The Twins are 10-5 against the Tigers this season, including 5-1 at the Metrodome. They were 1-8 at the Dome against the Tigers last season. ... Outfielder Michael Cuddyer is still waiting for the broken bone in his left foot to heal. There's a...
HANK STEINBRENNER says the entire Yankees organization is at fault for the fact that the team is poised to sit out October for the first time since 1993. General manager Brian Cashman, certainly. The coaches. The scouts. The players. Maybe even the...
The Tigers could have played spoiler at least for one day but they failed in an ugly loss to the Yankees this afternoon. Justin Verlander fell to 10-15 and while 20 losses is probably out of the question, this certainly has been a rough season for...
Any word on the Tigers' plans for next year's rotation? I expect Justin Verlander, Armando Galarraga, and Jeremy Bonderman are locks to make it. Dontrelle Willis and Nate Robertson are question marks, despite being signed for next season....
Fox Sports' Kevin Hench recently took a look at some of 2008's most disappointing young baseball starts. Included in the list was Tigers ace Justin Verlander, whose 2008 season hasn't come close to most peoples' expectations. An excerpt:
When...
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - Justin Verlander isn't the only star in his family.
Richard and Kathy Verlander were chosen Little League Parents of the Year yesterday.
They'll be honored at the 62nd Little League Baseball World Series later this month...
Background
Justin Brooks Verlander (born February 20, 1983, in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He ended the 2005 season pitching for the Erie SeaWolves, the AA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. He became the fifth starter in the Tigers rotation in 2006. Verlander, a 6'5", 200 pound (1.96 m, 91 kg) right-hander, pitched for the Old Dominion University baseball team for three years. In 2003, he set a school single season record by recording 139 strikeouts; in 2004, he broke his own record and established a new Colonial Athletic Association record with 151 strikeouts. In 2006, he was named the American League Rookie of the Year. On June 12, 2007 he pitched a no-hitter - the first ever at Comerica Park - against the Milwaukee Brewers, striking out 12 batters and walking four.
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