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In the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS, the Detroit Tigers had the luxury of putting one of baseball's best on the mound in Justin Verlander. The reigning MVP and CY Young winner helped his team close out the feisty Oakland A's, pitching a...

The baseball playoffs start today with the new format of having two wild-card teams play each other in a one game, loser go home format. The Baltimore Orioles are in Texas to take on the slumping Rangers tonight.  Lefty Joe Saunders get the start for Baltimore, while Yu Darvish takes the mound for Texas in a game to start this evening at 7:30. ...

The Detroit Tigers have reportedly agreed to a 9 year $214 million deal with slugger Prince Fielder. The 27 year old All-Star hit .299 with 38 homers and 120 RBIs last season to helpl the Brewers win the NL Central for their first division title since 1982.

Detroit's Justin Verlander has won the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Verlander, who won the Cy Young award last week, is the first starting pitcher to win the award since Roger Clemens did it with the Red Sox 25 years ago. Verlander received 13 first place votes to outdistance Boston's Jacolby Ellsbury, Toronto's Jose Bautista and the Yankees' Curtis Granderson...

Now, will he also be the MVP?

The Detroit Tigers have advanced to the American League Championship Series, while the Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwuakee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies are all desperately trying to advance to the National League Championship series.

Foul tips are one of the perils of playing the catcher position in baseball, but one doesn’t usually associate fire hazard with that risk. In the video below, a foul ball off the bat of the Chicago White Sox’s A.J. Pierzynski hits the mask of Detroit Tigers’ catcher Alex Avila so hard that sparks fly.

Roger Clemens won the American League most Valuable Players Award, back in 1986. He's been the only starting pitcher to win the award in the past 40 years. This year, there may be a pitcher who's season may be difficult to ignore.

The game of baseball, just like every other sport, has  it's written rules, as well as it's unwritten rules.

To deal or not to deal? That's the question facing four teams in the American League Central Division as the July 31 trade deadline looms.

Justin Verlander threw his second career no-hitter, on Saturday, as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-1. The Associated Press, courtesy of espn.com, has the story, below.