The DTP #99: One Week to Go

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast. This is Episode #99 a 68-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Ann Arbor, Mich.

In this episode we discuss:

• Is Nate Robertson on the trading block?
• Bobby Seay‘s torn rotator cuff
• The Tigers’ batting order
• Last man on the roster: Don Kelly, Jeff Larish or Clete Thomas?
• The Sporting News pre-season predictions
• Did anti-Semitism cost Hank Greenberg a shot at 60 homers in 1938?

…and much more.

Show Notes

Links to articles and items referenced in this episode:

• Fox Sports.com’s Jon Paul Morosi tweets that the Tigers are shopping Robertson.
• ESPN’s Jayson Stark starts a Scott Sizemore rumor and identifies Tigers pitchers that might be on the trading block. [$ubscription required.]
• The Tigers’ Opening Day lineup
• The Boston Globe‘s Nick Cafardo ranks MLB managers.
• The Globe also ranks the MLB teams for 2010. The Tigers are number eight.
• Anti-Semitism and Hank Greenberg’s run at 60 homers From The New York Times.
• “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg” — The movie.

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Reach the hosts via:

• Mike: @DailyFungo, @MikeMcClary and www.DailyFungo.com
• Ian: @IanCass and MLive’s Cutoff Man Blog

Theme music for the podcast produced by Paul Minshall.