The Twitterverse Reacts to Miggy's Mastery of Hitting Baseballs

Yup, Miguel Cabrera is really, really good.  With three home runs against Texas Sunday, Miggy now has 332 for his career, and moved passed former Tiger legend Hank Greenberg on baseball's all-time list. That's the good news.  The bad news?  Detroit's pitching and defense was a mess in Texas as the Tigers lost to the Rangers 11-8.

Here's some of the reaction on Twitter to Miggy's greatness.

While standing in Texas, Miggy hit a HR to Oklahoma. #Tigers
— Jeff Daniels (@Jeff_Daniels) May 20, 2013

We've Got a Series: Wings Beat the Blackhawks

After getting dominated in Game 1 by Chicago, the Wings turned the tables in Game 2 to even the series with a 4-1 win.

(h/t guyism)

Miggy's March to the All-Time Hit Record?

Justin Verlander gave up 7 runs last night...in one inning. Ok, let's move on and talk about Miguel Cabrera's chances at overtaking Pete Rose as baseball's all-time hit leader.

Former MSU Football Recruit: You Can't Fire Me...I Quit!

Full ride football scholarship to a Big Ten school or a rap career?

2013 MSU recruit Jay Harris made news earlier today when he said he was turning down a chance to play wide receiver for the Spartans to instead focus on his rap career. (these are the stories that make the Internet explode).  

The Houston Astros: Just What the Doctor Ordered

After losing 4 of their last 5, including two straight to Cleveland over the weekend, the Tigers needed a little lets-get-back-to-business/feel good/did your mom bring the oranges and pop?/confidence booster game.

Thanks Astros!

Wings Win, Game 7 Sunday

Gary Bettman's nightmare: the Wings win and force a Game 7.  Henrik Zetterberg's second goal of the game gives the Wings a 4-3 win and sends the series back to Anaheim.  Game 7 is at 10 pm eastern Sunday because Bettman hates hockey, but runs the league.  Don't try to figure that out, but instead enjoy the Game 6 thriller and the OT winner from the Captain.

 

1987: When The Tigers Clawed Back to Win the AL East

The 1984 Detroit Tigers famously raced out to a 35-5 mark to start that magical "Bless You Boys" season. But the 1987 team took a much different path to the postseason 26 years ago.

The 1987 Tigers saw Lance Parrish sign with Philadelphia in the offseason, but still returned many of the key players from the '84 team, including: Alan Trammell, Kirk Gibson, Lou Whitaker, Jack Morris, Chet Lemon, Darrell Evans, and Willie Hernandez.

Links-o-Rama: Huge Game for the Wings, Tigers in DC

Back by popular demand: LINKS!

• Wings-Ducks tonight in Anaheim. Here's Brunner's OT goal from Monday to get you fired up. 

(h/t guyism)

What to Expect: The Washington Nationals

The Tigers are making a trip to Washington, DC (Dysfunctional City) to take on the Nationals for the first time since 2007.  How long ago was that? Bryce Harper was 15 years old and the Nationals were still playing at RFK Stadium.

A Detroit-Washington World Series was the popular pick by many of the pundits prior to the start of the season.

While the Tigers are now in first place following a 9-1 stretch in their last 10 games (thanks Astros!), the Nationals are 17-15 and two games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East.

Miguel Cabrera: 2013 vs. 2012

Following a 21-hit, 17-run explosion against Houston, the Detroit Tigers improved to 18-11 on the season.  Through 29 games last year, the Tigers were 15-14.

Wings, Tigers: The Late Show

Forgive the dark circles under the eyes and the multiple coffee refills. Both the Wings and Tigers went late into the night and then into the next morning before finally pulling off dramatic wins.

Trouble With the Curve, Starring Phil Coke

Contrary to what some have said recently, the Tigers bullpen is still not "taking shape."  It's not a stretch to say this is the most suspect part of a team that rode a roller coaster through April.  Of the Tigers 10 losses during the month, five were directly linked to the bullpen (2 to Villarreal; 3 to Coke) and two more were 1 run games until the pen opened up and gave up 5 and 6 runs.

Despite recent headlines about Jose Valverde's return, hating on Brayan Villareal, and consternation over Bruce Rondon, this comes down to Phil Coke.  The lefty was placed on the DL yesterday after seeing his velocity and ERA curve in opposite directions last month.

The numbers make it pretty clear as to why the New Coke of 2013 has the potential to be the Papa Grande of 2012.