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Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians Highlight MLB Schedule for May 24, 2012 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

The 2012 MLB regular season is well underway with a full month of baseball already in the books. It is still a long road to October baseball but paths are already starting to take shape and many surprises have already occurred along the way. The beginning of the year brings promise but at this point in the season anything can still happen.

 

Tigers' Jackson still bothered by abdominal strain (The SportsXchange)

CF Austin Jackson, out since May 16 with an abdominal strain, was yanked from Detroit's starting lineup Tuesday night when he felt discomfort during batting practice. He has now missed six games since being removed mid-game when he hurt himself swinging at a pitch. "I think it'll be fine in a little bit," he said. Jackson said he felt fine swinging but there was tightness when he ran. He was replaced by CF Don Kelly and his absence meant the Tigers had no reserve outfielders. ...

 

Tigers-Indians Preview (The Associated Press)

The Detroit Tigers may have a losing record while trailing the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central, but they're not worried yet.

 

Tigers call up Berry to play center (The Associated Press)

CLEVELAND (AP) The Detroit Tigers will call up outfielder Quintin Berry from Triple-A Toledo to play center field while Austin Jackson is hurting.

 

Perez cheered, gets save as Indians beat Tigers (The Associated Press)

CLEVELAND (AP) When the bullpen door swung open, Chris Perez braced himself.

 

Dodgers, Angels aren't the only surprises in an MLB season at the one-quarter point (Yahoo! Sports)

Besides the L.A. teams, the Orioles and Nationals in the east have had unexpected results early on.

 

Heather Nabozny of Tigers, Nicole Sherry of Orioles: Women groundskeepers in MLB (Big League Stew)

Women lead when it comes to maintaining two of the nicest baseball fields in the world. GroundskeepHERS, if you will. The Detroit Tigers made Heather Nabozny the first female head groundskeeper in Major League Baseball history in 1999, the team's final season at historic Tiger Stadium, and she's kept the field at Comerica Park looking like as nice as it since it opened. That includes the major league All-Star Game in 2005 and the World Series in '06. In 2007, the Baltimore Orioles named Nicole Sherry the head groundskeeper at Camden Yards, regarded by many as the best ballpark in the majors. And so appreciated was Sherry at her previous job with the Trenton Thunder (the Double-A team of the New York Yankees in the Eastern League), the team gave away a bobblehead doll of her. Not only do these women have dream jobs in a male-dominated industry, they're excelling at them, and ESPN's Amanda Rykoff wrote a terrific profile of both . Nabozny, like most major league players, got her professional start in the minors. For her, that meant the Class A West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League:

 

Stephen Strasburg's long ball marks the game-changing moment of the week (Yahoo! Sports)

Stephen Strasburg had a big impact on the mound and at the plate last time out.

 

Tigers' Marte getting close to return from DL (The SportsXchange)

Ever so slowly, the Detroit Tigers' fractured bullpen may be getting put back together.

 

AccuScore: Warning signs in the Beltway (Yahoo! Sports)

Early season surprises Baltimore and Washington could be due for a reality check if they don't turn things around.