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DETROIT -- He doesnt consider it a homecoming, but Rick Porcello is returning to pitch in his old home Friday night for the first time since being traded from Detroit to Boston.Porcello was signed by Detroit as their No. 1 draft choice in 2007 and made the Tigers out of spring training in 2009.At the end of the 2014 season, he was traded to Boston in a winter deal for outfielder Yoenis Cespedes. He has faced Detroit once -- last year in Boston -- and allowed a run on five hits with six strikeouts over seven innings without getting a decision.Players almost religiously tell the media its just another game or no big deal when facing a former employer. Its also generally regarded as nonsense.Seeing them in Boston earlier this year helped, Porcello said of pitching against Detroit for the first time in Comerica Park on Friday night. And obviously last year pitching against them in Boston, then coming here kind of took care of feelings or whatever you want to call it.With the race that were in, Im really trying my hardest not to let any of that creep into my head. I want to maintain the focus Ive had in my past three or four starts and not let anything alter that.Im trying to kind of block it out, really. After Friday then obviously I can go over and say, Hi, to those guys. But Im not talking to them before Friday.Though its been less than two seasons since he pitched for Detroit, Porcello should face at least three Tiger starters -- at short, third and in left -- who werent on the team during his time there.Porcello (16-3, 3.30 ERA) is having one of the better seasons of any pitcher in baseball and is 9-1 with a 2.75 ERA over his last 11 starts.Hell be up against an equally formidable opponent in Detroits rookie Michael Fulmer (10-3, 2.25 ERA), who at this time a year ago had just switched over from the New York Mets Double-A team to Detroits Double-A affiliate.The right-handed Fulmer was part of the trade that sent Cespedes from the Tigers to the Mets at last years non-waiver trade deadline.Fulmer pitched at Fenway Park on July 27 without getting a decision, allowing three runs on seven hits.In his last start, the rookie recorded his first major league complete game and shutout, taming Texas on four hits and nine strikeouts.Fulmer is two of three key pitchers obtained for Detroit by Dave Dombrowski at the non-waiver trade deadline last year, a scant couple of days before he was fired by the Tigers and quickly found a new home as head of the Boston Red Sox.Dombrowski is going to see all three of the key pitchers he acquired for Detroit on consecutive days. Lefty Matt Boyd started against Boston on Thursday and gave up one run in six innings of a 4-3 Tigers win in which he did not figure in the decision.Fulmer pitches Friday and lefty Daniel Norris goes Saturday. Norris and Boyd came from Toronto in the deal that sent lefty David Price to the Blue Jays, then subsequently signing with the Red Sox as a free agent. Honus Wagner Jersey . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. Mitch Keller Jersey . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. https://www.cheappiratesjerseys.us/1452e-chris-archer-jersey-pirates.html . 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Rossiter said: Im proud and honoured to be appointed for a fourth season and I would like to thank the promoters for putting their faith in me once again.Im very pleased to get confirmation of this and I will be doing everything I can to help make us a success.I certainly think we can make the race-off in Poland. Its nice to be back at Kings Lynn on July 1, although the silver medal we won at Belle Vue last summer was a very special moment.GB will face Australia, USA and Czech Republic in Event 1 on Saturday, July 1 next year - but they will be without double world champion Tai Woffinden who has stood down from the national team.dddddddddddd Tai Woffinden will not be in action for Great Britain next term Without Tai we have to move on, said Rossiter. We will have a group of riders who want to wear the race jacket with pride and it will be a true team effort, just like it was at Belle Vue.It gives somebody else the chance to step forward and represent their country.Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price. Hurry, offer ends December 4! ' ' '