Tigers manager Jim Leyland has said during this postseason that he wants to return next season. His boss, team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski, said last week that the Tigers want him back. And yet there’s still no clarity over Leyland’s managerial future.

While many of his teammates are scattered throughout the country for the offseason, Vance Worley has remained in Philadelphia to rehab from minor elbow surgery.

Veteran Major League pitcher Bartolo Colon reportedly was taken to the hospital after he was struck in the mouth by a line drive in a Dominican Winter League game on Sunday, according to Carlos Almanzar of ESPN Radio in Santo Domingo.

When Ryan Theriot found himself on second base with two outs on Sunday, representing the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning in Game 4 of the World Series, Hunter Pence figured destiny was kind of on the Giants’ side.

Long, long ago, the Giants trailed in a game.
The scene was Busch Stadium in St. Louis, circa Oct. 18.

On Sunday, Miguel Cabrera cited family in town as the reason behind his much-chronicled exit from the Tigers clubhouse soon after Game 3 Saturday night, before the clubhouse was open to the media for interviews.

Tigers catcher Alex Avila was scratched from the starting lineup for Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday with what the team described as right forearm soreness.

This isn’t Bruce Bochy’s first World Series experience against the Tigers. In 1984, he was the backup catcher for the Padres, who lost in five games — the last three at old Tiger Stadium.

It was a fabulous season, one of accomplishment and celebration, a time to remember and savor. That’s why this World Series loss should not define the Detroit Tigers. They worked too hard and came too far and accomplished too much to allow one bad week to erase the previous six months.

As the Giants celebrated their World Series title, Phil Coke stared on from the home dugout, observing a celebration around the mound that served as his throne throughout the playoffs.

There is not going to be a 25-way tie for the Most Valuable Player Award in a World Series. But in the category of what seemed to be roster-wide contributions to a championship, here are the 2012 San Francisco Giants.

For Giants manager Bruce Bochy, this World Series win is certainly one to savor. It’s San Francisco’s second championship in the past three years and puts Bochy among the pantheon of the modern managerial baseball gods.

The Giants broke a 10th-inning tie Sunday night and won the World Series when Marco Scutaro singled home Ryan Theriot to give the Giants a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the Fall Classic.

A look at some notable facts and figures from the San Francisco Giants’ 4-3 10-inning victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the World Series at Comerica Park on Sunday night.

Jeff Daniels has been present at Comerica Park for both Tigers home games this World Series, and he was hoping the visits would stretch into another day.

Sunday’s forecast brings a hearty, 17-mph wind, with gusts approaching 27 mph, blowing out to right field, but the Tigers and Giants aren’t concerned about the weather conditions.

Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw on Sunday became the youngest player to win the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet.