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Assuming no one else expires in the next 11 hours, here are the Tigers players who died in 2025. Rick Peters played for the Tigers from 1979-1981, batting .280 with 2 home runs and 59 RBI in 208 games, mainly as an outfielder. The team's starting center fielder in 1980 after debuting as a September call-up in 1979, he was moved to a utility and backup role in 1981 with the acquisition of Al Cowens and the emergence of Kirk Gibson. He was released after spending the entire 1982 season injured, ending his Tigers tenure. Peters also appeared in the majors with the Athletics. He died March 9 at the age of 69. Octavio Dotel pitched for the Tigers from 2012-2013, going 5-3 with a 4.31 ERA and 1 save in 63 games, all in relief. Signed as a free agent after the 2011 season, he set a record with his first pitch by making the Tigers the 13th major league team for whom he played (a record that has since been broken by former Tiger Edwin Jackson). After being a solid bullpen arm in 2012, he struggled in five 2013 appearances before being placed on the disabled list with elbow inflammation, an injury that would eventually end his career. Dotel also appeared in the majors with the Mets, Astros, Athletics, Yankees, Royals, Braves, White Sox, Pirates, Dodgers, Rockies, Blue Jays, and Cardinals. He died April 8 at the age of 51. Chet Lemon played for the Tigers from 1982-1990, batting .263 with 142 home runs and 536 RBI in 1203 games as an outfielder, playing center field almost exclusively until shifting to right field in the 1988 season. The AL’s starting center fielder in the 1984 All-Star game, he was a specialist at reaching base via the hit by pitch, twice leading the AL in that category with the Tigers. Nicknamed “The Jet”, he was known for his diving catches in Tiger Stadium's vast center field. Retiring following the 1990 season, Lemon also appeared in the majors with the Chicago White Sox. He died following an extended illness May 8 at the age of 70. Bill Denehy pitched for the Tigers in 1971, going 0-3 with a 4.22 ERA and 1 save in 31 games, all but one of them in relief. Acquired in a trade at the end of spring training in 1971, he had the distinction of being traded for a manager earlier in his career. Following the 1967 season, the Mets sent Denehy to the Washington Senators in exchange for Gil Hodges (who had originally been traded to the Senators in 1962 to become their manager), at the time the manager of the Senators. Denehy also appeared in the majors with the Mets and Senators. He died June 27 at the age of 79. Joe Coleman pitched for the Tigers from 1971-1976, going 88-73 with a 3.82 ERA in 203 games, all but 2 of them starts. Acquired from the Washington Senators as part of a package that sent troubled pitcher Denny McLain to DC, Coleman was a two-time 20 game winner with the Tigers and appeared in the 1972 All-Star game. He threw 11 complete game shutouts with the Tigers in the regular season, adding another in the 1972 ALCS against the Oakland Athletics. He was sold to the Chicago Cubs after a slow start to the 1976 season, ending his Tigers tenure. His father, also named Joe Coleman, pitched for the Tigers in 1955. Coleman also appeared in the majors with the Senators, Cubs, Athletics, Blue Jays, Giants, and Pirates. He died July 9 at the age of 78. Phil Meeler pitched in 7 games for the 1972 Tigers, going 0-1 with a 4.32 ERA in 8 1/3 innings of relief. Pitching 8 seasons in the Tigers’ minor league system, 1972 was his only MLB action. Meeler did not appear in the majors with any other team. He died August 19 at the age of 77. Daryl Patterson pitched for the Tigers from 1968-1971, going 9-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 9 saves in 111 games, all but 1 in relief. Used both in short stints and as a long reliever, he earned a World Series ring in 1968 with 3 scoreless innings pitched in the post-season. Originally drafted by the Tigers in 1964, he was traded to Oakland in exchange for infielder John Donaldson (who never appeared in the majors with the Tigers) in 1971, ending his Tigers tenure. Later in his career, while pitching for Pittsburgh, he received a tetanus shot after a game in which the Pirates brawled with the Reds and Patterson was bitten on the arm by Reds pitcher Pedro Borbon. Patterson also appeared in the majors with the Athletics, Cardinals, and Pirates. He died August 28 at the age of 81. Tom Timmermann pitched for the Tigers from 1969-1973, going 26-27 with a 3.39 ERA and 33 saves in 195 games, 29 of them starts. After being used by manager Mayo Smith as a mainstay of Tigers bullpens, he was converted to a starter by new manager Billy Martin in 1972 and went 8-10 with 2 complete game shutouts for the AL East champion Tigers. He was traded to Cleveland in 1973 in exchange for pitcher Ed Farmer, ending his Tigers tenure. Timmermann also appeared in the majors with the Indians. He died November 14 at the age of 85.

Ha, I noticed that and tried to fix it. Am at Preds and Knights at a matinee game in Vegas. Canadian Olympians Marner and Stone in the Knights lineup. Stamkos scored his 600th career goal. Have you seen a sports arena or stadium with this much leg room?

Bryce Rainer getting some love and potential consideration as the top prospect going into the 2027 season on the latest BA podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-america/id201539011?i=1000743296162

i just dont think the lakers are all that good without reeves. the whole team is a bunch of nothing and three one on one creators. luka is still one of the best shot makers in the league. reeves is really developing. lebron is obviously not the player he once was, but he's still a very good point guard and can get to the line easily. but they have zero bench (marcus smart?) and little ammunition to get better now that nico has been fired. pistons bench ran them out of the gym.

Chet Lemon hurts the most for me, probably for most of us. He brought a level of joy to the game and was fun to watch in CF. And CF at Tiger Stadium was a canyon.

In between popping out of her seat periodically to lead cheers for the home team, this enthusiastic young lady next to me told me she admired my hockey IQ.

This is one of these places where I can’t join you all in celebration of Michigan basketball because I lived in Tucson for 13 years and enjoyed the beginning of Lute Olsen era of University of Arizona Wildcat basketball after a 4-24 record the previous year. But I wish you all the best and think that Michigan’s number one standing in several poles is well justified.

Stranger Things Series Finale Predictions The text will be in white, if you want to mouse over to see it so we don't spoil it for those who are not caught up to the final episode Okay, we're headed for the final fight. I think there will be a few deaths. And the final fight will end with 45 minutes to go or maybe an hour because a lot will need to be unpacked........... #1 I think Hopper dies. I think Hop's had a death wish since the show because carrying tremendous survivor's guilt over his daughter, but he needs to redeem himself like he could not do for Sarah and he knows that allowing Vecna to kill him will enrage Eleven to the point where she will be able to team up with Will and defeat Vecna together. Remember, if Hop lives, he's probably facing the death penalty for killing soldiers. #2 But part of killing Vecna actually will have a redemption arc for Henry. We saw in the memory scene in the cave that Henry was being the best a Boy Scout he can be by trying to save a man (rumored to be Dr. Papa Brenner's father) and wound up getting shot. We don't know what happened when he opened that briefcase, but the Mind Flayer is in that thing and it takes control of Henry from that point on. Henry was good until he was corrupted. Killing "Vecna" will free him and may help him join with Will and Eleven to defeat the REAL villain, the mind flayer. #3 Kali will try to betray Eleven on behalf of Dr. Kay. But Eleven will pull some kind of trick on them, somehow forcing Kali's own "vision" power against her and Dr. Kay will be stricken with locked-in syndrome, like Eleven's birth mother, who will, in-turn, be released and from it and reunited with Jane. They move to another state, far away from Hawkins. #4 Someone from The Party will die in the final fight. It's either going to be Steve or Jonathan, who will die saving Steve telling him he's cool if he gets with Nancy, that Nancy will protect him, then Jonathan "dies" But................... , #5 Eleven will collapse the wormhole, which has a Tesseract within (remember Dip**** Derek was making a little tesseract in class). When she does this, she resets everything to November 6, 1984 and the boys are in the basement playing D&D. Will goes home, safely, nothing happens to him. Joyce comes home, gets on his case about not washing the dishes and is a real mom finally. Elle uses her new power to "lock in" several of the scientists at Hawkins Lab. The whole project is deemed too dangerous and shut down - freeing the children. The families of the children sue the government, allowing them to leave Hawkins. Then we flash forward to June 1988 (or 1989). The boys in The Party are getting ready to Graduate Hawkins High School. Elle quietly attends to watch her friends, who have now never met her. We find out Dustin got a scholarship to MIT. Mike is headed to Indiana University and that Jonathan, Bob, Hopper, Barb and everyone that seemingly died is still alive. Lucas and Max actually dated but broke up. Billy, seeing how sad his stepsister is, goes to Lucas and apologizes to him for being a jerk and tells him go to be with his sister. Joyce ends up marrying Mr. Clarke, the science teacher. Jonathan pursues photography and Nancy goes to Journalism school. Steve "The Hair" Harrington goes to play college basketball at some small Indiana college, but has an on/off thing with Nancy. Hop continues living a sad and lonely life as the pudgy drunk Sherriff, never getting over losing his daughter. While El is in Hawkins for the Graduation we see her go to a bar where Hop is. He's sitting drinking alone. She approaches him and tells him that he should let go of the guilt. He asks "are you old enough to be in here?" and she says she's leaving but she just wanted to tell him that bad things happen to good people. She knows from her own experience and that holding the guilt will destroy him. Hop gets really pissed off and El says "it wasn't your fault, sir, you need to realize that. Hop tells her to leave, and she does. Hop sits back down at the bar and reaches for his drink and it slides away out of his reach, pan to the door, El turns and walks away. Hop ponders things for a minute. Reaches for the drink again and stops and buries head head in his hands and sobs. Maybe not a happy ending for Hop, but a Catharsis. We are given details about all the characters futures. Dustin still met Suzie at Science Camp (he was headed there in the show anyway). Dusty-bun and Suzie Poo are married and work on the SETI project. Lucas and Max stayed in Hawkins and married and Lucas became a teacher and coaches the basketball team at Hawkins High, while Max counsels troubled youths. Mike got married and works as an IT expert and lives a quiet life in Indianapolis. Jonathan became a photojournalist and actually won awards. Nancy writes a column for a Chicago newspaper. Joyce & Mr. Clarke stayed together and are happily retired (but Mr. Clark still tutors science). Erica is now the science teacher at Hawkins Middle School and constantly battles with her brother over school district policies. Robin became a DJ in Chicago, but never met The Party. Ted gets bacon with his breakfast. We even find out that Suzie's sister Eden, on a trip to California, met Argyle at a Surfer Boy Pizza. They got married and now Argyle owns a vegan pizza chain called Garden Of Eden Pizza. Murray has a popular Conspiracy Theory blog and podcast (kind of like a tamer Alex Jones) Eddie has had a couple of minor hit records with heavy metal band Halos Of Hellfire. And then we flash forward to Will. Will took much longer to come out in this new time line (it was a different time). It caused him torment and he had vivid dreams about the things that happened on the show. So he writes a series of WILDLY popular Science Fiction novels called The Upside Down. His latest book has just been released and he's at a book signing (around 2003 or something like that). They'll age him up with special effects. A woman comes up to the table (we see a low angle from behind) with a book and slides it over to Will and tells him she loves the books. It's Eleven (Jane). They look at each other and time kind of freezes as Will reaches for the back of his neck as he gets that feeling again. He looks at her, understanding that they weren't dreams at all. He says to El "Was it real?" and El says "it doesn't matter now" and she moves her finger to turn the page with telekinesis on the book for him to sign and they both laugh. END.

This might be a little closer to how I fell about all of it. It’s hard for me to get my arms around the idea that none of this was designed in some way, if even haphazardly. Maybe that’s only because, like most people, I am subconsciously uncomfortable with the idea of the randomness of chaos being in control of the cosmos. But I’m with you on, like, really, who cares how I feel about al of it? Why do I have to explain to defend it on demand? Christians have tasked themselves with the unceasing objective of converting everyone they ever meet to their religion. Talk abut a thankless task, but, also, mind your own damn business and I'll mind mine. I think you might have been the guy I said this to on the old board: evangelical Christianity was never designed as a live-and-let-live religion. It’s a get-in-your-face religion which, right there, clues me that it’s not about how they comport themselves in the world, but how they impose themselves on the world. It’s about controlling you against your will. That’s a key reason I have no use for it.

Great, this will give Sasser fans something to talk about as he sucks for the next month.

No perforations. No earwax blockages. Theory is that the nerve is being blocked by viral swelling, but I am doing a head MRI to see if it's something else. Wish me luck. They gave me steroids for the possible viral swelling. I'm really hoping that's what it is.

It's not worry, it's despair.

cade is such a good player.

I flipped over to FD.

My belief is there is a diety of some sort. I can’t explain it and more importantly I don’t have to explain it or understand it.

The funny part of this is that based on my research, I see Hitler's government as being disorganized, and more than a little chaotic. And his so-called masterpiece of a manifesto? One of the most childish, poorly written things I've read. Yes, I know what I read was a translation, but I've read other translations of tracts that did not end up sounding like gibberish.

Youth is wasted on the young.

I just gotta ask…. Why TF are there meetings, AND telephone calls involving world leaders (whose countries are at WAR) being held at a private country club??? Why is this not even getting mentioned / questioned?? There is nothing secure about that place. Not the rooms, not the grounds, not the communication devices. Good lord, why not just invite the spies & assassins to sit at the damn table & serve them croissants and coffee followed by a spa massage??? What the actual ****. and let’s not even talk about that sham of a press conference afterwards. How dare he say that Putin wants only the best for Ukraine. I am sick of this man’s lies and mind numbing stupidity. just sick to death of it.

brandon ingram? i'd take duren over him for the all star team.

It's a wired one with AA battery backup (Kidde). I'm in a building where the wired ones are required in bedrooms. It seems odd that the battery still drains so quickly. Reviews seem mixed, and indicate that the 10 year ones don't last even close to 10 years. Oddly enough I haven't had any problems with the CO/smoke wired detector in the hallway. I'll look for the smoke detector spray-thanks for the tip!

I’d like thoughts on any other years that match this year in terms of who we have lost. Maybe it’s a statistical inevitability given how things took off in the 70s and 80s…. Those folks are old now. Jack Nicholson is the most tenured Oscar winner, 50 years. Duvall is the oldest, he will be 95 next week. I believe for best Actress Julie Andrews has both honors.

Shiiiiiiiiit. Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71