Kubiak said Keos return wasnt necessitated by concerns about depth in Denvers seco

DETROIT -- According to the Detroit Tigers, the decision to deny the Boston Red Soxs request to push back Thursdays 1:10 p.m. start time was not a punitive one.Red Sox general manager Dave Dombrowski, who was dismissed as GM by the Tigers last season, revealed this week that his old club declined to honor the scheduling change, despite a tough travel turnaround for Boston, which played a night game in Baltimore on Wednesday night.That raised some eyebrows among those who wondered whether the decision was made as a slight to the clubs former executive or to gain a competitive advantage over his new team.Tigers manager Brad Ausmus, asked about the situation before Thursdays game, indicated that the scheduling flap is a much more frequent occurrence than people realize.Every team in baseball, at some point ... has some type of schedule issue. They get in late. They have another game. It happens to every team, every year, Ausmus said. Its not ideal. The baseball schedule is hard. If I were the Red Sox, would I not like it? Absolutely, I wouldnt like it. But theres nothing vindictive going on here. Weve played Thursday day games all year long.Tigers GM Al Avila offered a similar response during a radio appearance earlier this week, citing an article in the Boston Herald that called the move bush-league.I did not think that write-up was that fair because, really, that 1 oclock start time on Thursdays here is popular with our fans here in Detroit, Avila said Tuesday on MLB Network.Dombrowskis original comments suggested that the Tigers might have denied the request to gain a competitive advantage.They traditionally have played Thursday afternoons during the season, although they dont always play [then] because if the roles were reversed, Im sure they would have played a night game, Dombrowski said, according to the Boston Herald. And Im sure they did it in some ways because they realized we would come in as a tired club, that they did it from a competitive perspective. Unfortunately we didnt have any rights to get it changed.Thats a fair point from Dombrowski. The Tigers and Red Sox remain American League foes, with the Tigers trailing Boston in the standings and entering Thursdays game 3.5 games back from the second wild-card spot.Should the Tigers even be expected to grant the Red Sox any favors when it comes to a scheduling concern?No -- were not going to do them any favors. The Baltimore Orioles didnt do them any favors. They didnt have a day game on getaway day, Ausmus said. It really boils down this being bargained in the collective bargaining agreement in terms of what the travel parameters are. Its within the parameters.Dombrowski confirmed to ESPN that the Red Sox also asked the Orioles to make Wednesdays game -- Bostons getaway day -- a day game, but that request was denied as well.This is not considered uncommon, according to Ausmus.We asked a team earlier this year and they said no, Ausmus said. It happens.At least one Red Sox player was not happy about the situation. Red Sox infielder Travis Shaw tweeted:Some in Detroit have brought up the Detroit Lions preseason game on Thursday night as a reason the Tigers might have declined the request, considering the traffic issues two night games could create. Dombrowski shut down that notion, telling reporters on Thursday that the request was made in the offseason before the NFL schedule was released.Custom Houston Astros Jerseys . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. 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The showiest items on Calgarys lot were forwards Mike Cammalleri and Lee Stempniak. Both will be unrestricted free agents this summer.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Forty-eight hours after suggesting Shiloh Keo wont be out of work long, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak welcomed back the fifth-year safety to his 53-man roster Wednesday.The Broncos had released Keo over the weekend while he was serving a two-game suspension for an offseason drunken driving arrest.I expected to come back. I didnt think it would be so soon, Keo said. But Im just excited for the opportunity because sometimes it doesnt come around. Ive been part of stuff like that where you dont get that shot. Im just happy that it came early.Keo had a good training camp but was banished from team headquarters for the first two games, which Denver won in the same nail-biting fashion that marked their Super Bowl run last season.It was frustrating (watching), but it was fun at the same time, Keo said, because I grinded with these guys and Im going to be pulling for them whether Im on the team or not.Keo joined the Broncos last December and five days later played in his first NFL game since 2013 when he was with the Texans. He made a bad first impression in Denver, however, when he allowed the winning TD in a 15-12 home loss to Oakland.But he atoned for that blunder with a crucial interception against San Diego that helped secure the AFCs top seed and he recovered Steve Gostkowskis onside kick to preserve Denvers 20-18 win over New England in the AFC championship game.ddddddddddddThe Broncos created room on their roster for Keo by releasing rookie nose tackle Kyle Peko on Tuesday.Although rookie safety Justin Simmons has a fractured left wrist, Kubiak said Keos return wasnt necessitated by concerns about depth in Denvers secondary.No, it just really tells you what we thought of him when we left camp, Kubiak said. We think a lot of Shiloh. Good special teams player for us. When you start suiting an extra guy at a position, theres no better guy to have on your team than a guy like him.Simmons, who was limited at practice Wednesday, injured his left wrist playing special teams in the Broncos 34-20 win over Indianapolis on Sunday. He figured it was just a sprain but on Monday he went for X-rays that revealed a hairline fracture.Im probably going to just end up clubbing it up on game day, Simmons said.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '