6/6/2011 Update

Welcome back Tiger fans, were back at you with your latest Detroit Tigers news.

Head over to Bless You Boys and read about the possible upcoming changes within the Tigers scouting department.

Ryan Raburn seems to be on the right track after his Sunday Grand Slam.

Also tune into the MLB TV Channel this evening at 6 pm eastern and check out the Major League Baseball 2011 draft. Detroit doesn't have a 1st round pick this year but will wait till the 2nd round and pick #76 in the 2nd round.

Until next time, Go Get Em Tigers!

Vintage 1987 Detroit Tigers Baseball Clip

Can anyone say PFP (Pitchers Fielding Practice). Anyways instead of the standard game wrap up I stumbled apon this vintage Tigers broadcast clip. George Kell & Al Kaline had the call as the Tigers took on the Indians. I can only imagine the memories this can stir up for all you Tiger fans out there. Check out the clip below.

Blue Jays Vs Tigers (5/17/2011)

 

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Detroit Tigers (Tuesday, May 17, 7:05 PM EDT, Comerica Park)

TV: Fox Sports Detroit HD
 

Radio: WXYT 97.1 FM / 1270 AM

Tonight the Tigers will try to start up another win streak at home versus the Blue Jays. Porcello has been quietly having a solid year so far really keeping hitters off balance and getting lot of ground balls. Tonight's game will be in high definition thanks to Fox Sports Detroit.

Verlander Talks About 2nd Career No Hitter On ESPN

I you missed the interview with Justin Verlander that ESPN ran during sportscenter your in luck. Here is the link to the entire video.

4/13/2011 - Tigers Vs Rangers

The last and final game of the 3 game series vs the Rangers is today at 1:00 pm. Today Dave Bush will throw vs Mad Max Scherzer.  It looks like they will have nice weather for the finale in Detroit.

The Tigers lineup today will look like this:

Jackson - CF
Rhymes - 2B
Raburn - LF
Cabrera -1B
Martinez - DH
Boesch - RF
Peralta - SS
Avila - C
Inge - 3B

As well know Texas Slugger and AL MVP Josh Hamilton will be out for at least 6 to 8 weeks with the broken arm he suffered on the head 1st slide into home in yesterdays game.

Tigers Update 2/23 2011

Update for 2/23. Mainly some articles that came into our Inbox at Copa Times today.

Head over to Baseball America. They have just released their highly respected list of the Top 100 prospects for 2011.

The Tigers that made the list are pitcher Jacob Turner ranked at #17, third baseman Nick Castellanos at #65 and the last Tiger Andrew Oliver comes in #87 to round out the list for Tigers prospects. We all know the Tigers farm system isn't what it used to be. However much of the young talent is already in the majors, aka Austin Jackson & Rick Porcello.

The writers over at the Bless You Boys blog have been busy and have some great articles and links about the Tigers that were posted the past few days. There is some great articles about some Tigers prospects you may not know.

Also be sure to check out the Tigers official website. They have some great web videos posted with interviews with Justin Verlander, Joel Zumaya and interviews with the Dave Dombrowski.

That will conclude today's update. Spring Training is right around the corner be sure to check back to Copa Times to get all your latest Detroit Tigers news.

Tigers that Tweet

Twitter has taken the nation by storm, now its slowly taking the Tigers locker room. The Tigers roster has never really been one for using twitter last season but expect that to change. Will Rhymes, Casper Wells, Robbie Weinhardt and Brad Penny are all now members of Twitter.

Here is a list of the Tiger's twitter usernames so you can follow them all season both on the field and on Twitter.

Will Rhymes - @willrhymes

Casper Wells - @UpstateBaller

Robbie Weinhardt - @RobbieW19

Brad Penny - @BradPenny

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