The Tigers are certainly enjoying this series with the Cubs as they took game two 5-3 at Comerica. Zach Miner grabbed the win in relief of Rick Porcello. It’s not much help to have base runners if you can’t get them home and Detroit catcher Gerald Laird who had a solo homer said leaving a good number stranded was the key.
It’s an afternoon contest today at 12:45. Tigers and Cubs on 590 KZO.
The White Sox hit 6 home runs at home last night enroute to a 10-7 win over the Dodgers.
The Kalamazoo Kings got back in the win column after a bruising series at home. The Kings posted a 6-4 win over the Midwest Sliders in the first of that series. Game 2 is tonight from Ypsilanti at 6:45 on 1660thefan.com
The College Baseball world has a new champion. The LSU Tigers took home their 6th trophy in pounding Texas 11-4 with help from a 5 run 6th inning.
The United States men’s soccer team not only advanced to the finals for the 1st time since 1916 but they did by claiming a huge 2-0 win over perennial European champion Spain.
Greg Jennings got a big slice of the quan from the Packers! Jennings was due to make the veteran minimum in the upcoming season, the final year of his rookie contract. Instead, he’ll be catching balls to the delight of Cheeseheads through two-thousand-twelve and making up to 31-million if he continues to play at a high level. Jennings, of course, is a product of Kalamazoo Central and Western Michigan – he was drafted by Green Bay in the second round in ’06.
The murder of the 2005 NFL High School Coach of the Year has hit home for a member of the Detroit Lions. Defensive end Jared DeVries played for coach Ed Thomas at Aplington-Parkersburg High in Iowa from 90 to 94. DeVries walked off the field at the Lions practice facility in Allen Park when he learned of his former coach’s killing. Coach Thomas was allegedly gunned down by a former player Wednesday.
The Mid-American Conference and ESPN announced the 2009 football television schedule Wednesday. The announcement revealed that Western Michigan will be playing on national television at least three times this year. The Broncos open at Michigan Stadium September 5th on ABC/ESPN2 at 3:30 p.m. The Broncos will also face Indiana Sept. 12th on the Big Ten Network, and Western takes on Ball State on ESPN2 live from Waldo Stadium on Nov. 24th.
The flowing, curly locks of Magglio Ordoñez are no more! Although he won’t admit it was to help him break out of his slump, he told the Detroit Free Press is just felt like time to cut off his legendary hair. He says he’s going to put the hair on eBay and donate the proceeds to charity. Ladies, get out yer checkbooks!
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