At the half, the Tigers are in first place in the Central Division and half a game behind Boston for the best record in baseball. They’ve shown some tremendous hitting up and down the lineup, the starting pitching has been pretty good, the bullpen has stumbled, and there’s been nagging injuries and major injuries cropped up all season long.

I decided I’d put together an All-Star lineup of Detroit bloggers from all the other major teams in the state of Michigan, as well as my favorite jack-of-all-trades. I joined in as well. Allow me to introduce them:

• Christy of Behind the Jersey, a great Red Wings blogger who attends the University of Michigan. She also just found out she’ll be a public relations intern for the Wings this season.
• Natalie of Need4Sheed fame. Not only does she do great photoshopping with ‘Sheed and his Pistons teammates, she’s made some DTown swag as well.
• Sean of Pride of Detroit, a Detroit Lions blog, and Michigan Sports Center, a U-M blog.
• Last, but not least, Big Al of TheWayneFontes Experience, who blogs about all the teams in the state of Michigan.

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I asked several of my favorite all-things-Detroit bloggers to talk about the Tigers. The only catch was, I wanted to get opinions of people from outside the Tigers blogosphere proper. I asked everyone the same three questions and answered them myself. Before we get to the questions, let me introduce my round table.

Matt Watson is joining us from Detroit Bad Boys. When not blogging about the Pistons there, he sometimes blogs about both Pistons and Tigers stuff at AOL Fanhouse.

Big Al of The Wayne Fontes Experience needs little introduction. I always enjoy his insightful Tigers posts, but especially enjoyed when The Panic Button would make an appearance last season as everyone freaked out.

And finally, I asked Scott Warheit to chime in. Warheit formerly wrote columns for The Detroit News, writes a Tigers news roundup, The Cutoff Man, for MLive, and blogs about Detroit sports, entertainment, and whatever else he feels like at Quo Vadimus.

And of course, you already know me. Click to continue.

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