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Tigers Send Andrew Miller DownThe news Thursday was that the Tigers' Andrew Miller -- one day after he got knocked out in the first inning -- was removed from the major league roster until sometime in the September roster expansion. He was replaced by right-hander Virgil Vasquez, who will come up from Triple-A Toledo and start tonight in Oakland. In Miller's past three starts, he has pitched nine innings total and allowed 17 earned runs. But no Detroit starting pitcher has been on the kind of hot streak that a contending club usually needs. The day's larger, season-long news was stated by manager Jim Leyland: "What you're seeing this year is the importance of the presence of a veteran starting pitcher. Everybody wanted to talk last year about how important Kenny's presence was in the clubhouse. It was really not as important as the 17 games he won." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Detroit's Decision On Pudge Will Be DifficultThe Tigers will have 10 days after the end of the World Series to decide if they wish to pick up a $13 million option on Ivan Rodriguez for 2008 or buy him out for $3 million and make him a free agent. The call isn't an easy one for the Tigers -- today or in two months. Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski refused Wednesday to get into the Rodriguez issue in even non-specific ways. Asked if he could say anything about the situation with a little more than a month to go in the regular season, Dombrowski said: "I think you just answered your own question." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Tigers Get RHP Lambert From St. LouisThe Tigers acquired right-hander Chris Lambert from St. Louis on Thursday as the player to be named later completing the trade of left-hander Mike Maroth. Lambert, who appeared in both Double-A and Triple-A in the Cardinals system this year, was assigned to Triple-A Toledo. Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Tigers Finally Place Sheffield On 15-Day DLThe Tigers finally have put designated hitter Gary Sheffield on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right shoulder, the team announced on Monday. The move is retroactive to Wednesday. The Tigers said last Wednesday that Sheffield would be out of the lineup indefinitely with the nagging injury he suffered last month in a collision with second baseman Placido Polanco. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Polanco's 2B Errorless Streak LivesThe official scorer who charged Detroit's Placido Polanco with an error in the first inning Friday of the Tigers', 11-inning victory over the Yankees has changed the call, giving new life to Polanco's record errorless streak for a second baseman, which stood at 148 games entering Saturday night. Several Detroit-area media outlets reported Saturday that official scorer Ron Kleinfelter changed the call after meeting with the umpire crew, charging the error to Tigers first baseman Marcus Thames. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Tigers Aug 2007 Archive
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