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Some random bits of Tigers this-and-that for you:

The Tigers lead off MLB Network’s Spring Training series “30 Clubs in 30 Days” on Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET. Based on photos from someone’s Twitter stream today (can’t remember whose) it looks like the show will be hosted by the unfortunate Hazel Mae.

I might be the last [...]

MLB Network announced its Spring Training game schedule, which includes four Tigers games, three of them live:

March 15: 1 p.m. – Toronto Blue Jays @ Detroit Tigers
March 16: 10 p.m. (tape) – Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Phillies
March 18: 1 p.m. – Houston Astros @ Detroit Tigers
March 20: 1 p.m. – Philadelphia Phillies @ Detroit Tigers

The March [...]

Yahoo! Sports’ Steve Henson says Scott Boras — bagman for Johnny Damon — saved the Tigers’ season. Them’s fighting words.
[Tigers owner Mike Ilitch] whipped out his checkbook and, just like that, Damon became the Tigers’ left fielder for 2010.

Luckily for Dombrowski. And for manager Jim Leyland. Both are consummate pros with solid track records, but [...]

We’re not one to hold a grudge — ahem — but after reading this about Giants’ shortstop Edgar Renteria …
… [He] played all last season with a bone spur in his right elbow, about the size of a piece of pea gravel.

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Renteria hit a career-low .250 with 19 doubles, five home runs and [...]

Happy 61st to Julio Ruben (Torres) Morales, the light-hitting, basket-catch-making rightfielder of the 1979 Tigers.
Wearing number 27, he hit a wispy .211 in his only season in Detroit with 14 home runs and 23 doubles — just one fewer than Magglio Ordonez hit last year.
He wasn’t a total loss for the Tigers though. He [...]

If you were wondering, here are the uniform numbers for the newest Tigers:

Phil Coke #40
Max Scherzer #37
Jose Valverde #46
Scott Sizemore #20
Austin Jackson #14

For whatever reason, Daniel Schlereth hasn’t been tagged yet. But we’ll be sure to break into regular programming when it’s announced. I’m guessing it’s #36.
Update 11:19 a.m. ET: I was wrong; Schlereth will [...]

ESPN’s Buster Olney checked in with Jeremy Bonderman this week, and it seems that Justin Verlander’s assesment of Bondo is spot on. And, just in time, Bonderman pinpointed some mechanical issues not long before he arrived in Lakeland:
About a month ago, he and his father, Gene, reviewed some videotape from earlier in his career and [...]

If you like watching the Tigers on TV, you’re in luck. The club today announced its television schedule. From the press release:
Currently, 156 games are scheduled on FOX Sports Detroit, one on FOX Sports Detroit Plus and four selected for the FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week.

FOX Sports Detroit’s regular-season coverage begins [...]

Jorge Arangure Jr. writes an interesting piece today on ESPN.com’s La Esquina blog [$]. Here’s the gist of it:
Cabrera needs to repair his reputation, not only in Detroit, but also in his native Venezuela where he remains a polarizing figure. Despite being perhaps the best player from his country, Cabrera is universally beloved — not [...]

A colleague of mine passed along this Tigers internship opportunity for the coming season and I thought I’d share it. Don’t send applications to me, I’m just the messenger. Contact information is included at the end.
SPORTS BROADCASTING INTERNSHIP: Detroit Tigers.

This position is designed to assist with department activities, programs, planning and general office responsibilities. Create [...]