Valenti & Foster: Dombrowski Raves About Inge
"He's been phenomenal. People will be shocked when they see him play," Dave Dombrowski said about Brandon Inge.
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"He's been phenomenal. People will be shocked when they see him play," Dave Dombrowski said about Brandon Inge.
Though I generally detest the comments made about hitters during batting practice while at Spring Training, usually dismissing them instantly as they are completely irrelevant.
We have arrived in Lakeland early each of the past two days to do the talk show and each day we've seen the same thing.
Cabrera, making the transition from first base to third base this spring, drove a pitch from Jairo Ascancio over the berm in the left field corner.
A whole lot more goes into the daily search for a designated hitter than just writing a name down on a lineup card.
I think the majority of Tiger fans were happy to see Carlos Guillen go.
Karsch and Anderson are down in Lakeland, Florida for the Detroit Tigers Spring Training game this week.
Jim Leyland can go right-left all the way through his batting order, correcting an imbalance that has plagued the Tigers for years.
Tigers starter Rick Porcello pitched two scoreless innings in his first spring game.
Infielder Carlos Guillen, a three-time All-Star and veteran of 14 major league seasons, announced his retirement Tuesday morning.
Justin Verlander vowed last year that he would take every game seriously, even in spring training. After a season in which he was the AL MVP and unanimously won the Cy Young Award, he found no reason to change his focus.
Miguel Cabrera isn't yet 30, but having to lose weight to play third base again is making him think a half-dozen years down the road.
"This was just one of those silly games," he said. "Everything hit into the wind toward right field helped. It was just a freak thing. We just kept hitting everything to right field so that doesn't say anything about (Teheran). I don't like winning games like that."
Oft-injured reliever Joel Zumaya has told the Minnesota Twins he'll have reconstructive surgery on his right elbow in his latest comeback attempt.
A home run fest for the Tigers in Lakeland silencing the Atlanta Braves 18-3 on Sunday.
The Detroit Tigers take the exhibition opener 2-0 over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.
The Tigers' Prince Fielder is batting 1,000 -- literally -- after he came out swinging in his first pre-season game against Florida Southern
Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 10 teams Friday, adding a second wild-card in each league.
Along the way, he raved about one player in particular. Who was it?
The Detroit Tigers play their first spring training game of the year on Friday in Lakeland, Florida, and individual game tickets are going on sale for the 2012 season.
"I just wanted to get here," Fielder said. "I had nothing else to do. I figured I'd come out here and work out a little bit and get things started."
Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he favors an expanded postseason field, although he's not excited about a one-game playoff at the start.
When the Detroit Tigers made their run to the AL championship series last year, Brennan Boesch wasn't able to play.
Verlander is coming off an MVP/Cy Young season but don't expect a big drop-off because he's still on the uphill side of 30.
Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland has a pretty good idea who his four top starters are going to be this season.
