GERALD LAIRD IS THE TIGERS' PIERZYNSKI

The injury-riddled Red Sox keep gettin' it done.
The Large Father, YOOUUUK and Will Middlebrooks all went DEEP and Adrian Gonzalez hit a pair of doubles to push Boston to a 6-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Late in the game Detroit DH Gerald Laird sent a ball looping into the outfield and Boston outfielder Marlon Byrd made a diving catch to rob him of a hit. Television cameras caught Laird yelling, "You're not that good" in Byrd's direction.
What a douche! Laird's pathetic. I love the Tigers, but just the fact that you have Gerald Laird in your lineup as a DH shows how very desperate you are...these guys are missing Victor Martinez in a big, bad way!!!
Marlon Byrd's diving catch to rob Gerald Laird in the 8th inning...

It should be a good one tonight. Max Scherzer vs Josh Beckett.
I think Scherzer has been the best Tiger thus far. The dude's already got 72 Ks. Too bad he can't get a little run support.

RACK-OFF!

Since it appears that summer has finally arrived, this week's RACK-OFF! is a Battle of Babes with a Garden Hose:
#1 Rosie Jones

#2 Jenny McCarthy

RACK-OFF! WINNERS

Last week's RACK-OFF! resulted in a tie.
Here are your winners.

VERLANDER LOSS...MAGGS RETIRES

The Detroit Tigers couldn't even win with Justin Verlander on the hill.
The day began with messages of "Happy Verlander Day" on Twitter. Tigers' fans celebrate a Verlander start as a certain win.
It didn't happen.
After a swinging strike on a 99 mph fastball, Verlander shook off Alex Avila and threw a 100 mph heater...Red Sox outfielder Daniel Nava was waiting on the cheese and, with the bases loaded, hit a 3-run double.
Verlander lasted 6 innings, allowing 10 hits and 5 runs.
The Large Father cranked a homer and 2 doubles.
The Red Sox beat the Tigers 6-3.
After the game, Detroit sent Ryan Raburn to Triple-A Toledo.
Inge is gone. Raburn is gone. Who's the next whipping-boy Tigers' fans?
I'm thinking probably Brennan Boesch.

Sunday will be Magglio Ordóñez Day at Comerica Park.
Ordóñez will announce his retirement during a pre-game ceremony.
Maggs played 15 seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers. He hit 295 home runs and 1,236 RBIs while maintaining a .309 average.
In 2006, Magglio cranked 24 homers and 104 RBIs and hit one of the most memorable homers in Detroit Tigers' history. Maggs homered off Oakland's Huston Street in Game 4 of the 2006 AL Championship Series to send the Tigers to their first World Series since 1984.

In 2007, Ordóñez became the Tigers' first batting champion in 46 years (Norm Cash in 1961), batting .363 with a league-high 54 doubles as well as 28 home runs and 139 RBIs.
Two fractures of his right ankle, and the resulting surgery, ended Magglio's career.
So, the two players that returned the Detroit Tigers to glory have retired this season - Pudge Rodriguez and Magglio Ordóñez.

THE WHITE SOX ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH...LEYLAND IS PISSED

Man, the Tigers have their hands full in the AL Central. The Chicago White Sox are tearin' it up!
On Memorial Day, the White Sox beat the Rays 2-1.
Chicago starter Chris Sale went 7 1/3 innings, allowed 3 hits, 1 run, 2 walks and notched 15 Ks!
Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer. Remember Dunn's flop-of-a-season last year, when he hit 11 home runs, 42 RBIs and had a .159 batting average - the most unproductive season of his career? Well this year he's already hit 16 dingers and driven in 37 runs.
Paul Konerko is hitting .395 with 11 homers and 33 RBIs. Over the past 10 games, Konerko hit .639 with 5 dingers and 14 RBIs!
The White Sox have won their last 6 straight and sit 1/2 game behind the Indians in the battle for 1st-place in the AL Central.
Adam Dunn with the bad-ass bat flip...

The Red Sox beat the Tigers 7-4 on Monday.
Detroit skipper Jim Leyland and third-base coach Gene Lamont were ejected after arguing a blown call by the umpires.
Boston had 13 hits, lighting-up Doug Fister for 11 hits in the first 5 innings.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia went DEEP for Boston.
Delmon Young, Jhonny Peralta and Gerald Laird went YARD for Detroit.

TIGERS SWEEP...CURSE OF THE GOAT

On Sunday, the Tigers beat the Twins 4-3 to complete a 3-game sweep of Minnesota.
Miguel Cabrera hit a 2-run homer to win the game for the Tigers.
Before you get too carried away, Detroit left 10 men on base...and this was the Twins - the bottom-feeders in the AL Central.
Today, the Tigers begin a 4-game series against the Red Sox in Fenway.

The Chicago Cubs have lost 12 in-a-row! The franchise record is 14 straight.
Can they do it?

WALK-OFF SATURDAY!

K-Commando Max Scherzer struck out 9 batters in a 6-3 Tigers' victory over the Twins on Saturday. Prince Fielder went 4-for-4 and Detroit won two in a row for the first time since April 18!

Josh Hamilton hit a two-run walk-off homer in the 13th inning to give the Rangers an 8-7 win over the Blue Jays.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia cranked a pinch-hit, two-run homer off former Tiger Fernando Rodney in the 9th inning to give the Red Sox a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

TIGERS WIN...CRUZ IS A RUN-PRODUCING MACHINE

Ok. Let's get this train rollin'.
The Tigers cranked-out 16 hits in a (finally) 10-6 win against the Twins.
Quintin Berry, Prince Fielder, Delmon Young, Brennan Boesch, Alex Avila and Ryan Raburn all knocked in runs.

Nelson Cruz belted a grand slam and notched 8 RBIs and Josh Hamilton hit his 19th home run of the season to help the Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 14-3 Friday night.

STRANDED RUNNERS & SNOOP

The Tigers' hitting sucks so bad that they can't even win with their ace on the hill.
Justin Verlander pitched 8 solid innings, allowing only 2 runs, striking out 7 batters and throwing a 102 mph heater on his 116th pitch in the 8th inning - and the Tigers still lost.
The way Detroit is playing they may break the MLB record for most stranded runners in a season.
Wanna see a nice stat: Over the 3-game sweep by the Indians, the Tigers stranded 30 runners and went 3-for-28 for a fantastic .107 average.
Miguel Cabrera , Prince Fielder and Delmon Young - the 3-4-5 hitters, went a combined 0 for 12 with runners at second or third.
The Indians defeated the Tigers 2-1.

Snoop Dogg tossed-out the first pitch at the White Sox-Twins' game.

There were 8 homers in this game.
Joe Mauer hit a solo homer and Justin Morneau belted two dingers for the Twins.
Paul Konerko, Alex Rios, A.J. 'Douche' Pierzynski, Dayan Viciedo and Alejandro De Aza all went DEEP for the White Sox.
Chicago beat Minnesota 11-8.

SCOTTY WENT DEEP!

Holy Smokes, Scotty Podsednik went DEEP!
Podsednik belted a solo homer in the 8th inning, last night, to help the Red Sox defeat the Orioles 6-5.
Boston took 2-out-of-3 from Baltimore.
Podsednik was recently acquired from the Phillies on May 11th and brought-up from Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday. He went 2-for-3 with an RBI in his first start with Boston.
Scotty has a special place in my heart because he's a nomad, having trolled the outfield for the Mariners, Brewers, White Sox, Rockies, Royals, Dodgers, Blue Jays, Phillies and now the Red Sox.
Also, because he's married to Playboy's Miss July 1998 and Hot Baseball Wife Hall of Famer Lisa Dergan.

RACK-OFF!

This week's RACK-OFF! is the Battle of Rackage Emerging from a Pool.
Scroll down the blog to place your vote.
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LAST WEEK'S WINNER

Last week's RACK-OFF! champion in the Battle of the B&W Boobs was this chick...

BOSTON BACK TO .500

Holy crap! The Boston Red Sox are playing .500 ball!
In the bizarro world of the AL East, the standings look like this:

Baltimore Orioles   27 16 .628
Tampa Bay Rays     25 18 .581
Toronto Blue Jays   24 19 .558
Boston Red Sox      21 21 .500
New York Yankees 21 21 .500

The Orioles had a 5-2 lead in the 6th inning before the Large Father came to the plate and blasted a ball out of Camden Yards and out onto Eutaw Street.
After Boston starter Clay Buchholz gave up 5 runs in 5 1/3 innings, former Detroit Tiger Andrew Miller came in and retired all 5 batters he faced to earn the win on his 27th birthday.