_f.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:10:28 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.822756AP PhotoCurtis Granderson grimaces after being hit in the right hand by a Philadelphia Phillies' Travis Blackley pitch in the fourth inning of Saturday's game. LAKELAND, Fla. — The Tigers made an announcement this morning. Not about Miguel Cabrera. About...http://blog.mlive.com/tigersinsider/2008/03/leyland_were_not_ready.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Danny Knobler)Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:12:42 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/tigersinsider//1335.819691AP PhotoWith one week left in spring training, coach Jim Leyland says the Tigers are not where he wants them to be. LAKELAND, Fla. -- A day after saying that it's time for the Tigers to get serious, Jim Leyland...