Maybe it’s his stoic demeanor. Or maybe it’s the fact the mustache obscures part of his face. Whatever it is, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is very talented at appearing to not moving his mouth when he speaks.

Before he got out of a seventh-inning, bases loaded jam against the New York Yankees on Thursday night, Detroit Tigers pitcher Joaquin Benoit was asked by home plate umpire Ted Barrett to remove a giant band-aid from his face. Yankees manager Joe Girardi had asked that the “distracting” band-aid be removed, and as you can see in the video below, Benoit needed a few tries before he could get it off.

Last night, the Detroit Tigers brought in a pitcher named Al Alburquerque. Although Alburquerque played a key role in Detroit’s bullpen during their run to the playoffs, his entry into last night’s playoff game against the Yankees was the first time a lot of TV viewers, particularly those in the New York market, learned of his existence.

Prominent NYC radio host Mike Francesa was not one of those TV viewers.

With two outs in the bottom of the 6th inning during last night’s ALDS game 4, New York Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson made a phenomenally athletic sprawling catch that had a bit more meaning than your average phenomenally athletic sprawling catch.

A man posting on the online marketplace/den of loneliness that is craigslist requested the presence of “a reasonably attractive, relatively promiscuous, 23+ yo woman” at last night’s ALDS Game 4 between the Yankees and Tigers. Further details after the jump.

During the Tigers’ recent 12-game win streak, manager Jim Leyland got a little superstitious and decided to smoke a cigar and not change his socks until his team lost. Then he took it to another level.

Monday night’s Tigers-Rays game was a feast for the senses, with creepy sounds early in the game and something that didn’t smell right in the bottom of the ninth.

The Twins’ Jim Thome became the eighth player in MLB history to hit 600 career home runs last night, and for many reasons, his chase to get there was underhyped. Funny, since if anyone in baseball deserves to get a ton of positive attention, it’s probably this guy.

Despite picking up a win, Justin Verlander was understandably upset after losing what would have been his third career no-hitter in the eighth inning of yesterday’s Tigers-Angels game. Where Verlander directed that anger, however, isn’t quite as understandable.

With the score at 3-0 in favor of the Tigers, Angels shortstop Erick Aybar attempted a bunt, thought by some to be a no-no when a pitcher’s in the middle of a no-no. It’s one of those unwritten macho baseball rules that are open to interpretation, and in this case, Verlander interpreted Aybar’s bunt attempt as underhanded and slimy.

There are many ways for a baseball player to pull a prank on a teammate with a wad of bubble gum, but one of the most intense – not to mention unsettling-looking, when pulled off – is the hot foot. Yesterday, the Detroit Tigers showed us how it’s done.