Fare thee well, Tarik Skubal … you were amazing

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Farewell Tarik Skubal by Detroit Tigers

Farewell Tarik Skubal by Detroit Tigers

“I want to live in the moment. There’s a lot of stuff going on around me that I have no control in. I try to be pretty present all the time. And when the fans get on their feet like that and give you a pretty good ovation, it’s special. It’ll never not be special, and it’s something I’ve always appreciated. And hopefully they feel the same way. Hopefully they feel like I’ve given everything to the team, to the city, because I truly have.” -Tarik Skubal, after his 1000th strikeout

I am one of the many fans who thinks that back-to-back Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal has pitched his last game for the Detroit Tigers, and I am going to process by disappointment by telling you all of the accomplishments of one of the greatest left hand pitchers in Tiger history.

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Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2026

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Detroit Tigers Opening Day at Comerica Park

Detroit Tigers Opening Day at Comerica Park

With sunny skies and temps near 70° at 1:10pm when fan favorite Brandon Inge throws out the first pitch, today looks like a fantastic day for Tiger baseball and Opening Day fun!

If you’re not lucky enough to have tickets to the sold out home opener, a highlight will be the Opening Day Block Party that takes over Witherell Street alongside Comerica Park with music, entertainment, and fan activations with appearances from PAWS and Rally Cats.

Other highlights for the day include Downton Detroit’s free Opening Day Tailgate Party in Grand Circus Park next to the ballpark with the food trucks & the game on the big screen, and of course my friends in the Honest 2 God Jug Band playing the opening day party right after the game at historic Cliff’s Bells.

Let’s go Tigers!!

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October Baseball starts TODAY for the Detroit Tigers

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October Baseball by Allison Farrand / Detroit Tigers

October Baseball by Allison Farrand / Detroit Tigers

For most of the season the Detroit Tigers were one of the best teams in baseball and racking up wins at an incredible rate. The Freep shares that all that changed:

The 6-seed Tigers (87-75) squandered what was a 15½-game lead over the 3-seed Guardians (88-74) in the division on July 8, and 9½ games on Sept. 10. Cleveland went 5-1 against Detroit in the final two weeks (and 8-5 overall this season) to take homefield in the wild-card series and give the Tigers a label no team ever wants: biggest division meltdown in MLB history.

Today, the slate is clean & the Tigers travel to Cleveland to meet the Guardians at 1:08pm in Game 1 of an American League wild-card series. Play(off) Ball!!

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Step up for your Detroit Tiger All Stars!!

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Gleyber Torres on Father's Day by Detroit Tigers

Gleyber Torres on Father’s Day by Detroit Tigers

You have until noon today (Thursday, June 26) to submit your vote for the first round of voting for the MLB All Star Game. With a record of 50-31, the Detroit Tigers are tied with defending champions the Los Angeles Dodgers for the best record in baseball.

Pictured above is AL leading second baseman Gleyber Torres on Father’s Day. Click the pic below to vote!

Return of the Turtle: Detroit Tigers Opening Day

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Opening Day Flag Downtown Detroit Partnership

Opening Day Anthem by Downtown Detroit Partnership

For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

Friday, April 4th 2025 is the 124th Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers. As a resident of Midtown in Detroit, I can tell you that this is unquestionably one of the biggest holidays of the year for us. Already the streets are filling with cars as baseball fans from all over Michigan and the world get ready for Tiger Baseball to return to the Motor City!

I’ve rounded up some of the highlights with a laser focus on FREE including and Opening Day party at Grand Circus Park by the City of Detroit and a Wisconsin manufacturer of watery beer that features a LOT of great food trucks, DJ Invisible, and lots of video walls and screens. There’s another free party from noon – 6pm just across Woodward at one of my favorite venues, The Fillmore with giveaways, WRIF and the game on their MASSIVE screen (tell the security guys Andy sent you and they will laugh). Also on the free front are a party at Gilly’s with giveaways, raffle, face painting & DJ Ray Ya Dig (official DJ of the Lions) from 9 AM–4 PM. I think that the Opening Day Party with my friends The Honest to God Jug Band is free, but they’re so fun and Cliff’s Bells is SO cool that I think you won’t mind if there is a cover.

And everywhere there are giveaways, giveaways, giveaways including the House of Faygo Pop-up at Campus Martius this Friday – Sunday.

  • Opening Day Love by City of Detroit
  • Detroit Tigers First Opening Day Detroit Historical Society

Here’s more information on the photos & happenings. Please add yours in the comments here or on our Facebook!

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There are only two seasons

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Amur Tiger I by tweetybird42766

Amur Tiger I by tweetybird42766

There are only two seasons – winter and Baseball.

Bill Veeck

The Detroit Tigers home opener on Friday, April 4 against the Chicago White Sox is less than a month away, and I have to agree with one of baseball’s greatest showmen on this perfectly rational method of dividing the year.

Tweety Bird shared this astonishing shot way back in 2014 at Potter Park Zoo. See more in their Nature gallery.

Apparently, there are only 500 Amur tiger (formerly Siberian tiger) in the world, so zoos are an important method of conservation. They’re totally chill in the cold & you can learn more about Amur tiger from BBC Earth.

Red Fox at Howell Nature Center by tweetybird42766

Red Fox at Howell Nature Center by tweetybird42766

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Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal wins AL Cy Young

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Detroit Tigers Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal

Detroit Tigers Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal

Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal received all 30 first-place votes to become the unanimous winner of the 2024 American League Cy Young Award last night, and as a bonus it was his 37th birthday!

Skubal is the fifth Tiger to win the award, joining Max Scherzer (2013), Justin Verlander (2011), Willie Hernández (1984) and Denny McLain (1968 and ’69). The dominant southpaw capped his pitching Triple Crown season on Wednesday by winning the AL Cy Young Award in a unanimous vote from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America

His 18 wins were the most by a Tiger since Scherzer had as many in 2014. His 2.39 ERA was the lowest by a qualified Detroit starter since Mark Fidrych’s incredible rookie season of 1976. His 5.9 fWAR trailed only Verlander’s 2009 and ’10 seasons as the most by a Tigers pitcher in his age-27 season or younger since 1971. His 6.3 bWAR not only led MLB pitchers, it ranked seventh among all AL players. Skubal became the 22nd player in Major League history to win a pitching Triple Crown. (and first since Verlander in 2011!)

Head over to the Detroit Tigers website for much more!

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The Detroit Tigers are October Ready 😤

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October Ready 😤 by Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are the hottest team in baseball, ending the season on a 31-13 run and baseball’s best pitcher in Triple Crown winner Tarik Skubal (leader in wins, strikeouts & ERA) throwing in the opener vs the Houston Astros today at 2:32pm.

If you are in Detroit, you can watch the game live at Comerica Park with fellow fans for just $5! And if you want one of these sweet shirts, you know MLB will sell you one.

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Tigers Win!

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Tigers Win (the Home Opener) by Dave Lorenz

In nearly 30 years of doing Michigan in Pictures, I’ve had a lot of firsts, but this is the first time I’ve shared a photo from the VP of Travel Michigan aka Pure Michigan! Dave has been an absolute champion for Michigan over the years. He was at the Detroit Tigers home opener that they won 5-4 and writes:

It was sunny.
It was cloudy.
It was windy.
It was cold.
It actually…snowed.
The Tiger’s won their ’24 opening home game.
A perfect day.

Agreed & let’s go Tigers!!

Get ready for the Detroit Tigers Home Opener!

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The Detroit Tigers first Opening Day courtesy Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society shared: The Detroit Tiger’s Opening Day has always been cause for celebration!  While baseball’s return and renewed championship hopes are enough to excite sports fans, the promise of the long summer days baseball brings with it never fails to put the rest of the city in a celebratory mood.

The caption of the photo is: Photo: c. 1886, from the Detroit Historical Society collection. Black and white photographic print depicting the Detroit Wolverines playing at Recreation Park, as seen from behind home plate. Mounted on board.

Definitely our red hot Tigers being THE ONLY undefeated team in baseball & in first place in the AL Central has the city extra fired up for the home opener against the Gonna Be in Vegas Next Year A’s.

Read more & see pics including the shot of them building the bleachers at Bennet Park/Navin Field back in 1910 at the Detroit Historical Society & let’s go Tigers!!