The Detroit Tigers Podcast #8: Ice Ice Baby, Too Cold

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #8, a 49-minute podcast about the American League Champion Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Arizona U.S.A.Listen to the podcast on the show Web site: www.TigersPodcast.com.In this episode, we talk with Vince Gennaro, author of the new book Diamond Dollar$: The Economics of Winning in Baseball (Maple Street Press). Vince shares with us how major league teams — and the Tigers in particular – can adjust to the changing economic landscape in professional baseball.Excerpts from the book are available on The Hardball Times:

• The Economics of Winning in Baseball: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3

But first we cover:Random Items

• Gary Sheffield‘s book “Inside Power” was published on Opening Day and he was interviewed on NPR about the tome.
• See how Pudge lives on AT&T’s HomeTurf.

Around the Tigers Blogosphere

 
• Curtis Granderson has a blog at ESPN.com
• Lee Panas at Detroit Tiger Tales has done a terrific series of previews for all the Tigers minor league teams.
• Ian Casselberry last month took up residence at BlessYouBoys.com.
• Brian Borawski at TigerBlog.net celebrated four years of bloggin’.
• Billfer at DTW attended the second game of the year against the Blue Jays and is still thawing out. Check out his recap of Ring Day.
• Kurt wrote a nice profile of the Tigers current and future backup catcher, Mike Rabelo.

Power Rankings

• Fox Sports.com – Tigers #6
• ESPN.com – #2 (behind the Yankees)
• CBS Sportsline: #4
• Baseball Prospectus: #12(!)

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