Jeff Frazier is your newest Detroit Tiger. Jeff Larish was banished to Ohio for assignment. That assignment hopefully is to learn how to hit MLB pitching. Jeff Frazier turns 28 in a week and a half and this will be his first go around in the MLB.

As this video proves, Frazier owns Strasburg. Strasburg heard about Frazier's promotion and immediately went to the DL...coincidence? It appears the fear that the grizzled rook strikes in opposing pitchers is just that gargantuan.

When asked about the newest Tiger a very spaced out Dombrowski slurred "I'm just happy for the kid, err man, the mankid!"...Dombrowski then stumbled away and grabbed Ramon Santiago's glove and smelled it deeply and went to his office. A few minutes later the music of Godspeed You Black Emperor! could be heard. Clubhouse sources tell Detroit4lyfe that Dombrowski told other front office personnel that he personally observed Christopher Lloyd giving Jeff Frazier a back massage before a recent game in Toledo. His suspicions were further confirmed when he saw a real live Mud Hen in the lockerroom flapping the "angel" motion. This same source then added that it was well known that Dave's been on a serious peyote bender since that Magglio injury.

Frazier will be up with the Tigers before the Boston game tomorrow night. We won't have any of that arriving in the 3rd inning awkwardness that we had today with JP in TB.

-For the first 6 innings or so of Garza's nono, Scherzer was matching him. I'd crack myself up by repeatedly saying "double no hitter all the way! Full on double no hitter!" If you are asking "what does this mean" then click on the video on the right.

Cleveland suffered another setback as Jhonny Peralta will be bringing his talents to Detroit for the remainder of the season. For Jhonny Perallstar the Tigers gave up Giovanni Soto, a single A superstar. My reaction to this trade was very similar to that of receiving junk mail. I looked at it for a second...debated if I should see what this all about...and then ultimately decided it wasn't worth my time.

Perhaps the lowpoint of the Tigers season occurred today in the afternoon finale from beautiful Tropicaina Field. That moment was when Don Kelly pinch hit for Gerald Laird in the 8th inning in a one run game. If Donald Kelly is your pinch hitter...there are no words that accurately represent the disappointment I feel in this team. The only way it is acceptable to pinch hit the DonKey is if it is to pull a Roger Dorn and purposely step into one. Because c'mon, it's Donnyreah, we won't miss him too much. My friend came up with the DonKey nickname for Kelly, unfortunately using that means he did something well, which will realistically probably never happen. A shame.

Cabrera had a rough afternoon at 1st. His oopsies resulted in 3 runs coming in. My favorite part of Cabrera's game at 1st base has been him going with the unnecessary sliding catch attempt on the majority of ground balls hit to him. I quickly analyzed every game at 1B Cabrera has played this year and calculated that he averages 2.2 unnecessary sliding attempts per game. With opposing pitchers now having zero reason to throw him a pitch, this looks like one of the few things that we can look forward to.

Pretty much if you had a pulse in Toledo, you are now a Detroit Tiger. At the moment of the mass call up, the Erie Seawolves and Mudhens were both in last place, so the call ups were very well deserved. So, we got that going for us, which is nice.

Despite their 3-10 record since the All-Star Break, the Tigers are only 4 games back of the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. After injuries to Brandon Inge, Magglio Ordonez, and Carlos Guillen, a majority of the fanbase is already discussing options for 2011 (or Lions football).

GM Dave Dombrowski isn't panicking though. Instead, Dave-o went out and got some help. Enter Johnny Jhonny Peralta, a former Indian who has helped the Tigers out in the past.

Peralta is a career .264 hitter with some decent power (103 career home runs in about 7 full seasons). He should be a serviceable replacement for Inge. He's no superstar, however, and with a $7 million option for next year we will likely only see him for the next couple months.

What I'm upset with is the guy the Tigers gave up. Giovanni Soto, a left-handed pitcher playing at Single-A West Michigan, has had a great year so far. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I think Dombrowski and the Tigers got hosed on this one.

[Jason Beck]

Tigers pitcher Jeremy Bonderman was once considered the team's savior, the young arm that would lead the team out of the decade of doldrums that was the 1990s.

Those days are past him, and now he's seriously thinking about whether he even wants to play baseball next season.

"(Owner Mike Ilitch) and the Tigers' organization have given me an opportunity to provide for my family really well, and I feel like I've saved a lot of money and I have the ability to be able to do what I want -- whether it's be with my kids every day or go on fishing trips with my dad or brothers. At times I love it. At times I'm like, 'Man.' "

Bondo -- a free agent at the end of the season -- may decide to only listen to offers from teams out west in order to be closer to his family. However, don't panic too much Tigers fans.

If the Tigers offer him a deal, he will more than likely keep playing.

Regardless of whether Bonderman comes back or not, there should be no hard feelings from his fans. Between the immense pressure he faced early in his career, last year's shoulder surgery and subsequent rehab, and the desire to spend more time with his family, I wouldn't blame Bondo one bit if he decided to hang them up for good.

That is, just as long as he has a couple more of these left in him.

[Freep]

By now you've probably heard of the Pepsi Refresh Project, a ploy by an inferior beverage-producing company (Coke is better) to win the hearts of Americans by giving away money to charitable efforts.

What you don't know is that Pepsi is also giving away $200,000 to one MLB city with the best idea (a.k.a. the most votes) to improve their community. Naturally, Detroit is in the running. I'll let Johnny Damon explain the rest.

Well said bro. Go here to vote for Detroit, or any other city that piques your interest. Just make sure you vote; you can't make a bad decision no matter who wins.

[PSAMP]

Jim Leyland had to be restrained from second base umpire, Marty Foster, on Monday night after Marty missed a call on B.J. Upton's steal attempt. Upton was called safe despite being out by a foot. Leyland was not so happy.

However, it wasn't the call Leyland became irate about, it was Marty Foster accusing Leyland of spitting on him intentionally. Here's what (I imagine) Leyland said before getting tossed:

Leyland: Marty, if you'd stop yappin' your trap for a second, I could tell you. The price is $200 per quilt. Well, yeah, this is hand-made quality shit we're talking about here. Yes, well when do you need them by? Alright. Good doing business with you.

At that point, Marty ejected Leyland for nothing, obviously, and said Leyland spit on him. Leyland then threatened to burn down Marty's house with his family inside it.

In all seriousness, Marty Foster's looking for some attention like his crew chief Cedarstrom was doing in Atlanta. Leyland, throughout the argument with Foster was clearly licking his lips (probably because his mouth is extremely dry from all the heavy smoking). While Leyland did let some saliva get away from his mouth, it in no way looked intentional. Leyland's been around the game far too long to lose his cool like he's Trey Hillman or Roberto Alomar. He does just fine fighting with hoarse words. I don't blame Leyland for defending himself like he did (and he said after the game he's tired of protecting umps). Here's a screen shot of the little saliva Marty Foster claims Leyland intentionally spit on him (and, Marty, if Leyland was intentionally spitting on you, he wouldn't aim for your belly button. He'd build up his baddest loogie and put it between your blind eyes).

In the meantime, I hope the Tigers hitters find what they are looking for:

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Max Scherzer took a no-hitter into the 6th inning, where former Tiger Matt Joyce broke up the party with a 2-out grand slam. This marked the second time the Tigers have been screwed by a guy named Joyce this year.

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Of course it'd be nice if Dave Dombrowski was a little more fiscally responsible with the money he's given to play with, but with no salary cap it doesn't appear that some of DD's "bad contracts" have hindered his ability to sign what the Tigers need. For example, many felt giving Jose Valverde $14 million over two years was a bad idea because the Tigers had more important holes to fill with that money. Then the Tigers signed Johnny Damon for $8 million.

And sure, a handful of the contracts DD's dished out over the years have earned him the moniker Dumbrowski, but avoiding some of the bank crippling contracts also would have required some above average foresight. Having said that, I'm less concerned with the fails that make up less than 1% of the payroll (Adam Everett) than I am with guys like Jeremy Bonderman who were given big deals and haven't lived up to them ($2 million for every win he's had in the past four years). Surprisingly, Bondo didn't make the list and Everett did. What's your list of the worst contracts in recent Tigers history?

[It's Always Sunny in Detroit]

The Tigers are all broken and I'm feeling all emo about it. Let me help you feel something by making you relive the worst plays in somewhat recent Detroit sports history.

Up until about 15 minutes ago, things weren't looking too good for the Tigers today. They were down 4-2 going into the bottom of the 8th inning of the second game of their day-night doubleheader after losing the first game 5-3.

A few minutes later, RBI doubles from Miguel Cabrera and Ryan Raburn (yeah, seriously) gave the Tigers a 6-4 lead that turned into a 6-5 win. We weren't the only confused ones.

Right after he hit the double, Raburn tried to press his luck by attempting to steal third. That part didn't work out so well.

Austin Jackson continues to mash. I think he's put himself back into the lead of the AL Rookie of the Year race.

And it looks like there's at least one more person on the Tigers bandwagon after the win.

[Box scores: Day, Night]