Alex Cora sure knows how to celebrate a birthday.
Happy Thursday, everyone! The Tigers are enjoying a well-deserved day of rest after sweeping the Red Sox this week, in such dramatic games it felt like we were watching postseason baseball.
The team will be headed off to my home country, Canada, this weekend to face the Blue Jays, which should make for some fun games. In the meantime, we’ve got a look at a very unusual birthday gift from Alex Cora to his brother Joey; an unexpected Twins winning streak; and more chat about Javier Baez’s incredible walk-off win on Tuesday, that I think a lot of us will be talking about for a while.
Let’s jump into it!
Detroit Tigers News:
- Red Sox manager Alex Cora helped his brother (and Tigers’ wonderfully animated third base coach) Joey Cora celebrate his birthday in a truly horrifying way.
- Here’s a little spotlight piece on that two-person catch we watched in last night’s Tigers game.
- While it’s super fun to listen to Dan Dickerson call home runs, it can also be kind of fun to listen to the sad broadcaster for the other team report on Javier Baez’s walk off homer from Tuesday.
- Speaking of that walk-off, the Tigers, Astros, and Cubs all had walk-off wins within four minutes of each other that night.
AL Central News:
MLB News:
- All-Star pitcher Matt Carpenter has announced his retirement.
- On Mookie Betts’ bobblehead night, someone very special threw out the first pitch.
Cutest first pitch we’ve ever seen?
Mookie Betts’ son throws out the first pitch on his dad’s bobblehead night ❤️
- Your newest rally animal is a raccoon. And who can blame him? Ballpark food is delicious!
- Torey Lovullo attempted to eject four umpires following his own game ejection . Classic.